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The arbor houses are characterized by a characteristic architecture with multiple functions: [7]On the ground floor there are the arcades on which the mercantile life took place, and behind them the so-called "vaults" in which the goods were stored.
The apartments are located on the floors above, arranged around an inner courtyard, the so-called atrium, which should also bring daylight to the interior windows. Most of the time the stairs in this atrium have wrought iron railings.
The arbor apartments have a so-called “beautiful” front side that looks onto the arbor lane, while the rear rooms were reserved for the staff of the city patriciate. [8] Even more interesting than the storeys are the cellars of the arcade houses, some of which date back to the late Romanesque era and were often used to store the wine produced in the Bolzano area. They are equipped with vaults and often extend two or three floors into the ground, which is due to the narrow width of the plots of just 3.6 meters. [9] [10] The walls, which are also the foundations and have supported the houses for several centuries, are double-shell: ventilation ducts allow fresh air to be supplied and keep the cellars mold-free. When the Laubengasse was re-paved, the city building authority paid little attention to the ventilation slots in the steps and partially concreted them over, so that as a result, quite a few cellars became damp and moldy.

The Bozen Lauben (also Laubengasse; Italian: Via dei Portici) are a sight of Bolzano, the provincial capital of South Tyrol. They are considered to be the nucleus of the medieval city complex and are still the most important street in the old town, which cuts through it from east to west, from the town hall square to the fruit market.