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designed along the lines of she is said to have borne the VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
the Italian campo santo, with archbishop 15 children. Dietrich
burial sites surrounded referred to her as his wife and Practical Information
by columns, and has loved her to the end of his life. Road map D3. * 145,000.
magnificent sculptures and In 1727, Johann Lukas von n Mozartplatz 5, (0662)
tombstones. Next to the Hildebrandt rebuilt the 88987330. _ Salzburger
entrance, beside the palace for Archbishop Festspiele (late Jul–late Aug).
church, is the tomb of the Franz Anton Fürst von ∑ salzburg.info
philosopher, physi cian Harrach as a truly royal Transport
and father of pharma­ Baroque home. A fire in k Innsbrucker Bundesstrasse 95,
cology, Paracelsus, who 1818 destroyed part of (0662) 85800. £ Hauptbahnhof,
died in Salzburg in 1541. the building, but fortu­ Südtirolerplatz, (0662) 930 003161.
At the centre of the nately the superb Angels
cemetery stands the Staircase, with sculptures
chapel of the Archangel St by Georg Raphael Nanneri, were spared. The
Gabriel, which doubles Donner, and the gilt­ palace is now a civic
as Archbishop Wolf Putti on the Angels stuccoed Marble administra tion building,
Dietrich von Raitenau’s Staircase in Mirabell Hall, where a young surrounded by attractive
mausoleum. Nearby Wolfgang Mozart gardens filled with groups of
are the graves of Mozart’s performed with his sister sculptures and fountains.
wife, Constanze and his
father, Leopold.
+ Schloss Mirabell
Mirabellplatz. Tel (0662) 80720.
Open 8am–4pm Mon, Wed & Thu,
1–4pm Tue & Fri.
The site of the present Mirabell
Palace was originally used by
Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von
Raitenau in 1606 to erect a
much more modest mansion,
which he intended as a home
for his mistress Salome Alt. The
daughter of a Jewish merchant, The beautiful gardens of Schloss Mirabell

Salzburg City Centre Hauptbahnhof
1 km (0.6 mile)
1 Kapuzinerberg MIRABELL- SCHRANNENGASSE
Schloss
2 Makartplatz Mirabell PLATZ PARIS-LODRON-STRASSE
3 Sebastiansfriedhof Mirabell Barock- Sebastiansfriedhof
Gardens
4 Schloss Mirabell museum Sebastianskirche
5 Mozarteum S C H WA R T ZS T R A SS E LINZER GASSE
Mozarteum
6 Haus der Natur MAKART- Dreifaltigkeitskirche
PLATZ
7 Salzburg Museum F R A N Z -J O S E F - K A I E LI Z A B E T H K A I
Sa lzac h
8 Festspielhäuser Wohnhaus Kapuziner
Mozart-
Kloster
9 Mozarts Geburtshaus Haus der Natur Kapuzinerberg
0 Kollegienkirche Makartsteg S T E INGAS S E
Museum
q Franziskanerkirche der Moderne G RI ESG AS SE Staatsbrücke IMB E R GS T RAS SE
w Residenzplatz Blasiuskirche S alzach
e Stift St Peter GETR E I DEG A SS E Mozarts R U D O L F S K A I Mozartsteg
Geburtshaus
G IS EL AKA I
r Dom Kollegienkirche RESIDENZ-
t Stift Nonnberg Residenz PLATZ MOZARTPLATZ
Festspielhäuser REINHARD- Salzburg Museum Nonntaler-
PLATZ brücke
Residenz-Neubau
Franziskaner-
kirche Dom
Innsbrucker Bundesstraße KAPITEL- KAPITEL- PFEIFERGAS SE
GASSE
3 km (2 miles) Stift St Peter PLATZ K A L G A S S E KAJETANER-
HERR E N G AS S E PLATZ
F ESTUNGSG. FEST U N GSGASSE
Funicular Stift
OSK A R - K O K O SCHK A - W E G
Nonnberg
0 metres 500 NON NBERGGASSE
Hohensalzburg
0 yards 500 Fortress
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