Padova has one of the oldest universities in the world - I don't remember now the exact year of its foundation, maybe it's about 800 years old (go to Google to verify).
In Vahrn (671 m a.s.l., about 3000 inhabitants) you can see some older buildings, not yet sacrificed to the general replacement that since the 1970thies changed greatly the appearance of villages in this region.
dated 1565 (see below)
Ahhh, blackberries (before being eaten)!
You enter this little valley from Vahrn (near Brixen), it's very narrow and steep, the highest peaks reach about 2500 m asl.
This hamlet (about 1200 m a.s.l.) lies between the Adige Valley and Val di Non
house, barn and garden (fenced)