Archbishop
c. 1538, Maissau, Lower Austria - 4 May 1586, Salzburg
The archbishop who held the line before the revolution. Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasy’s 26-year archiepiscopate (1560-1586) was shaped by the pressures of the Counter-Reformation: maintaining Catholic authority while Protestant ideas spread through Salzburg’s population.
His significance lies in what came after him. He provided the institutional continuity between the earlier era and the explosion of baroque ambition that Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau would unleash upon his death. Without the stable foundation Khuen von Belasy maintained, Wolf Dietrich’s radical transformation of Salzburg might not have been possible.
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The 2 places on this page, where they actually stand.
Locations
Baroque
The official palace and seat of power of the Prince-Archbishops for over 200 years. Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau rebuilt it in grand baroque style. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed for the Archbishop in these very rooms. Troger's frescoes look down from the state rooms. Today the Prunkraume and Residenzgalerie are open to visitors. Directly on Residenzplatz.
Consecrated 1628
The first baroque cathedral built in the German-speaking world, and the dominant church at the heart of Salzburg's Altstadt. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was baptised here on 28 January 1756. The site has held a cathedral since 774, when Saint Virgil of Salzburg consecrated the first one.
