At the "heart" of Salzburg Walk

• Walk through the "heart" of Salzburg

This time I want to invite everyone to walk with me on the souvenir market of Salzburg and see the "heart" of the Old Town - Square Altermarkt and Rezidentsplatts.

So we crossed the bridge from the Old Town to stroll through the local souvenir market. These are the beautiful flowers "grow" is on its way to the market:

To visit me in the "heart" of Salzburg ...

And on the opposite bank of the tower is visible once the Salzburg church. This Evangelical Parish Church of Christ:

The parish was founded in 1863 and today it consists of about 4,500 members of the community, which is the largest Protestant church in western Austria. Most parishioners Lutherans and reformers:

The Church, of course, beautiful, but we have come to the market to take a look, so that all the attention on the local goods. How much different is useful and not very gizmos !:

There are many different birds:

and funny mice musicians. Each of them in the legs any musical instrument:

Of course, immediately I wanted to buy all or at least take a picture for memory. But somehow it was awkward to shoot sellers, I'm not sure that everyone would be very pleased. So we just went and looked souvenirs. I do not know on what days work this market, we were there on Sunday.

And here is how the opposite side of the embankment, where we just came from. A lot of parked cars:

Then the clouds began to run against again, even the mountains almost closed:

We decided that it was time to leave the market and began to climb. We took to the road, and suddenly there's a crucifix:

It seemed to us that the building wellness hotel located in the background. If so, a strange neighborhood:

The tower of the church of Christ is seen through the trees. Now we look at it from a height:

A walk becomes more interesting. We go on the road and on the right rise the real mountains, as in some southern Russian resort. Along the way we meet the old gate Klauzentor:

and plates attached to them:

They went out on the Getreidegasse and the right home came before us, in which the January 27, 1756 birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The museum-apartment you can see the documents and drawings, as well as instruments on which Mozart played:

Now, a closer look at a narrow street Getreidegasse with many beautiful signs. It is through these signboards street is so popular with tourists:

Snow White 'Collegiate Church, another of its name - the University. Considered one of the most beautiful churches in Europe. Under its charm even in his time Mozart was. Especially for a forty-hour service in the church, which is held on the Pentecost, Mozart wrote the Mass. And he designed the Collegiate Church, the same architect who was the author of the project of the Vienna Schönbrunn:

Very nice old house next to the church:

In the distance, on the Town Hall Square, stands the Old Town Hall with a very beautiful clock:

And this bookstore located building. Under the roof is visible date - 1294. Interestingly, this is really the construction date of the house? Somehow I can not believe such a strong house looks:

In the city of Mozart's music, even an owl. A sign on the building from the previous photo. There is already listed in 1594. Quite clear:

Here we are in the heart of Old Town, on Altermarkt:

In the center of the square stands the Fountain of St. Florian, established in the name of an early Christian martyr Saint Florian, whose citizens believed the defense against fires. Until 1800 the fountain was also used by butchers city for professional "rites": in the fountain pool apprentice jumped to was believed to "wash away their sins":

In the area that no building, history. The house №6 once housed a pharmacy. In 1591 the house was bought by a pharmacist, and in 1647 the house and Pharmacy passed into the possession of the princes, archbishops, and as evidenced by extant inscription on the facade of the house - Alte f.e. Hofapotheke (old pharmacy of the prince-archbishop). I have heard that there is a pharmacy still exists, but I can not argue, I did not check:

Here, on the Old Market Square, there is also the oldest cafes not only in Salzburg but also in the whole of Austria, and perhaps - and oldest, is never closed cafe in Central Europe - "Tomaselli" (Café Tomaselli). It occupies the house number 9 and №10:

Next to the café is located the smallest house in Salzburg at number 10a. It was built between the two buildings already stand here and has a width of only 1, 42 m and the roof had, though half-hearted, but still carefully covered with tiles.:

Live sculpture in the form of Mozart supposedly hovers in the air:

Initially, my attention was drawn to this picture a little girl, she was a very serious person trying to roll his toy stroller, but that for some reason, all the time overturned, angry girl, but tried hard to make a hell of a ride this design exactly)))

And then I got accustomed to the ornate construction, near which there was all this action, and realized that it deserves attention.

It turned out that the so-called meteorological pole. Here you immediately and barometer, and thermometer, that is, measures the pressure, air temperature, showing its current status and displays the performance of the previous week. And at the very bottom of the device is available with average monthly air temperature in Salzburg during the year:

There also are someone's pants)))

Next to the area Altermarkt is one more area - Rezidentsplatts. And in this area there are also many interesting and beautiful buildings. For example, Glockenspiel tower with a musical instrument of the bells called Carillon:

As can be seen from this plate, in the tower of the new residence is located in Salzburg carillon. Listen to it can be every day at 7, 11 and 18 hours. On the day of our arrival in Salzburg carillon played the minuet "Don Giovanni" by Mozart. More on the sign says that from March to October, you can visit the Carillon with a guided tour every Thursday at 17:30 and every Friday at 10.30. I write on the case, when suddenly someone in the near future is going to Salzburg and will want to consider these bells close:

Here is the Rezidentsplatts Sunday afternoon in July. Area size pretty decent, but the people on it were not so many as in the neighboring Altermarkt. I did not know why:

This area is Salzburg Cathedral:

And more simply gorgeous fountain Rezidentsbrunnen created in the 17th century. He is considered the most beautiful in the city and the largest Baroque fountain in Europe:

represents Fountain sculptural marble height of almost 15 m. In the center is a rock surrounded by sea horses. Her three athletes holding cup with three dolphins. Dolphins, in turn, keep the shell in which sits Triton injected from the horn water. That is such a complex "system of tubes":

On the west side of the square stands the archbishop's residence, or the old residence. Construction was completed its 17 th century, and luxurious interiors were created until the mid-18th century. On the third floor is the museum "Gallery residence" - a collection of medieval European art:

We are limited only to visit the patio with a cursory inspection of sculptures:

The clock on the tower of the Cathedral:

The steeple against the sky goes to my photo collection "spire piercing the sky":

We decided to go for a short while in the Salzburg Cathedral, or as it is called, the Cathedral of Saints Rupert and Virgil:

Inside the cathedral:

They left the cathedral, went around him and got on Kapitelplatts area. And then set the original monument confectioner Paul Fuerst, who invented candy "Mozart". Here it is, sorry, from the back. Views of the world famous men in front and on top you can admire in my report on the Hohensalzburg Fortress: