Salzburg - Austria, 09/09/2007 to 10/09/2007
Now is the time to tell about the city of Mozart . Salzburg is in a wide valley bounded by hills of the subalpine and the first mountains of the northern Calcareous Alps. Salzach River into two of the city center. The former princely city (old town) is on the left bank of the river, and the "new city", right.
Salzburg is nothing more than 145,000 inhabitants, but in economic terms, the province of Salzburg is one of the most dynamic regions in Europe. The dominant sector is the services sector with 65 percent. One in three jobs is directly or indirectly related to tourism. Here's an unemployment rate of no more than 5 per cent, the lowest in Austria.
At Salzburg I got the impression that if it is a city that retains its medieval style is fine organized because the entrance to the city, where they must go through a tunnel into a mountain, you find yourself with two underground car parks are full of tourists and cars are the only ones in the city, but are designed so that no cars the city and do not miss the medieval spirit is to be maintained.
First we went through the House for Mozart , an opera house with 1650 seats, built for the Festival "Mozart 2006" commemorating the 250 anniversary of the famous son of the city. In this city born in 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and this became a Salzburg a must see for lovers of classical music.
Then we went to the Dom Platz square are several historical sites and the church Franziskanerkirche (the Franciscans), which was the pride of bourgeoisie. This church is very sober compared with the ostentatious cathedral, the church today is preferred by Salzburgers for devotion and meditation.
We walked and hit on the Cathedral Square. The Cathedral is surrounded by three large squares. To the south is the Plaza del Cabildo, where is the Neptune Fountain which originally was used to bathe the horses and was built in 1732. In the Plaza de la Catedral saw the Column of Mary in the center of the plaza. This summer is the Festival of Salzburg. The Cathedral is a Renaissance-style building with baroque influences made between 1614 and 1628.
The main attraction we visited here was in Hohensalzburg Fortress , which is one of the medieval fortress largest and best preserved in Europe. Here considered the symbol of the city and the province. This was begun in 1077 and developed until the fifteenth century.
I tell a little story about this Fortaleza : it seems that during the war of investiture from the pope and the emperor, the archbishop Gebhard I was threatened. So as a faithful follower of the Pope, had feared the revenge of the South German princes, who overwhelmingly supported the emperor. For this reason in 1077 began building three forts in the archdiocese: the Hohenwerfen (in the district of Pongau, Salzburg ) of Friesach (in Carinthia) and the Hohensalzburg .
So the medieval fortress Hohensalzburg is the largest and best preserved. For about 600 years has become enlarged and modified until it gained its present appearance.
After walking up a steep hill from the Cathedral across the street to Capital Plaza Festungsgasse and uphill from there forever, we arrived at the ticket office of Fortaleza . The story here was that there was no case with the press card, the fight, but we could not and I said to my fellow truck that was the best attraction of Salzburg and we had to go for more than it cost 7 euros. So he paid a visit and we had very good audio guide actually worth it. After the time we realized that in fact it was the best he had Salzburg, obviously after his landscapes.
From above was watching some incredible views of the city paradise, with its streets, and beautiful mountain scenery and all aligned with the passage of the river Salzach and bridges, which highlights the Makart Steg. To enjoy the view of the city, it is best done from this Fortaleza.
Inside the Fortress did a guided audio tour through the rooms including the Museum of Fortaleza . At the beginning of the tour we saw some models on the construction phases of the same, taking in the Golden Hall where there are wood carvings from the late Gothic-coated gold and a magnificent ceramic stove 1501, cover tiles. Then we entered the torture chamber, where there are all sorts of torture instruments, and we went to the Tower of Justice, which is the highest point of Fortaleza . We also saw the body called "the Bull of Salzburg", 1502. This organ is named after the strong opening and closing chords of the corals that he touched. Is driven by a roller mechanism. The interesting thing about this body is that Mozart's father , Leopold, composed for that instrument.
Then, before we begin the descent on the grounds of Fort by the Church of St. George (1502).
To lower the Fortaleza we take a cable car in less than a minute brought us down. The funicular operates since 1892. At that time passengers were transported by a simple principle of physics: the station wagon than water pumped up that it was heavier than the station wagon so he could lower and the latter could rise. Only in the sixties was imposed electric motor for traction the small funicular.
After Fortaleza walked a few blocks and arrived at City Hall (Rathaus ), where the street begins Getreidegasse (Gezellig Straatjes). This street known as "Calle del Grano " not only found the house where Mozart was born , but also a large number of shops, a picturesque street being busy with tourists.
The birthplace of Mozart is very striking and indeed turns out to be the most visited city. His father Leopold (1719-1787), deputy conductor at the service of the archbishop, lived on the third floor with his wife, Anna Maria Walburga. Here were born seven children, of whom only two exceeded the children: Maria Anna Walburga "Nannerl", born in 1751, and Wolfgang Amadeus, come into the world on January 27, 1756. He lived in this house (when not traveling) to 17 years old in 1773. The birthplace receives up to 5000 people daily. In his third floor is a museum where they are exposed kitchen furniture and family as well as original instruments, charts and tables.
After crossing a bridge over the River Salzach and move your right side, past the old city and reached the new city. There were a Mozart otr home where ever that was not also travel Mozart was in and out of the house during the years 1773 to 1780. His father lived there until his death in 1787. The house is completely destroyed in World War II , was rebuilt between 1994 and 1996 following closely the original. Of all the historic house is preserved only Master Ball Room, used by Mozart as a concert hall.
Our last visit of the city of Mozart was Square Mozart and his monument. The statue was inaugurated in 1842 in the presence of the children of Mozart . I was not at all like Mozart this statue. Before being the same in this square was called Plaza de San Miguel.
How it was late and we did not know where we were going to sleep, we went to find a campsite, which takes about two hours and finally arrived at Camp Panorama Stadblick (Rauchenbichler Str 21), near the A1 motorway Salzburg Nord. There after we closed the receipt and went before he opened not paying a single euro, not to lose the habit.
In conclusion I say that this beautiful city, I drew much attention for its beauty and preserved medieval state of its buildings and attractions.
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big hug from Salzburg,
Henry.
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