Salzburg Day 2 Walking Tour

We joined a free walking tour of Salzburg and the highlights were to learn that not only was Mozart born here but so was Christian Doppler, Herbert Von Karajan and the Sacher Torte.

At the time of Mozart's birth Salzburg was independent, so Mozart was neither German nor Austrian. As much as Mozart was a genius, apparently his sister Anna nicknamed Nanni was also one but females weren't given the recognition at the time so not much of her compositions are known or published.

Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich had the Mirabel Palace built for his mistress Salome Alt who had 15 children with him. Mirabel Palace and the gardens were made famous by The Sound of Music because some of the scenes from the movie was filmed there.

The Sound of Music anecdotally draws more people to Salzburg than Mozart.

The DomQuartier was the work of Prince Archbishop Guidobald von Thun's palace connected to the Salzburg Cathedral built on the funds from salt trade. It houses lots of art, bejewelled chalice, monstrance and staff and jewellery. The rooms are baroque decorated with the life of Alexander the Great depicted in the frescoes to impress his visitors.

Distance walked 9.9kmRead more