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# Customs and cultural heritage in Sarntal’s Roherhaus

> The Roherhaus in Sarntal Valley, South Tyrol, is an ancient farmstead museum with parts dating to the 13th century, offering visitors an immersive encounter with local farming life, traditional costume, dialect, crafts, and home-cooked food.

## What to see
- **Roherhaus farmstead** — Historic farmhouse museum with roots in the 13th century, showcasing traditional South Tyrolean rural life and a cozy period parlor.
- **Sarn traditional costume** — Local guide Maria Kröss presents the Sarntal costume in detail, explaining its finer cultural points.

## What to do
- **Craft demonstration with Peter Ainhauser** — Generational pipe and cutlery maker who teaches visitors traditional metal, horn, and leather working; known for intricate filigree inlays on knife handles and sheaths.
- **Traditional lunch by Ollerhond Selbergmochts** — Farm women serve home-cooked regional food; the catering group has appeared on RAI's national television cooking show in Rome.

## Good to know
The museum is located at Runggenerstrasse 10, I-39058 Sarnthein; website at www.rohrerhaus.it. South Tyrolean German has a distinctive guttural quality similar to Swiss German, and the local Italian carries a rolled 'r' not typical elsewhere in Italy.

## Photos

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