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in Anton Neumayr square, a traditional and always modern drink flows in the Augustiner Bräustübel- under the arches of the building or in the guest garden shaded by chestnut trees. Mozart himself often enjoyed a beer here. This city’ s famous son was born on the Getreidegasse in house No. 9, which has been in existence since 1408. Mozart‘ s birthplace 25 is a focal point for every visitor who has come to Salzburg – every day, many guests stand amazed in front of the house and take pictures or visit the museum rooms of Mozart‘ s former apartments. To reach Mozart‘ s home 29 in the market square, you have to switch to the other bank of the Salzach, to the so-called „ Right Old City“: the Mozart family lived here from 1773, and until 1780, this is where Mozart composed the majority of his works in Salzburg. The building, destroyed in the Second World War, was rebuilt, and today the rooms are used as a museum. The autographs are in a secure vault in the cellar, and true-to-the-original copies can be found in the living quarters. The“ Magic Flute Summer House”, a small wooden pavilion in the Bastion garden, originated in Vienna and was brought to Salzburg. This is where Mozart supposedly composed parts of the „ The Magic Flute“ in 1791. The International Mozarteum Foundation, which preserves Mozart‘ s heritage, was established in 1841. Mozart is also the namesake of the renowned „ Mozarteum“ Music Academy, where music, visual and performing arts can be studied. In both concert halls of the Mozarteum 35 on the Schwarzstraße, soloists, chamber music ensembles, and large orchestras perform. For those interested in the organ, you can listen to the new Propter Homines organ in the Great Hall at midday on Tuesdays. Theater fans can look forward to daily performances at the Salzburger Landestheater 33. Only a few meters away, the great operas take place: the Salzburg marionette theater 34 is famous worldwide
and- as long as they aren‘ t on tour- bring puppets made of wood and paper mache to life to recordings by the world‘ s leading orchestras and singers. A team of 10 professional puppeteers operate the strings. Mirabell gardens are the perfect place to rest, take a stroll, or enjoy the sun or the always colorful flowerbeds. Inside Mirabell palace
37, you will see many people ready to say „ I do“ and tie the knot, attendees of the Palace Concerts, and locals taking care of bureaucratic matters. The mayor of Salzburg has his headquarters here with a view of the gardens. Mirabell is the declaration of love of a prince-archbishop. Wolf Dietrich had the palace built in 1606 for his lover Salome Alt and their children, and it was reconstructed from 1721 – 1727 by Baroque architect Lukas von Hildebrandt. Pink Untersberg marble, mossy green serpentine, and gray limestone are the materials that make up the Marble Hall, whose splendor once created the ambiance for festivals thrown by the lord of the palace, and today it is the backdrop for many weddings. It is said to bring luck to a marriage, if you pat the small, round behind of the chubby-cheeked, naked cherubs on the marble staircase. This grand staircase, created by Raphael Donner, is a world-famous example of baroque imperial staircase architecture. In the Mirabell gardens is a Hedge Theater designed as a maze – created at the beginning of the 18th century, it is one of the oldest north of the Alps – which served as a venue for plays during its heyday and today is used for traditional folk events and also available for impromptu performances. One curiosity is the Dwarf Garden located on the bastion in front of the palace, where you can find 16 of the original 28 stone figures. These dwarves are modeled after deformed people, whose display fell into disrepute during the Age of Enlightenment, so the figures were auctioned off. Only some of them were returned to their former site in 1919. Fischer von Erlach,

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On the way to the Marble Hall at Schloss Mirabell
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Rehearsal for a Salzburg Festival performance at the Felsenreitschule the great architect of the Baroque period, left his mark with his marble flower vases and balustrades as well as the Pegasus fountain in Mirabell gardens. His triumphant, sacred masterpiece in this part of the city is the Church of the Holy Trinity 30, built from 1694 – 1702, whose dome fresco is by painter Johann Michael Rottmayr, who frequently came to Salzburg. Like the Left Old City, the Right Old City abounds with churches. St. Sebastian‘ s Church 31 in the Linzergasse is resplendent with its ornately forged altar gate, and the church‘ s St. Sebastian cemetery in quiet arcades- based on the Italianstyle Campo Santo- keeps alive the memories of personalities such as Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, named Paracelsus, and old Salzburg families. A frequently visited site is the grave of the Mozart family, in which Constanze Mozart and her second husband, legation councilor, Nikolaus von Nissen were laid to rest as well as Constanze‘ s aunt Genoveva Weber, though not Leopold Mozart. Mozart‘ s father Leopold was buried in the communal catacombs in the arcades. Gabriel Chapel in the middle of the cemetery is the mausoleum of archbishop Wolf Dietrich.