Salzburg Cathedral

Salzburg Cathedral is the seventeenth-century Baroque Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg and is dedicated to Saint Rupert and Saint Vergilius. Saint Rupert founded the church in 774 on the remnants of a Roman town, and the cathedral was rebuilt in 1181 after a fire. In the seventeenth century, the cathedral was completely rebuilt to its present appearance and it still contains the baptismal font in which composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was baptised.

Inside the cathedral it's soaring painted dome and ceilings add colour to the white interior of beautifully carved cornices, architraves, arches and columns. We have visited so many churches and cathedrals that are just layers and layers of colours, textures and materials and they are impressive. However the lack of all these things allowed us to appreciate and admire all that the Salzburg Cathedral had to offer. It is a very beautiful church, inside and out.

While we had an overcast today we were able to appreciate the exterior in better weather another day.Read more