SALZBURG, AUSTRIA

SALZBURG CATHEDRAL IS AN IMPRESSIVE BUILDING EVEN AMONG THE BEAUTIFUL OLD TOWN SECTION OF THE CITY.  BUILT IN 1628 IN ONLY 15 YEARS.  MOZART WAS BAPTIZED IN THIS CHURCH.  HE WAS ALSO THE ORGANIST HERE BETWEEN 1779 - 1781.  DECORATED IN TYPICAL OVER-THE-TOP BAROQUE STYLE.  THE ORGAN IS HUGE WITH 4,000 PIPES.  

WE ALSO SAW SOME OF THE SMALLER CHURCHES OF SALZBURG.    THE ABBEY CHURCH OF ST. PETER.  THIS CHURCH IS ALSO MADE IN THE BAROQUE STYLE.   AND MOZART ALSO PLAYED THE ORGAN HERE ON A REGULAR BASIS.  HE ALSO DEBUTED HIS MASS IN C MINOR AT ST. PETER'S IN 1783.   NEXT DOOR TO THE CHURCH IS THE ABBEY'S LEGENDARY WEINKELLER RESTAURANT.  IT WAS FOUNDED A THOUSAND YEARS AGO BY THE ABBEY'S  MONKS.  WE HAD A DELICIOUS AUSTRIAN MEAL THERE ONE EVENING.

ST. PETER'S CHURCH

ST. PETER'S ABBEY

ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, SHOWN BELOW, IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SALZBURG FORTRESS WALLS.