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13 entries tagged Street on Introducing Salzburg.
The Festungsgasse is the steep lane in Salzburg's old town that climbs from Kapitelplatz to the base of Hohensalzburg Fortress. It is a medieval path used since the fortress was founded in 1077, running parallel to the funicular (Festungsbahn).
Salzburg's most famous street and the heart of the Altstadt. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born at No. 9 (Mozart's Birthplace). The Hagenauer family, the Mozarts' landlord, lived in the same building. The street is known for its medieval wrought-iron guild signs, narrow passages (Durchhäuser), and historic shopfronts.
A narrow medieval lane in the Altstadt, running between the Residenzplatz area and the Salzach embankment. Quieter and more intimate than Getreidegasse.
The world's oldest preserved Baroque avenue. A 4 km corridor of mature chestnuts and oaks planted by Archbishop Markus Sittikus between 1613 and 1615 as a processional route connecting the Residenz to his summer palace at Hellbrunn Palace. Flat, car-free, and lined with trees that predate almost everything in Salzburg's tourist canon. Walk or cycle it.
The spine of the Salzburg Festival precinct, running along the Mönchsberg cliff face. The Grosses Festspielhaus, Haus fur Mozart, and Felsenreitschule all open from this street. During the Festival, the most concentrated point of cultural energy in the city.
Public staircase of 261 steps climbing from Steingasse up the western face of Kapuzinerberg to the Stefan-Zweig-Weg near the Capuchin Monastery. Sister path to the better-known Nonnbergstiege on the opposite side of the river.
The historic Jewish lane in the Altstadt, a reminder of the medieval Jewish community expelled in 1498 under Leonhard von Keutschach. The lane preserves the memory of that community in its name.
A street along the Salzach embankment on the left bank, connecting the southern Altstadt to the bridges and the Neustadt. Home to the Mozartkino. Views across the river toward the Kapuzinerberg.
Linzer Gasse is the main street of the Neustadt (right bank), running north from the Staatsbrücke along the base of the Kapuzinerberg. Less photographed than Getreidegasse, more lived-in: bakeries and pharmacies alongside souvenir shops, with the Church of the Holy Trinity by Fischer von Erlach anchoring the southern end and St.
The steep stone staircase climbing to Nonnberg Abbey. Sound of Music filming location. Maria walks these stairs. Medieval origins. View back down over Nonntal rooftops.
The principal cultural boulevard of the right bank, densely packed with the Salzburger Landestheater, Mozarteum, Marionettentheater, Cafe Bazar, and Hotel Sacher Salzburg. During Festival season, one of the most animated streets in the city.
Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse is one of Salzburg's oldest lanes, a quiet stone passage that links the Universitätsplatz toward the Getreidegasse and carries Austria's oldest bookshop, trading on the same spot since 1492.
The Steingasse is the narrow medieval lane on Salzburg's right bank that most visitors miss entirely because everyone crosses to the left bank for the cathedral and the Getreidegasse. That is their mistake.
