Sunday, June 22, Salzburg
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Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg 27 January 1756. He lived in Salzburg until he was 17, when he moved to Vienna.
Mozarts Geburtshaus (Mozart's birthplace)
Salzburg Cathedral is the seventeenth-century Baroque cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg, dedicated to Saint Rupert and Saint Vergilius. Saint Rupert founded the church in 774 on the remnants of a Roman town, the cathedral was rebuilt in 1181 after a fire. In the seventeenth century, the cathedral was completely rebuilt in the Baroque style under Prince-Bishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau to its present appearance. Salzburg Cathedral still contains the baptismal font in which Mozart was baptized. |
