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(Nonnberg Convent; Nonnberggasse 2; 7am-dusk)
A short climb up the Nonnbergstiege staircase
from Kaigasse or along Festungsgasse brings you to this Benedictine convent, founded
1300 years ago and made famous as
the
nunnery in
The Sound of Music
. You can visit the
beautiful rib-vaulted church, but the rest of the convent is off limits.
Steingasse
HISTORIC SITE
On the right bank of the Salzach River, this narrow, cobbled lane was, incredibly, the
main trade route to Italy in medieval times. Look out for the 13th-century
Steintor
gate and
the house of
Joseph Mohr
, who wrote the lyrics to the all-time classic carol 'Silent Night'.
The street is at its most photogenic in the late morning when sunlight illuminates its
pastel-coloured townhouses.
Kollegienkirche
(Universitätsplatz; 8am-6pm)
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach's grandest baroque design
is this late-17th-century university church, with a striking bowed facade. The high altar's
columns symbolise the Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
CHURCH
FOUNTAIN
Pferdeschwemme
(Horse Trough; Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz)
Designed by Fischer von Erlach in 1693, this fountain is
a horse-lover's delight, with rearing equine pin-ups surrounding Michael Bernhard
Mandl's statue of a horse tamer.
Franziskanerkirche
(Franziskanergasse 5; 6.30am-7.30pm)
A real architectural hotchpotch, Salzburg's Franciscan
church has a Romanesque nave, a Gothic choir with rib vaulting, and a baroque marble
altar (one of Fischer von Erlach's creations).
CHURCH
Dreifältigkeitskirche
CHURCH
