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Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg

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craftsmen and artists before the city became even better known through the work of the Italian architects Vincenzo Scamozzi and Santini Solari, to whom the centre of Salzburg owes much of its Baroque appearance. This meeting-point of northern and southern Europe perhaps sparked the genius of Salzburg’s most famous son, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose name has been associated with the city ever since."
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The listing of the World Heritage Site describes it thus: "Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop. Its Flamboyant Gothic art attracted many
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hills that surround the old city to west and east. Beyond the core zone there is a buffer zone of 467 hectares (1,150 acres) which is intended to protect the core zone being affected by development visible in long distance views.
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The listed area comprises a core zone of 236 hectares (580 acres), including the old city on both banks of the
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Map “UNESCO World Heritage property, Historic Centre of the city of Salzburg 1996”
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Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
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Sites and monuments in the core zone of the historic centre include:
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The listing description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0.
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Location of Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg in Austria
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Old town of Salzburg, Austria, UNESCO World Heritage cite
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Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
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Altstadt Salzburg
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Location
Salzburg
Austria
Criteria
784
Session
Coordinates
47°48′2″N 13°2′36″E / 47.80056°N 13.04333°E / 47.80056; 13.04333
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg is located in Austria
Salzburg
Austria
UNESCO
World Heritage Site
city center
Salzach
Salzach river
Mönchsberg
Festungsberg
Kapuzinerberg
Felsenreitschule
Franziskanerkirche
Franciscans
Getreidegasse
Großes Festspielhaus
Salzburg Festival
Haus für Mozart
Hohensalzburg Fortress

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