Mirabell Palace was built about 1606 across the Salzach River from the old town and outside the medieval city walls,
at the behest of Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich Raitenau. He built it as a pleasure palace for himself and his mistress Salome Alt.
The name of the palace comes from 2 Italian words - mirabile (admirable) and bella (beautiful).
A 1735 engraving (Photo from Internet)
Several scenes from The Sound of Music were filmed here. Maria and the children sing 'Do-Re-Mi'
while dancing around the horse fountain and using the steps as a musical scale.
We went to our second concert today in the Marble Hall at the palace.
A string and harpiscord ensemble using baroque instruments played music written by mozart and vivaldi.
Mozart, his father Leopold, and his sister Nanneri performed in this hall.
