Salzburg, the city of music ....

My hairdresser, Andrea is Austrian & she said Salzburg is her favourite Austrian city. She is from Vienna & having visited Vienna in the summer & loved it, I was surprised at her being so passionate about Salzburg.

However, they are two very different cities & I loved the compactness, age, history & stories of Salzburg.

It is naturally the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & his name is everywhere ...

A statue to The Magic Flute - it is a lovely statue

 Mozartkugel - the name is a great selling point in Salzburg

Mozart’s birthplace He was born in 1756 at the Hagenauer Haus, no 9 Getreidegasse,  a small apartment on the third floor, not the whole building. The family lived there for 26 years. He only lived until the age of 35.  It has a constant stream of people outside as it contains a much visited museum too

Mozart knew the Catholic Cathedral well, originally built in AD 767, it was destroyed by a fire & rebuilt in 1598. 

A view over the square from the entrance to the Cathedral ...

The very impressive interior of the Cathedral with its elaborate dome ...

The traditional squares host Christmas markets & they attract great numbers of visitors to the City

The fortress dominates the hill above Salzburg 

Mozart presiding over a large square with a pop up ice rink well used by children

His history is entwined with that of his birthplace, he only lived for 35 years but what an impact he had on music.

Beautiful views of the river & life beyond the city centre

An interesting building over the river on the hill ...

Some bling, Austrian crystals ...

Salzburg personifies elegance & charm ...

Austrian crystals to bling up your Christmas ...

 Even the Christmas markets are elegant ...

The other important musical connection deserves its own blog post, so stop by again soon, 

Dee ~💕~