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statuewaserectedin1842onthe50thanniversaryofMozart'sdeath,duringamusicfestival
that included his two sons (making this event, in a sense, the first SalzburgFestival). Mozart
spent much of his first 25 years (1756-1777) in Salzburg, the greatest Baroque city north of
theAlps.Butthecityitselfismucholder:TheMozartstatuesitsonbitsofRomanSalzburg,
and the pink Church of St. Michael that overlooks the square dates from A.D. 800. The first
Salzburgerssettled rightaroundhere.NearyouistheTI(withaconcertboxoffice),andjust
around the downhill corner is a pedestrian bridge leading over the Salzach River to the quiet
and most medieval street in town, Steingasse (described on here ) .
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