Salzburg –Day 9

We had a great day. We found a Salzburg walking tour like this one and went after it. It was a very full day. We walked more than 9 miles and saw so many interesting things. This post will be a quick overview.

The Mirabel Gardens and Palace (Wolf Dieterich Reitenau, Prince Archbishop)
Today, the Mirabell Palace houses the offices of the Salzburg mayor and the municipal administration. The Marmorsaal is now considered one of the finest wedding halls in the world. Leopold Mozart and his children Wolfgang and Nannerl performed here.
These offices are surrounded by some beautiful gardens, covered now in frost. It was a cold day. The pansies have been planted for spring.

University Mozarteum (Mozart’s coat in window)
This area is part of the university for music students, named after Mozart.

Church of the Holy Trinity
Catholic, baroque, beautiful

St. Sebastian Church & Sebasitian’s Cemetery

Was designed based on the model of an Italian campo santo with an arcade-lined graveyard. In the center is the mausoleum of Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau. It also houses the tombs of the Mozart family and Paracelsus.

The ground was frosty, the headstones were wonderful. Found the burial site of the Mozart family members and visited with some older women also visiting the site.

The courtyard and cemetery:

The Mozart family is buried here:

Such interesting headstones and memorials.

Kapuziner Kloster

There are 2 ways up, one more gradual, which we took, but it still was a climb–248 steps up, saw the views, and came down again on the steep side. The views on top were good, but not the best (better from the fortress later today). Visited the Kloster up on top, another old church. Found Stolpersteine up on top by the Kloster.

The small chapel up on top.

I’d love to see this chapel at night, it by these candles.

The view across the valley to the castle.

I was interested to see this Stolperteine right before we crossed the bridge. This one is in memory of Rene Lucien Coilliaux born 1913, a French prisoner of war, who was forced to labor on this bridge. He died in 1942.

John is on a quest to find the best price on the Mozart chocolate balls.

Yellow Mozart Haus birthplace, museum (we’ll will return to do this later).
For 26 years the Mozart family lived in a 130 m2 flat at number 9 Getreidegasse. Wolfgang was born here in 1756. The museum shows the Mozarts’ flat with kitchen, anteroom as well as living room, bedroom and study – containing original exhibits such as his childhood violin.

Chestnuts roasting by Mozart’s house.

There are Christmas Markets scattered around the town. We enjoy walking through them as we come to them. This one was more of a Farmer’s Market with some Christmas things added to the produce and food items.

The Saturday farmer’s market mingled with Christmas market stalls:

Collegiate Church
The exceptionally steep dimensions of the church interior are very impressive. By foregoing painting and very sparing use of stucco and sculptures, the space achieves its own distinctive effect. This simplicity is an ideal backdrop for art exhibitions and concerts. And if you look closely, you might well discover a scorch mark on the marble flooring. This comes from the time when Salzburg was occupied by Napoleonic troops and the church was used as a warehouse for hay.

St Peter’s Church (old Abbey) 712 A.D.
The foundation of St. Peter’s Abbey by St. Rupert in 696 is, in a sense, the beginning of Salzburg’s mediaeval history. The grounds of St. Peter include the abbey bakery, library, concert halls, abbey restaurant, church catacombs and the cemetery with the graves of Anna Maria “Nannerl” Mozart and Michael Haydn.