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14 Stunning Architecture Landmarks in Salzburg

14 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Alter Markt
~1 min

Alter Markt

Alter Markt, 5020 Salzburg

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Salzburg's oldest marketplace has been the commercial heart of the city for over seven hundred years, and its compact, irregular shape tells the story of a square that evolved organically from medieval trade rather than being imposed by Baroque architects.

DomQuartier
~3 min

DomQuartier

1 Residenzplatz, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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The DomQuartier opened in 2014 by doing something that hadn't been possible for two hundred years: reconnecting the spaces where Salzburg's prince-archbishops lived, worshipped, and ruled.

Getreidegasse
~2 min

Getreidegasse

Getreidegasse, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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This narrow lane has been one of the most important routes through Salzburg since the Roman Age, and its name has nothing to do with grain.

Hangar-7
~2 min

Hangar-7

7 Wilhelm-Spazier-Straße, Maxglan, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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Dietrich Mateschitz, the co-founder of Red Bull, wanted a hangar for his collection of historic aircraft.

Hellbrunn Palace & Trick Fountains
~4 min

Hellbrunn Palace & Trick Fountains

37 Fürstenweg, Hellbrunn, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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Prince-Archbishop Markus Sittikus built Hellbrunn between 1612 and 1615 as a summer pleasure palace, and in a detail that tells you everything about his personality, he deliberately included no bedrooms.

Hohensalzburg Fortress
~4 min

Hohensalzburg Fortress

34 Mönchsberg, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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This fortress has loomed over Salzburg for nearly a thousand years, and in all that time, nobody has ever managed to take it by force.

Leopoldskron Palace
~2 min

Leopoldskron Palace

56 Leopoldskronstraße, Riedenburg, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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Built in 1736 by Prince-Archbishop Leopold Anton von Firmian, Leopoldskron is a Rococo jewel set on the shore of a small lake, with the Untersberg mountain reflected in the water behind it.

Mirabell Palace & Gardens
~3 min

Mirabell Palace & Gardens

4 Mirabellplatz, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau built this palace in 1606 for his mistress Salome Alt and their fifteen children.

Museum der Moderne
~2 min

Museum der Moderne

32 Mönchsberg, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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Perched sixty metres above the old town on the sheer cliff of the Mönchsberg, the Museum der Moderne sits where the legendary Café Winkler once dominated the Salzburg skyline for decades.

Residenzplatz & Salzburg Residenz
~3 min

Residenzplatz & Salzburg Residenz

1 Residenzplatz, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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For centuries, Salzburg was not part of Austria at all.

Salzburg Cathedral
~3 min

Salzburg Cathedral

1A Domplatz, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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This cathedral has been built, burned, destroyed, and rebuilt so many times that its current incarnation — the magnificent Baroque structure you see today — is essentially version four.

Salzburg Festival Halls
~3 min

Salzburg Festival Halls

Hofstallgasse 1, 5020 Salzburg

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The Salzburg Festival is the largest and most prestigious classical music festival in the world, selling roughly 250,000 tickets across six weeks each summer.

Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
~1 min

Salzburg Hauptbahnhof

Südtiroler Platz 1, 5020 Salzburg

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Salzburg's main railway station was completely rebuilt between 2008 and 2014, and the result is one of the most elegant modern train stations in Central Europe.

St. Peter's Abbey
~2 min

St. Peter's Abbey

Sankt-Peter-Bezirk 1, 5020 Salzburg

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Founded around 696 by Saint Rupert of Salzburg, St.

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