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The 13 Most Iconic Landmarks in Salzburg

13 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Augustiner Bräustübl
~2 min

Augustiner Bräustübl

7 Lindhofstraße, Mülln, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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Augustinian monks founded this brewery in 1621 at the foot of the Mönchsberg in Salzburg's Mülln neighbourhood, and the beer has been flowing from the same location ever since.

Café Tomaselli
~2 min

Café Tomaselli

9 Alter Markt, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

foodhistoryculture

Austria's oldest coffee house has been serving caffeinated beverages on Salzburg's Alter Markt since a Frenchman named Johann Fontaine received a trade licence on March 31, 1700 to sell chocolate, tea, and coffee.

Festungsbahn
~1 min

Festungsbahn

4 Festungsgasse, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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The Festungsbahn is one of the oldest funicular railways in Austria, first carrying passengers to Hohensalzburg Fortress in 1892.

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.

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.

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.

Mozart's Birthplace
~3 min

Mozart's Birthplace

9 Getreidegasse, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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On January 27, 1756, in a third-floor apartment of a medieval townhouse on Salzburg's busiest shopping street, Anna Maria Mozart gave birth to a boy she named Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus.

Mozartplatz
~2 min

Mozartplatz

Altstadt, Salzburg, Austria

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This elegant square in the heart of Salzburg's old town was not always dedicated to Mozart.

Residenzplatz & Salzburg Residenz
~3 min

Residenzplatz & Salzburg Residenz

1 Residenzplatz, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

architecturebaroquehistory

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.

Untersberg
~4 min

Untersberg

Dr.-Friedrich-Oedl-Weg 2, 5083 Gartenau

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According to legend, Emperor Charlemagne sits sleeping inside the Untersberg, waiting for his resurrection.

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