Guided Tour through the Cathedral of Salzburg (1h) Group up to 25 participants
From EUR 80
The versatile meaning and history of Salzburg´s Cathedral reveals to the visitor only through a professional guided tour in which theological and art historical backgrounds are unveiled. This program does not only explore its spiritual background, it deepens the supra regional significance of this structure as symbol for an open-minded christianity and ambassador of new ideas, which had been defined during the “Council of Trient” (1563). The figurative representations in connection with its remarkable architectonical conception, with its unique light design and its exceptional practice of music comprised a human being as a whole
Meeting: below the left arcade and year 774 at the Salzburg Cathedral
Duration: 1 hour approx.
- architectural history of the cathedral and its predecessors (774-1650)
- iconological analysis and archtectural concept and its historic references in the past
- Music practice of "Salzburger Dommusik" through the centruies
- Explanation of individual works of art containing its spiritual an theological significance
- Cathedral Excavations Museum (July und August) archeological foundations and the roman forum
Route
- Dom unter Jahreszahl 774