![]() Mozart assumes many forms in Salzburg these days – chocolate balls, bath ducks, aftershave, you name it – but to really get a handle on Austria’s A-list baroque composer, you’ll want to visit two museums devoted to the man and his music.īegin at Mozart’s Birthplace, the bright-yellow townhouse on Getreidegasse where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756 and spent the first 17 years of his life. There are museums at Mozart's birthplace and the Salzburg home that his family moved to in 1773 © todamo / Getty Images Get your fill of classical music at Mozart's Birthplace and Residence These include the dazzling Golden Hall, where the prince-archbishops once threw lavish banquets, the Marionette Museum, with its operatic collection of puppets from the Salzburg Marionette Theatre, and the Fortress Museum, which showcases a 1612 model of Salzburg, as well as medieval instruments, armor and some pretty grizzly torture devices. While it’s tempting to simply roam the ramparts and swoon over the views of the Salzach River and Alps, factor in time to see the castle’s clutch of museums. But its history is even more compelling: it started life as a humble bailey, built in 1077 by Gebhard von Helffenstein at a time when the Holy Roman Empire was at loggerheads with the papacy, and owes its current grandeur to Leonard von Keutschach, prince-archbishop of Salzburg from 1495 to 1519 and the city's last feudal ruler. This 900-year-old castle fits the knights-in-shining-armor fantasy bill looks-wise. Salzburg’s cake-topper of a fortress lifts the gaze from the moment you arrive. Festung Hohensalzburg has museums of riches, puppetry and torture Explore the planet's most surprising adventures with our weekly newsletter delivered to your inbox.
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