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Salzburg Cathedral Description
(Local Name: Dom) The southern side of Salzburg's Residenzplatz is dominated by the Cathedral (Dom, by Santino Solari, 1614-28), built of dark gray conglomerate from the Mönchsberg; the twin towers, 79m/259ft high, date from 1652-57. This was the first deliberately Italian style church to be built north of the Alps. The west front, facing the Domplatz, has four colossal statues of light colored marble, the outer ones representing St Rupert and Virgil, patron saints of the province (c. 1660), the inner ones Peter and Paul (1697-98).

The first cathedral, built by Abbot and Bishop Virgil in 767-74, was replaced at the end of the 12th C. by a five-aisled basilica, which was destroyed by fire in 1598. The
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Hobbies & Activities category: Towers, monuments, observation deck;  Architecture - Romanesque;  Significant work of art;  Architecture - Roman, Greek, classical;  Musical activity or concert hall;  Christian sites;  Standalone sculpture, statue or fountain
Salzburg Cathedral Highlights

Crypt

Under the crossing inside the Salzburg Cathedral, in the foundations of the medieval cathedrals, a crypt was constructed in 1957- 59 as a burial vault for Archbishops of Salzburg, with a number of
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Cathedral Museum

The Cathedral Museum (Dommuseum; situated in the south oratories of the cathedral; entrance from the porch) contains some valuable liturgical objects as well as objets d'art from the Salzburg
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Hours
November 1 to March 31
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April 1 to October 31
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Closed19:0019:0019:0019:0019:0019:0019:00
Tips
Conducted tours by arrangement only. Tel: 1 84 41 89.
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