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7 Cultural Landmarks in Salzburg

7 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Café Tomaselli
~2 min

Café Tomaselli

9 Alter Markt, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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Austria's oldest coffee house has been serving caffeinated beverages on Salzburg's Alter Markt since a Frenchman named Johann Fontaine received a trade licence on March 31, 1700 to sell chocolate, tea, and coffee.

Café-Konditorei Fürst
~1 min

Café-Konditorei Fürst

Brodgasse 13, 5020 Salzburg

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Around 1890, Salzburg confectioner Paul Fürst invented a bonbon that would become one of the most counterfeited sweets in the world.

Mozart Residence
~2 min

Mozart Residence

8 Makartplatz, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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In 1773, the Mozart family moved from their cramped apartment on Getreidegasse to this considerably more spacious house on what was then called Hannibalplatz.

Mozart's Birthplace
~3 min

Mozart's Birthplace

9 Getreidegasse, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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On January 27, 1756, in a third-floor apartment of a medieval townhouse on Salzburg's busiest shopping street, Anna Maria Mozart gave birth to a boy she named Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus.

Mozartplatz
~2 min

Mozartplatz

Altstadt, Salzburg, Austria

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This elegant square in the heart of Salzburg's old town was not always dedicated to Mozart.

Salzburg Festival Halls
~3 min

Salzburg Festival Halls

Hofstallgasse 1, 5020 Salzburg

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The Salzburg Festival is the largest and most prestigious classical music festival in the world, selling roughly 250,000 tickets across six weeks each summer.

Salzburg Marionette Theatre
~2 min

Salzburg Marionette Theatre

Schwarzstraße 24, 5020 Salzburg

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Professor Anton Aicher founded the Salzburg Marionette Theatre in 1913 with a single puppeteer and a dream of performing full-length operas with marionettes.

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