The Dom exterior (shown below) is decorated with its patron saints: Rupert, Virgil, Peter and Paul. The dates on the entrance gates are:
774- Abbot and Bishop Virgil arrive from Ireland and consecrate the first cathedral
1628- Fire destroys cathedral, archbishop has it rebuilt
1959- WWII bombing destroys cathedral dome in 1944, rebuilt and reopened in 1959
Dom Interior
Salzburg Coat of Arms on fortress wall
Goldene Stube (golden chamber) inside the fortress with large tiled stove
Inside the "Welt der Marionetten" (World of Marionettes)
Schulhaus (schoolhouse) and Kuchelturm (cake tower) in fortress courtyard
Well in the courtyard dating from 1539
After descending from the fortress, we headed to St. Peter's Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in Austria still being used today. You may recognize the wrought iron vaults (shown below) from the movie when the von Trapps are hiding. The cemetery filmed in the movie was actually built on a set, based on this cemetery.
Next Sound of Music stop, Nonnberg Abbey, where the nuns sang, 'How do you solve a problem like Maria' and where the children came looking for Maria after she left their house. This is the oldest convent in the German speaking part of Europe (founded 700 AD). Maria was a "novice" here and the Baron and Maria were married here (in real life) in 1927.
At a random and pretty cemetery that happened to contain the remains of some of Mozart's relatives...
At Mirabell gardens...
This is the Pegasus fountain that Maria and the children danced around while singing "Do-re-mi."
Hellbrunn Palace, complete with gardens and trick fountains (which we opted not to experience), is also the site of the gazebo from Sound of Music....
...and of course we had to see the gazebo where Liesl and Rolf sang '16 going on 17'! I was personally hoping to jump from bench to bench like they did in the movie, but unfortunately it was locked (I wonder why?). This was actually built on the grounds of the von Trapp home for the film and was given to the city of Salzburg years later.
Next, we walked from Hellbrunn Palace to the von Trapp family home from the Sound of Music (not in real life).
Little did we know (until reading a guide book) that the von Trapp family home, as filmed in the movie, is actually two different houses. This is the "front" of the von Trapp house from the Sound of Music, shown when the Baron and Maria return from their honeymoon and the Baron rips down a Nazi flag that has been put up in the front entry while they were away. The "back" of the house, set on the lake where the kids went boating and fell into the water, was actually filmed at the 18th century Leopoldskron castle (we didn't make it there).
This yellow wall is where Maria skipped along to the von Trapp family house with guitar case and carpet bag in hand.
Water break after seeing the house- don't worry, I didn't drink it.
About 20 miles outside of Salzburg, is the Mondsee church where the Sound of Music wedding scene was filmed (not where the real Baron and Maria were married). It seemed so much larger in the movie! Interestingly, the oldest German translation of the Bible was written here.
Altar
The ornamentation in this church was really striking- I don't recall seeing this contrast of gold on black in other churches we've seen.
This church happened to be located on a beautiful lake. It made Matt and I want to go boating and spend time near water!!
Rainbow on a lake with a backdrop of snow-capped mountains. Does it get more beautiful than this?
After venturing down to the water, we stumbled upon this really cool park and just couldn't resist playing for a bit...
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