Salzburg+Cathedral

The Salzburg Cathedral is the main church in Salzburg, Austria. The word cathedral tells us that it is the most important church in that city, and most cities in the world only give the honor of being called "cathedral" to one church. The building has been through a lot and it is very old so there are many different people who helped build it. Santino Solari is the architect behind the building that stands there today. This cathedral has been damaged by fires, torn down, and has been expanded. It has been through a lot. The first cathedral, dating back to 767, was built by Bishop Virgil. In 1167, the city was set on fire by enemies and the church was brutally destroyed by it. It was back up and running just ten years later with some alterations. By this time, Archbishop Conrad lll of Wittelsbach was under control. While he was ruling, he helped with the reconstruction of this new cathedral after it being ruined for a decade. Many saw this is when the building was at its best. Built in the Romanesque style, the Salzburg Cathedral was considered the largest and most beautiful cathedral north of the Alpine mountain range. About four hundred years after the church was at its peak, another fire came and caused even more damage than before. With Archbishop Wolf Dietrich at rule now, he decided to completely destroy the church and rebuild it again. The citizens of Salzburg were very angry that he tore down the church because now they had lost lost of valuables including some gravestones and the bones of their loved ones. He was later arrested for his arguments with Bavaria over salt mines and then he died not too much longer. One reason a visitor may visit the cathedral is because the famous Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was baptized inside! Within the church he wrote many different important pieces for the city of Salzburg. Markus Sittikus had an architect rebuild the church in a Baroque style instead of the old Renaissance style. This Baroque building is the most recent and updated one. Some more accents were added like arches which were made in 1660.

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