Content Consulting & Fine Art Photography
Content Consulting & Fine Art Photography
Sound of Music fans will recognize this magnificent marble fountain from I Have Confidence. You’ll see Maria splashing water into one of the horse’s faces just before she boards the bus towards the Von Trapp mansion. Movie Bonus: I Have Confidence was created especially for the film – just like
Located in the heart of the old city, Salzburg’s Residenzplatz is the place to be on a sunny evening – if only for the people watching. It’s bounded on all sides by famous buildings such as the Dom (“Cathedral”), Michaelskirche, the Glockenspiel, and Salzburg’s Residenz palace (a.k.a the Alte Residenz
Salzburg’s merry Glockenspiel plays tunes from Haydn and Mozart. Built at the beginning of the 18th century, it has 35 bells in total, with a range of over three octaves with all semitones. You’ll find it standing kitty-corner to Michaelskirche on the Residenzplatz; it carols daily at 7 a.m., 11
Up until the 12th century, “St. Michael’s Church” was used as a palace chapel and parish church. The emperor and entourage were able to access the upper sector directly from the palace; plebeians had to enter the lower sector from the town square. The baroque dome was added from 1767-1776,
Located on the Getreidegasse, the Altes Rathaus (“Old City Hall”) was a court of justice and the seat of government until 1947. Although it began its life as a burgher’s house, it came into the city’s possession in 1407. Salzburg tourism sites claim that the tower’s clockwork is “probably the
Getreidegasse is probably the busiest pedestrian thoroughfare in Austria. (I was about to say Europe, but then I remembered the horrors of a Venice summer.) It was the main street through Salzburg in the medieval period, and was regularly flooded with water from the Almkanal to keep it tidy. Today,
Schlüssel = Key Dienst = Service (Schlüssel is a useful word to know if you’re locked out of your room at 3 a.m. in the morning and have been drinking with Austrians.)
