Austrian Sights

[J. A.]

Schneeberg
Schneeberg (Alps) - Wikipedia

Once up there, prepare for a significant lower temperature than in the valley - about 10° C less(21° C in my case).
Enjoy the sight, visit Elisabeth church - built in memory of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (it was closed when I was there) -, or the caleidoscope with exhibition, or walk to the top of the mountain.

The church

View back in history

View from Schneeberg

Inside the caleidoscope

Part of the exhibition

Train station and inn

 

[J. A.]

Heidentor, 900 m south of Carnuntum
Roman monument, erected between 351 - 361 AD; might have been a triumphal monument

Shows what the building has looked like centuries ago...

When you have the right eye height.

A mini-Heidentor, small boards on both sides, with information about the building

“Fingerpost”

 

[NSquirrel]

Lovely. Brilliant idea with the first and second photo.

 

[J. A.]

Lovely. Brilliant idea with the first and second photo.

I agree. It visualizes where the still existing part of the monument was located, compared to the whole building.

 

[J. A.]

Bernstein Castle

Bernstein is a nice municipitality in Burgenland, just 90 minutes from home (if I take a shortcut through Hungary). The castle belongs to the Almásy family for more than 120 years. It’s also a hotel with 10 rooms which can be rented in summer. Nobody else but hotel guests are allowed to enter the grounds, except when you take a guided tour. These take place at 11 AM and 3 PM in August and September, and last for about 50 minutes.

Here’s the castle, seen from outside, somewhere around it:

 

[J. A.]

Bernstein, planet walk

Bernstein is the German word for amber

In August 1999, the walk has been opened. We had a full solar eclipse here back then. The route is about 5.7 km, and you need about 90 minutes to get from the main square, where the Sun is located, to Mercury, Venus, Earth and Moon, ... Pluto, and back to the Sun. Usually, taking the walk is not a challenge, except if you chose the hours right after noon on a hot day (like I did). There are parts with shadow, but for most of the walk you’re exposed to the sun. Even if you take photos, you might manage to walk the distance within 75 minutes or less.

The walk is not only informative, with facts about every planet (and the sun), and the route displayed, - only in German, though - you also see some of Bernstein’s beautiful surrounding area. It’s really quiet and calm. You don’t need a map to find the walk. It’s marked quite well.

A few impressions:
Sun - made of iron, diameter about 120 cm

Bernstein

Mercury - the planets are hemispheres, made of serpentine

Saturn

 

[J. A.]

Salzburg (city), divided by river Salzach

Well known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birthplace (Altstadt). There’s a Mozartsteg

Mozart’s birthplace in Getreidegasse

Mozart monument at Mozartplatz

 

[J. A.]

Salzburg Festival takes place every year in summer (July 20 - August 30 this year)
The annual performance of Jedermann is one of it’s highlights, and it’s performed at Cathedral Square, the area in front of Salzburg Cathedral.

 

[J. A.]

Salzburg Cathedral
The current cathedral was built in Baroque style during the 17th century, there has been a church at that location from 774 on.

Cupola - destroyed by an aurcraft bomb in 1944, rebuilt after WW II

Crypt (just a part of it)

 

[J. A.]

Makartsteg

Horse Pond, just below Mönchsberg

Glockenspiel

 

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Salzburg Cathedral
The current cathedral was built in Baroque style during the 17th century, there has been a church at that location from 774 on.
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Cupola - destroyed by an aurcraft bomb in 1944, rebuilt after WW II
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Crypt (just a part of it)
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From that diagram it looks like the previous cathedrals on the site were on a different alignment.

 

[J. A.]

Mirabell Palace and gardens

Marble Hall

 

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The Mozart footbridge was used as a location in the Sound of Music, which was filmed in and around Salzburg in the 1960’s.

 

[J. A.]

From that diagram it looks like the previous cathedrals on the site were on a different alignment.

You’re right, it wasn’t exactly at the same location as today.

 

[J. A.]

Hellbrunn Palace and gardens - just a part of what you can see without guided tour or audioguide. If you want to experience the Trick Fountains, you’ll have to take a guided tour (about 40 minutes).

Sound of Music Pavillon