Salzburg

I arrived in Salzburg around noon (I had to go back to Munich in order to catch a train to Salzburg). At the hostel, I met Jamie from Wisconsin who was studying German for a semester. He also just had the afternoon to explore the city, so we decided to head out together. The hostel was not too far away from old town, and we used a Rick Steve's self-guided walking tour of Salzburg to get around. Old town Slanzburg is basically at the base of the cliffs of Monchberg. Built 400 feet above the Salzach River on a rock called Festungberg, is Hohensalzburg Fortress. We decided to walk old town first, then head up to Hohensalzburg that night for a concert (most nights tributes to Mozart are held in the fortress).

Salzburg






Arriving at the platform












Walking to old town






Stopping for lunch with Jamie


















Delicate iron wrought shop signs lined the streets







The oldest residence in Salzburg, from 1399












The Slazach River, looking towards old town, on the Staatz bridge. The building on the top is the Hohensalzburg fortress







Mozartplatz. Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756, and this statue was erected in the square in 1842 in his honor







Right next to the statue, inside of this piece of functional art? was a small band playing jazz






The pink St. Michael dates back from the 800's







Right next to Mozartplatz, is Residenzplatz. The square was built by Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich in the late 1500's, early 1600's. He had strong ties to Italy, including the Medici family, and wanted Salzburg to be "Rome of the North". The fountain, the cathedral, and the palace located in Residenzplatz are heavily influenced by Italian architecture.












New Residenzplatz and Glockenspiel. The ornamental top of glockenspiel consists of an upside down heart in flames surrounding the solar system representing God's love of all creation (couldn't zoom in enough to get a good pic of it).






We tried to get into the Salzburg Panorama 1829 exhibit, which is a 360-degree panoramic view of Salzburg as it was in that year as seen from the top of its castle, but it was closed.
Next, we went to Salzburg Cathedral, built in 1628.











































In front of the cathedral is the Statue of Mary, looking away from the church, welcoming visitors. Standing right in front of the statue, you can see she is about to be crowned by two angels on the church facade.


















Anna Chromy's Coat of Peace. Jaime translated the inscription, which was roughly about the fruit of our everyday endeavors ultimately adding up to nothing, emptiness.






Kapitleplatz, another square in old town that has a giant chessboard under a giant golden orb with. Man on top of it looking towards the castle that overlooks the city. He is trying to decide to walk up to the castle of pay 10 euro for the ride up on the funicular. Every year since 2002, the city has funded a new work of public art for the city by different artists, this piece is from 2008.













St. Peter's cemetery. It's a small cemetery that abuts Monchberg's rock wall. It has lanes of garden-like lots, with three small churches built in the 500's meeting in the middle. Turns out you can't buy lots here, only rent them. Every ten years, bills are sent out, and if unpaid, your remains get chucked!



















































Medieval monks once lived in caves and the small chapel in the rock wall, overlooking the cemetery.












St. Peter's Church











































Stiftskeller St. Peter, which has a Mozart Dinner Concert, and is said to be the oldest restaurant in Europe. Charlemagne ate here in 803.
























Universitatplatz, a market, that sells local, organically grown produce. The fancy yellow house is the back of Mozart's birthplace.












Getreidegasse, old Salzburg's main shopping street. The architecture and old iron wrought signs are mostly unchanged from Mozart's time, although now the stores are chains (there was an H&M right next to the front of Mozart's birthplace).

















Alter Market, another busy market place, where we ran into a small demonstration. Jaime explained it was for the rights of immigrants, and people born illegally in the country.












Hohensalzburg







Torture Tower























































View from the top






Right before the show.






Going back to the hostel after the show








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