BINOCULARS Tourist attractions - Lavant The church hill of Lavant with the roman excavations: On the rocky hill are the two pilgrimage churches of St. Ulrich (baroque building) and St. Peter and St. Paul (gothic nave, carved winged altar), and stations of the cross with a crucifixion group. Next to it are the uncovered remains of an early christian episcopal church (2nd - 5th century) and a medieval refuge castle. In the small museum findings from several centuries can be watched (eg roman marble stones, grave slabs, household effects, jewelery, coins, weapons, tools, ceramics, etc. - most of them date from the 3rd - 6th century). A model of the settlements on this hill explains its exposed location surrounded by deep canyon, that are only accessible from the northeast. Opening times 2021: from Eastern All saints’ Day, all day long
Leisach 710 m The small holiday-village with inns, guesthouses and private rooms, 2 km in the south of Lienz (900 inhabitants) is the starting point for many hiking and mountain tours up to the Hochstein and in the Lienz Dolomites - eg in the untouched Kerschbaumer valley, where mountain hikers and climbers will find relaxation and adventure. From the village also starts the panoramic road „Pustertaler Höhenstraße“. Attractions: The gothic parochial church of St. Michael with its high surrounding wall reminiscents of an fortress church. She was first mentioned in documents by the year 1308 and became renovated gothically in the years 1910-1912. Remarkable are the three winged altars by Josef Bachlechner from Hall in Tirol. About 2 km from 32
