M.ÁNGELES: SALZBURG & MOZART

Salzburg, Austria

Salzburg is a city surrounded by the Alps landscape, the fourth most populous in Austria. 

Near the German border, is the native town of Mozart and Patrimony of Humanity (World Heritage Site).

There they shot the film “The Sound of Music”, and other more.

What to see? 

FORT HOHENSALZBURG: The best preserved fortress in Europe.

-Fortress Hohensalzburg is a real eye-catcher peaking out high above the baroque towers of the city. The castle in Salzburg is an unmistakable landmark providing the city’s world famous silhouette. Even from afar the visitor is able to appreciate the might of this edifice. Up close the history contained in these powerful walls is almost tangible.

SALZBURG CATHEDRAL: More emblematic religious building in the city, one of the most important baroque monuments in the Alps.

-Salzburg Cathedral is probably the city's most significant piece of church architecture and its ecclesiastical center. With its magnificent façade and mighty dome it represents the most impressive early Baroque edifice north of the Alps.

PALACE HELLBRUNN: The summer residence of the Prince Archbishop Markus Sittikusis is the oldest stage in Europe.

-Here you can experience the former pleasures of the Prince Archbishops of Salzburg: mysterious gorges, water-operated tabletop games and surprising water fountains in every corner of the Hellbrunn Palace. The water features have inspired visitors for about 400 years. The name says it all: the water features in Hellbrunn are an extraordinary pleasure which you should not miss.

MUSEUM OF SALZBURG: Offers a full version of the city throughout its history.

-Housed in the Neuen Residenz.  The Salzburg Museum is the museum of artistic and cultural history for the city and region of Salzburg, Austria. It originated as the Provincialmuseum and was also previously known as the Museum Carolino-Augusteum.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

BIRTHPLACE OF MOZART: place of pilgrimage for music lovers. The museum preserves rooms in original state.

-Now a museum, Mozart's birthplace introduces visitors to the early life of the composer, his first musical instruments, his friends and his passionate interest in opera. The third floor exhibits Mozart's childhood violin as well as portraits, documents and early editions of his music, and the second floor is devoted to Mozart's interest in opera and includes the clavichord on which he composed The Magic Flute. The structure is owned by the Mozart Foundation.

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been considered the most prominent composer of the history of Western music and his influence was profound, both in the Germanic world as in the Latin.

Its extensive production includes almost all kind (lied, German dances, concerts instruments, symphonies and operas). And any of them we can find masterpieces, we remind the passionate opinions of Goethe referring to the composer “How else could not manifest the divinity, but for the evidence of the miracles that occur in some men, which simply amaze and baffle?”

M.Ángeles  @ngelinaJolina