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STROLLING THROUGH Kultural Heritage

SALZBURG - the royal – the bourgeois – the medieval - the Baroque - the modern … Salzburg , this grand , colorful city can best be explored on foot . Bikers also have it good here . They can find their way through the narrowest alleys and snake through the stands of the Grünmarkt .
Frenchman Christian Boltansky . Other magnificent and gorgeous items from the Middle Ages and Baroque era can be found in the cathedral museum and in the reconstructed Prince-Archbishops ’ Chamber of Art & Wonders .
Around the cathedral , a wide array of delightful , seasonal events take place on cathedral , Residenzplatz , and Kapitelplatz squares : Locals as well as thousands of visitors frequent the St . Rupert ‘ s
Photo hotspot : Stephan Balkenhol ‘ s “ Sphaera ” on the Kapitelplatz
Fair in autumn , the Christmas market in winter , the performances of Jedermann in summer , or Siemens ‘ Festival Nights , where you can experience the operas of the Salzburg Festival in the open air . Adorning each of the three squares are sculptural masterpieces : the cathedral square is ennobled by the statue of the Virgin Mary ( 1766 - 1771 ) 14 and the Residenz fountain 9 on Residenzplatz square is the largest baroque fountain north of the Alps with its four horses snorting water , three atlases , and three dolphins . On the other side of the cathedral in Kapitelplatz square , water pours into the Horse Pond 5 , and only a few meters away is Sphaera , a golden globe with a man standing above , a work of art by German sculptor Stephan Balkenhol . Sphaera is an especially popular place serving as a photo-opp backdrop for many Salzburg visitors . Very near the cathedral are Salzburg ‘ s three other old , spiritual centers : the Franciscan Church 13 is Salzburg ‘ s original parish church , the „ Church of Our Lady “. Before the Franciscans came to Salzburg in 1583 , it was overseen by two women ‘ s orders , the Domfrauen , and the Sisters of St . Peter . Like St . Peter ‘ s archabbey , the Franciscan abbey still exists today . The Franciscans comfort the needy , and in St . Peter ‘ s 12 , the Benedictines have continued to live according to „ Ora et labora “ for 1300 years . Founded in 696 during the time of St . Rupert , the abbey features stylistic characteristics of the Romanesque period , the Baroque era , and – with the rock tomb , which houses the urn containing the remains of the skull of St . Rupert – also Classicism . The so-called catacombs , which served as hermitages in the Middle
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Ages , are cave-like recesses that lead into the rock wall of the Mönchsberg and where you can find the old St . Peter ‘ s cemetery with its chapels and graves . The counterpart to the monastery of the Benedictine monks is the Nonnberg convent 3 founded in 714 , where the niece of St . Rupert , Erentrude , was the first abbess . Reachable via the Kaigasse or the Nonntal , the short and steep path up to the monastery is already a sign that awaiting the visitor inside the walls of the monastery is a world far away from the noise of the city . The abundance of ornamentation inside the Gothic church , the unique crypt with freestanding pillars and especially distinctive ribbed vaults , and the rock tomb of St . Erentrude are some of the treasures that can be visited in this monastery . The greatest treasure , however , are the Romanesque frescoes from the middle of the 12th century .