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Birthplace of Mozart, Unesco world heritage site, Rick Steves recommended... blah, blah, blah...
Can't say I enjoy touristy places, but it was there, close to the hotel and why the heck not?
The fortress, guarding the town:
St Peters church. you walk through the tunnel to the right of the entrance and to the left of the oldest restaurant in Europe and
there you are in the church cemetery at at the base of the cliff. Space is at a premium so the graves are leased. Once the grieving relatives burn through your inheritance and stop paying, you are out.
Monks used to live here in the caves dug into the cliff face. Now replaced by tourinsts, who pay to walk up the stairs:
behind the cemetery there are remains of the old water works. The system of canals would bring water from Berchtesgaden and provide sanitation for the city. Tuesday was the trash pick-up. They would use the water works to flood the streets and the trash would pick itself up and float away. Apparently that worked well enough, as Salzburg had managed to avoid the plague.
Can't say I enjoy touristy places, but it was there, close to the hotel and why the heck not?
The fortress, guarding the town:
St Peters church. you walk through the tunnel to the right of the entrance and to the left of the oldest restaurant in Europe and
there you are in the church cemetery at at the base of the cliff. Space is at a premium so the graves are leased. Once the grieving relatives burn through your inheritance and stop paying, you are out.
Monks used to live here in the caves dug into the cliff face. Now replaced by tourinsts, who pay to walk up the stairs:
behind the cemetery there are remains of the old water works. The system of canals would bring water from Berchtesgaden and provide sanitation for the city. Tuesday was the trash pick-up. They would use the water works to flood the streets and the trash would pick itself up and float away. Apparently that worked well enough, as Salzburg had managed to avoid the plague.