Historic Building
Altes Rathaus Salzburg
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- Old town hall tower with clock face seen between narrow old-town facades in Salzburg. (1 / 8)
- Altes Rathaus clock tower framed between narrow lanes with Hotel sign in Salzburg old town (2 / 8)
- The Altes Rathaus Salzburg clock tower with green spire and red-white Austrian flags seen through a metal fence (3 / 8)
- Altes Rathaus clock tower with Austrian flags next to the Festspielhaus facade in Salzburg old town. (4 / 8)
- Altes Rathaus clock tower above old town rooftops with the Moenchsberg cliff rising behind in Salzburg. (5 / 8)
- Onion-dome clock tower of the Altes Rathaus Salzburg with hung Salzburg flags and Hohensalzburg Fortress visible behind (6 / 8)
- Wide view of the Kulstrunk panorama painting showing Salzburg and the Alps at the Altes Rathaus Salzburg (7 / 8)
- Gilded chandelier partly obscuring the Kulstrunk panorama painting at the Altes Rathaus Salzburg (8 / 8)
The Altes Rathaus on the Kranzlmarkt is Salzburg’s old town hall, a corner building distinguished by a black-and-gold clock dial on its tower. Behind that dial sit the oldest clock and the oldest bell in the city. The city bought the medieval house in 1407, rebuilt it between 1616 and 1618, and gave it the Rococo façade it still wears, a late, lighter phase of the Baroque, in the 1770s. The mayor and council moved to the Schloss Mirabell in 1947, but the building still works: a gallery downstairs, council rooms and offices above. The exterior is free to view. Stand near the Alter Markt for the best angle on the clock face.