Gallivanting in Germany and Austria Part 2

Welcome back, to Travel Jeanne! This week, I'm going to continue talking about Germany and Austria, and, again mention some of what I think are the three more of the must-see sites in the two countries. 

 

 

A statue of Mozart at one of the
many music halls that commemorates
him

 To begin, one of the places that you absolutely go is Salzburg, Austria. Full of older architecture and history, the city is best known for two things: being Mozart's birth place and being the place where the Sound of Music was filmed. Salzburg's old town is known for its baroque architecture and, because it is one of the best preserved city centers north of the Alps, it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997. Salzburg is the fourth largest cities in Austria. 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born here and The Sound of Music was also filmed here in 1964. If you do visit Salzburg, I would highly recommend visiting the "Old Town" and also to go listen to one of the many orchestras that visit the town to play in honor of Mozart.



A picture of one of the fountains in the "Old Town."
(For you Sound of Music fanatics out there, you might

recognize this particular fountain when Maria is leaving

 the abbey. )



The gazebo featured in The Sound of Music.

 It was  transported from its original location

 because of the number of people who visited it

yearly.



One of the places definitely worth visiting is Vienna. And because Vienna is such a large city, I'll narrow it down to one particular attraction: Schonbrunn Palace. The palace is a former imperial Rococo summer residence in the city. Both the palace and the gardens demonstrate the tastes and interests of the Hapsburg Monarchs. The palace was completed and continually renovated by Empress Maria Theresa.



An image of the Old Town Hall,
where coronations used to take place



A third destination definitely worth visiting would be both the Old Town Square and the New Town Square in Munich, Germany. The Old Town Hall serves as the building for the city council in Munich and bounds the central square, Marienplatz on its east side. One of the main buildings in the New Town Hall, more commonly known as the Marienplatz houses the Rathaus Glockenspiel. The Glockenspiel chimes every day at 11 am (as well as 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. in summer. It chimes and re-enacts two stories from the 16th century and, in my opinion is quite a piece of art. The first story is that of a marriage and the second is that of the "Cooper's Dance".



A scene from the Glockenspiel

So there you have it folks, three more sites in Germany and Austria definitely worth seeing! Hope you enjoyed this week's post!