Salzburg Festival - Locations

In Salzburg, in the southern side of Max-Reinhardt-Platz and Hofstallgasse, backing on to the Mönchsberg, stand the Festspielhäuser (Festival Theaters). They occupy the site of the old Court Stables (Hofmarstall) built in 1607 and enlarged in 1662, of which only three gateways survive in the much altered facades; the one in the northwest facade, erected by J. B. Fischer von Erlach in 1694, is particularly fine. The whole building, 225m/740ft long, is divided into the Large (New) House and the Small (Old) House; between them are the Foyer (frescos by Anton Faistauer), offices, workshops and the Karl-Böhm Hall. This Hall, used mainly by audiences during intervals but also for exhibitions and receptions, was converted from the small Winter Riding School (1662); the ceiling frescos (1690; restored) depict scenes of fighting with the Turks.