Salzburg Photos: Trinity Church in Winter
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The Dreifaltigkeitskirche or Trinity Church
is the core of a Baroque
ensemble of buildings erected in the 17th century on today's
Makartplatz. The architect in charge was
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, one of Austria's most famous architects of
the Baroque age. Other churches of his in Salzburg include the
Markuskirche, the
Krankenhauskirche St.
Johannes and the
Kollegienkirche. The Trinity Church serves the local seminary for
priests-to-be of the Archdiocese of Salzburg. The associated
Secundogeniturpalast palace contains facilities for these students. Another
palace, the Primogeniturpalast, was also part of the ensemble - but destroyed;
today, only its facade is preserved. Note also
Mozart's Wohnhaus (living place)
and the birthplace of the physicist Christian Doppler
on the same square; as
well as the Salzburger Landestheater, the local town theatre.
photo (c) visit-salzburg.net
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