While a cemetery tour might seem a bit macabre to some, wandering this darling little corner of Salzburg is as historical as beautiful and worth checking out if you happen to be visiting Salzburg anytime soon. The graves plotted throughout the Cemetery are filled with famous personalities from Salzburg, including artists, scholars and merchants, and Mozart’s dear sister. This means that all the flowers in the Cemetery are cohesive, which gives the whole place a garden-like appearance. Along with your monthly rent comes a florist who will create perfectly manicured flower boxes in front of your loved one’s tombs every month. These crypts are rented out the more rent you pay, the more lovely the design of your crypt. These inspired the cemetery scene in the Sound of Music when Maria and the Von Trapps hide from the Nazis. This is where the aristocrats of Salzburg are buried. Inside, little touches of baroque architecture decorate the walls and floor of the crypts. There are family crypts along the edges of the Cemetery, each one protected by elegant wrought iron gates. The Cemetery is the oldest known Christian Cemetery in Austria and houses some of the wealthiest and most notables family in Salzburg’s history. Next, head back out to visit the Cemetery. Miniature altarpieces sit atop the stone tables, and ancient carvings dot the walls as you walk past.Ī post shared by TheLittleHouseofHorrors Cemetery These “chapels” are not more than little altars carved into the rocks. Once you reach the top of the steps, you will enter the Maximus Chapel, with a great view of the Cemetery and the city below. Inside the catacombs, you’ll find the small Gertrauden Chapel, which dates back to 1178. These mystical caves were also rudimentary shelters for the earliest settlers in Salzburg. To enter, you must climb up the steep steps carved into the Mönchsberg mountain.
Catacombsīefore heading into the Cemetery, take a few minutes to explore the catacombs. Everywhere you looked, there seemed to be something new to uncover. I cannot describe how many little treasures were squeezed into this small space.
Standing in the middle of the nave, surrounded by all this artistic greatness, you feel a sense of majesty all around. The organ’s swelling melodies still fill the church as the building is frequently used as a concert hall today. No doubt it would have been THE place to be in Salzburg that evening. Inside, Mozart himself premiered his famous orchestra Mass in C Minor along with his wife, who performed the vocals for the performance. Frescos of various biblical scenes are painted along the nave, making the whole room burst with life and colours. Swirling oceanic shapes curl on the ceiling golden vines encrust walls. Inside the church, the Rococo period explosions burst as soon as you walk in the doors. The Abbey’s onion-domed roofs can easily be seen across the Salzburg skyline.
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Light cream-coloured stucco is decorated with banana cream whipped windows and trim. This building has a simple Baroque-styled exterior. It still houses Austria’s oldest library, which contains manuscripts from as early as 734 AC. Peter’s was known worldwide for their monk lead writing classes which taught students expectational skills in literature, penmanship and printing.
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