Wolfgang Amadeus' "A little night music" still gently hovers through the streets of Salzburg's historic district even though its famous composer already died 200 years ago.
Now the renowned melody is played by street musicians who usually quarrel for the best location in the probably most beautiful lane of the city, the so-called "Getreidegasse". Moreover Mozart's birthplace is located in this famous lane as well as various so- called "Durchhäuser", historical buildings with public passageways with elaborately decorated facades and pretentious inner courts. The narrow lines of houses and the intricate wrought-guild signs above the old shops create the romantic and medieval flair of the town. The eventful past of Mozart's town, how Salzburg is often called in German, however, is not only present in the Getreidegasse but also in the baroque Salzburg Cathedral, the Mirabell Castle with its beautiful gardens, in the renaissance water plays at the Hellbrunn Palace as well as in the massive fortress Hohensalzburg which, as Salzburg's landmark, watches over the town from a hill. All these sights testify to Salzburg's former power as a catholic archbishopric.
Nowadays Salzburg is renowned for its events, especially for the "Salzburg Festival" which attracts personalities from economy, politics, culture and society.
