Messner Muntain Museum, Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy

The 'Firmian' Messner Mountain Museum. Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy. The Messner Mountain Museums (MMM) are a group of museums across this region of South Tyrol, dedicated to the mountain world, created by renowned mountaineer Reinhold Messner. MMM Firmian is the centrepiece of these museums, and is housed in the restored Sigmundskron Castle. Pictured here, sculpture of Bhairab Sakti, on the castle battlements. © Rudolf Abraham