SALZBURG CITY
In sunshine , Salzburg radiates the charm of the south
Absolutely out of the ordinary and the preserve of sportier visitors , Salzburg can be explored in the form of a guided tour with the „ Sportsbrothers “, which will also lead you over the city ’ s rooftops . ( www . salzburg-sightrunning . at ) Of course , if you prefer a more laid-back form of sightseeing , you will enjoy the hop-on-hop-off-bus or a nostalgic horse-drawn carriage ride . Mainly in summer , such a lively ambiance full of activity prevails in the historic district that it ‘ s hardly possible to get a sense of the more peaceful centuries past . On dreary autumn or cold winter days , it ‘ s easier to imagine the time of radical architectural change in this city . In Salzburg ‘ s historic district , every house and every square breathes history . The princearchbishops Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau , Markus Sittikus , Paris Lodron , and Guidobald Graf von Thun have made the greatest impression on this cityscape . If you want to conquer the city by car , you will generally end up in one of the garages in the city mountains – both of the Mönchsberg garages or the Linzergasse garage located on the Kapuzinerberg release pedestrians from darkness out into the light of the city . The Mönchsberg garages follow on the heels of a World War II tradition - when the caverns of the mountain served as bomb shelters . Today , these same cavities are incredibly useful for guests who arrive by car and then wish to acquainted themselves with the sights of Salzburg on foot . Whether you enter the center of Salzburg via the courtyard of the medieval Bürgerspital hospital 19 or the Toskaninihof : the festival halls 17 , the Collegiate Church 16 , University Square , the Horse Pond , the Getreidegasse - each of these many ,
Cooling off , taking a break : At one time , horses were washed in the Kapitelschwemme
often admired places offers a wonderful perspective on Salzburg . Since 1997 , the historic district of Salzburg has been a World Heritage Site , unique , intact , and historically genuine . The favorable location of the city with its lifeline , the Salzach , made Salzburg a connection between south and north early on , also bringing together the Italian and
Germanic cultures . The Celts and the Romans had already discovered the advantages of a settlement here . Today , it represents a blend and interaction of various cultural artifacts , of architecture and nature , of restaurants and a variety of shops , and of places of entertainment and contemplative retreat . The material alone doesn ’ t make for the uniqueness of this World Heritage site ; it is also the immaterial and the way of life of the people who live here as well as the living and breathing history , which dates back to founding fathers Rupert and Virgil in the 7th century .
Cathedral - The best of Early Baroque Statues of both bishops flank the entrance to Salzburg Cathedral 7 with its three bronze portals , which address the spiritual virtues „ faith “, „ love “, and „ hope “. Nothing remains of the Virgilesque building . Recurrent fires devastated the medieval city and the subsequent cathedrals . The mighty domed structure of today , 99 meters long and 79 meters high , is a work of architect Santino Solari from 1614 – 1628 , and is considered the largest Early Baroque structure north of the Alps . In the cathedral are eleven altars , five organs , seven bells , and a bronze baptismal font atop lion figures , which has been preserved from the previous building of the 12th century . Traces of an even older history – of even older buildings and from Roman times - can be found in the Cathedral Excavation Museum - whose entrance is located beneath the northern archways of the cathedral - and in the crypt , which for many years has also housed more modern items , namely a contemporary dance macabre by