Salzburg - Mozart and Sound Of Music

 Salzburg Panoramic in Winter

Executive summary By Darmansjah Godjali

Like vegetables without salt, that's the right phrase when talking about the city of Salzburg is located in Central Austria without question the problem of classical music. If Vienna (the capital of Austria) is famous for opera performances are captivating, so Salzburg is a repository of classical musicians who had triumphed in the past. Meanwhile, between opera and classical music itself, obviously closely related. TravelerGuidance.Blogspot tells of pulling this small town for you.

 Salzach river.

Classical music has become blood and flesh of the divided city by this Salzach river. The names of the kinds of Johan Strauss, Franz Peter Schubert and of course Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart is a musician who has a number of 'heritage' which still can be enjoyed by both by ordinary people who visited Salzburg.

 Makartplatz

The buildings are located in Makartplatz 8 for example, was once the residence of Mozart from 1773 until 1798. While in a narrow street known as the old downtown of Salzburg from the first until now, Getreidegasse, precisely in a building numbered 9, is where Mozart was born. Here, some artists deliberately perpetuated by Mozart's face painted on the asphalt road. This is an attraction for the tourists that pass in the area.

 Getreidegasse

As the city is loaded with 'cargo' of classical music, Salzburg often played host to the implementation of various arts festivals associated with classical music.

 salzburg filzmoos

No fewer than 4,000 arts and cultural events organized element in this city every year, among others, Mozart, held Sunday in January (Mozart was born in this month), the Festival of Passover in April, Pentecost Concert, Festival summer, Szene Salzburg Festival , Salzburg Culture Day Celebration, Concert Palace Theatre Marionettes Performance well. Thus, is not wrong if Salzburg is also known as the cultural city in Austria, as well as Bruge in Belgium or Barcelona in Spain.

 Hohensalzburg Fortress

The city is also known to have a castle that supposedly the largest in all of Central Europe. Hohensalzburg Fortress which is located on a hill top in Salzburg was founded in 1077.

 Burg museum

Construction period is long enough, make this castle fortress known also as eternal, because it just completed in 1681. In the white-walled building, which when illuminated by the evening glow of thousands of watts of light golden brown, there is a museum named Burg museum. The museum is quite unique because it exhibited a variety of equipment that have been used in ancient times to torture prisoners of war.

Salt City

Mirrabel Garden

Package tour of The Sound of Music which lasted about four hours starting from the famous flower park located north of the River Salzach, Mirrabel Garden. This place has a sense of historic importance due to mining activity 'white gold' ever undertaken in the Middle Ages. 'White Gold' is meant here is the salt. Yes, the salt had its moment of glory in the past. In medieval times, especially in Europe. Because of the popularity, even the workers in mining are often willing to pay to use salt. Therefore, there are some linguists who mentioned that the actual word 'salary', which in English is called with a salary, is derived from the basic salt (= salt). And it is true, that is not complete taste of a dish without salt, as does not taste good when working without a salary.

 Nonnberg Nunnery

Other places to stopover in this tour package is Nonnberg Nunnery (a convent house for women), Leopoldskron Castle, Castle Hellburn flower garden and resort areas in the region Mondsee, which is 30 kilometers from Salzburg. At Mondsee, there is a church named Pfarrkirche St. Michael is often used by the royal family of Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic and Hungary to establish a marriage blessing ceremony.

 Castle Hellburn flower garden and resort

In winter, the Mondsee always covered by thick snow. Therefore, no wonder if the ice ski sports enthusiasts are always coming to this place to channel his passion. One of the famous place as a base camp ski sports enthusiast ice is a small town St. Gilgen, located on the edge of a small lake that the water surface often freezes during winter.

 small town St. Gilgen

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  Leopoldskron Castle

St. Gilgen

  Pfarrkirche St. Michael

 

  Pfarrkirche St. Michael

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