{"id":35839625,"date":"2019-03-18T08:15:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T07:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arketipomagazine.it\/en\/?p=35839625"},"modified":"2019-03-15T17:15:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T16:15:09","slug":"new-home-for-otzi-the-iceman-snohetta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arketipomagazine.it\/en\/new-home-for-otzi-the-iceman-snohetta\/","title":{"rendered":"New Home for \u00d6tzi the Iceman – Sn\u00f8hetta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sn\u00f8hetta\u2019s<\/strong> proposal for a new Museum Quarter in Bolzano will give \u201c\u00d6tzi the Iceman<\/strong>\u201d a new home. The distinctive building is intended to be located on top of the prominent Virgolo\/Virgl mountain, overlooking the South Tyrolean capital of Bolzano in Northern Italy. Together with the planned Bolzano cable car structure, also designed by Sn\u00f8hetta, the new Museum Quarter on top of the Virgl mountain will serve as a terrace for the city\u2019s inhabitants. As a new landmark for the area, this elevated public space will still be perceived as being part of the city given its proximity to the center of Bolzano and the accessible cable car connection.
\nThe design study has been conducted on behalf of the Signa Group to develop the Virgl as a potential site for a new Museum Quarter. The Museum\u00a0Quarter is intended to accommodate museum spaces for the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology<\/strong> and the Municipal Museum of Bolzano as well as exhibition spaces for \u00d6tzi the Iceman. The 5,300-year old glacier mummy is a renowned archaeological sensation, as the ice preserved the prehistoric man at an elevation of 3,210 m. In 1991, \u00d6tzi was found fortuitously with his clothing and equipment still intact, providing a unique glimpse into the life of a man of the Copper Age.<\/p>

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