Salzburg Churches

There are more churches in Salzburg than I can count. I'm sure somebody did, but given that this was a Roman Catholic principality, there are lots. In fact, I'm told there is only 1 protestant church in town, but I didn't don't find it open.
These pictures try to show some of the variety here. The 1st picture isn't a church. It is an archway with a corridor above between the monastery and the Franciscan church. Unfortunately, the Franciscan church wasn't open.
The 2nd picture is of the cathedral, looking over a bit of the St. Rupert festival. If it looks like a big church fair, that's no surprise. That's what it is, though the food is distinctly Austrian rather than what we find at fairs in the US (no surprise again). The 3rd picture is I side the cathedral, and the 4th picture is inside St. Peters, the Benedictine church of St. Peter's monastery.
The 5th picture is of the Kollegienkirche, the university church. The church was begin in the late 17th century, and it is thought that Mozart's Missal Brevis in D minor was commissioned and premiered here.Leggi altro