Historic center of Salzburg

Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized the historic center of the Austrian city of Salzburg as a World Cultural Heritage in 1996.

Salzburg is the capital of Salzburg state in the Republic of Austria. With a population of 150,269 Salzburg residents are the fourth largest city of Austria after Vienna, Graz and Linz. Salzburg is also known as Mozart's city because genius composer Mozart was born and lived half his life here. Historically, the city was built and formed in the fifth century, when the city had a very large monastery named Saint Peter . The name Salzburg first appeared in documents and papers in 755. The city of Salzburg has many special features, which must include the historical center of the city: At the end of the 11th century, a large fortress was built here for military purposes. The fortress is named Hohensalzlurg , this is the largest historic structure in the Middle Ages of Central Europe. Currently this fortress is one of the important architectural works of the city historic center.

Panoramic view of the historic center of Salzburg.

Around the end of the 18th century, Salzburg became a center of culture and art in the region. In 1921, Salzburg held an unprecedented large referendum to decide whether Salzburg would belong to the German empire or stay with the Austrians. Finally, with the determination to retain Salzburg, today Austria is very proud of a city with up to 4,000 cultural events each year and hundreds of architectural works of great cultural and historical significance.

People in Salzburg are extremely proud of their city, Salzburg people often recommend to tourists that there has not been a period in history that Salzburg did not leave valuable buildings.

The entire old town area - the historic center of Salzburg is the unique architecture with a history of hundreds to thousands of years ago. The buildings are quite prominent here such as: Nonntal neighborhood, Mulln, Hellbrunnn Castle and flower gardens around the castle, Hellbrunn Boulevard, Salzburg Castle, Central Europe's oldest motor vehicle tunnel, The House The church's fortifications include: Salzburg Cathedral, Saint Peter's Monastery, Cathedral of Salzburg University, Franciscan Church, Church of Michael .

The symbol of Salzburg city is the ancient city of Hohensalzburg . Built in the 10th century, Hohensalzburg citadel has so far remained "inert with the monks ". With the perfect defense system, the castle was once considered an impregnable fortress from the Middle Ages. After many battles in the war, Hohensalzburg today is repaired to be a museum for visitors. For those who are passionate about traveling to enjoy the old-fashioned architecture through the buildings, it will be a pleasure to visit Hellbrunn Castle with castle gardens and fountains, and the landscape of the surrounding gardens Hellbrunn highway , this avenue is considered the oldest boulevard in the world.

And if you talk about the "best" of Salzburg, it must include Austria's oldest motorized vehicle tunnel and the world's oldest cable-climbing railway .

If speaking of faith, Salzburg has St. Peter's Monastery (Peter), the oldest monastery to date. It would be missing without mentioning Nonnberg Monastery , which is the oldest women's monastery in the world so far.

Salzburg Cathedral was built in the early 17th century, this is the first Baroque church in the Northern Alps, the horns and majesty shine under the distant mountains.

The birthplace of the heavenly music of the world Mozart , if you have the opportunity to come to Salzburg visitors can not miss the important destination that is the home of this great composer.

Not only are the architecture in Salzburg beautiful, when coming to Salzburg, visitors will easily recognize that architecture, the master plan here is extremely harmonious. Walking on small streets, zigzagging in the historic center area is enough to feel the beauty of the architectural works here.

Since 1973, in order to protect the buildings in the Historical Center, the Austrian Government has issued a regulation to walk only in this old town. Regulations on tourism to visit the works here are also strictly controlled. Perhaps for these reasons and throughout the centuries, buildings in Salzburg's historic center still retain the beauty of its glorious period.