Tyrol Castle

Tirol Castle
Tirol, South Tyrol, Italy
View from Tirol village
Coordinates46°41′38.9″N 11°8′41.3″E / 46.694139°N 11.144806°E / 46.694139; 11.144806
Site information
ConditionPreserved
Site history
BuiltBefore 1100
Built byCounts of Tyrol

Tyrol Castle, less commonly Tirol Castle (German: Schloss Tirol, Italian: Castel Tirolo) is a castle in the comune (municipality) of Tirol near Merano, in the Burggrafenamt district of South Tyrol, Italy. It was the ancestral seat of the Counts of Tyrol and gave the whole Tyrol region its name.