"SNOW GAMES - Highway Vienna - Salzburg"
"HOHENSALZBURG FORTRESS, built in 1077, is the largest, fully-preserved fortress in central Europe, and was never conquered by enemy troops. It can be reached by a funicular built in 1892"
"MARKTPLATZ - Mozart lived nearby"
"RAINERSTRASSE, A main thoroughfare in Salzburg"
"CATHEDRAL - The first cathedral was built in 767, consecrated in 774 to St. Virgil and St. Rupert, and was destroted by fire. The rest of the story is on Blogtrotter Revival, the 80's, at Zurich, Salzburg - February 1981
"MOZART SQUARE - The statue is by Ludwig Schwanthaler, and was unveiled on September 5, 1842"
"SHOPPING LANES - Getreidegasse, probably Salzburg's most famous shopping lane, Judengasse and others have high and narrow houses tight together, as well as the famous wrought iron guild signs"
"MOZART'S BIRTHPLACE - Getreidegasse 9, today a museum, is where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756. His family lived here from 1747 to 1773"
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HERE WE COME TO THE END OF THE 70'S TROTTING. THERE IS MORE AT THE BLOGTROTTER REVIVAL, THE 80'S!!!
4 comments:
Wow, another pearl! Love that little city, it's fabulous!!
Getreidegasse - another place for street musicians :-))
And yeah, you were asking about how to put a link into your comment. This is where I learned this stuff. Have fun!
Hi Andrea, thanks for your visits, also to Blogtrotter. And thanks for the hint...
What a charming place!! I wish I were there!
Thanks for visiting :)
Hi Dana, Amazing to see you commenting on this old blog almost nobody cares about... But it's true that Salzburg is quite charming (though a bit excessive on Mozart's marketing...;))
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