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It was the plan of archbishop Wolf Dietrich (bishop from 1587 - 1612), to make Salzburg an "ideal city". For this purpose, he tore down great parts of the old medieval city core and placed the huge reconstruction of the cathedral there, flanked by spacious squares with fountains. <== Back |
According to Wolf Dietrich, Salzburg should become the "German Rome", and it is still a great feeling to cross the large squares and look at the elaborate sculptures of the several fountains. <== Zurück |
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