Stairs
A staircase climbing the Mönchsberg cliff behind the Salzburg festival houses, named in 1983 for Clemens Holzmeister (1886-1983), the architect who built them: he created the smaller festival theatre in the 1920s and designed the Grosses Festspielhaus between 1956 and 1960. Free, entered from the Toscaninihof off Hofstallgasse. More than a dedication, it is also one of the real pedestrian routes up onto the Mönchsberg from the old town, so it works as both a piece of festival history and a shortcut to the cliff-top paths.
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architect1886 - 1983
The architect who carved a world-class opera stage into the Monchsberg cliff face. Holzmeister worked on Salzburg Festival venues across multiple building phases from 1926, culminating in the Grosses Festspielhaus expansion of 1956-1960.
