P23 - Austria - City of Mozart - Salzburg

City of Mozart, Salzburg, Austria ( UNESCO WHS )

Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Salzburg's "Old Town" (Altstadt) with its world famous baroque architecture is one of the best-preserved city centres north of the Alps, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. The city is noted for its Alpine setting. It is the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the setting for parts of the musical and film The Sound of Music, which features famous landmarks in Austria, but focuses mainly on Salzburg. Salzburg is also a student city, with three universities.

萨尔茨堡（Salzburg），又译作萨尔斯堡，是奥地利共和国萨尔茨堡州的首府，人口约15万（2007年），是继维也纳、格拉茨和林茨之后的奥地利第四大城市。萨尔茨堡位于奥地利的西部，是阿尔卑斯山脉的门庭，城市的建筑风格以巴洛克为主，城市的历史相当悠久，据史料记载，萨尔茨堡是现今奥地利管辖地域内历史最悠久的城市。

萨尔茨堡是音乐天才莫扎特的出生地，莫扎特不到36年的短暂生命中超过一半的岁月是在萨尔茨堡度过的。萨尔茨堡也是指挥家赫伯特·冯·卡拉扬的故乡，电影《音乐之声》的拍摄地。萨尔茨堡老城在1996年被联合国科教文组织列入世界文化遗产的名单。

References sources : wikipedia