AUSTRIA ~ Mirabell Garden - Salzburg - UNESCO ~

... Great aerial view of the iconic Mirabell Gardens... these ornate gardens are located on the Eastern banks of the Salzach River... they are considered to be one of the most beautiful Baroque gardens in Europe... they are world famous, thanks in part to being featured in the classic movie “The Sound of Music”... in the movie, Maria and the children danced around the Fountain singing "Do-Re-Mi")♬♪♬ ... walk through the gardens and admire the charming flower beds, statues of Roman gods, hedge theater, Pegasus fountain, and garden of baroque marble dwarfs... this jewel of Salzburg has been a popular retreat for locals, visitors and photographers... Big Thanks Dustin! (✿◠‿◠) 

The Baroque masterpiece of Schloss Mirabell Palace was initially built as "Schloß Altenau" under the reign of Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau in 1606. It was a present for his concubine Salome Alt. Extensively damaged by fire in 1818, the palace was rebuilt in Neo-classicist style.

The geometrically arranged gardens were first laid out in 1687 and have since evolved. The statues date from the early 1700s and have a mythological theme. The gardens were opened to the public by Emperor Franz Josef in the middle of the 1800s.

Mirabell is a woman’s name from Italy, a compilation of two words: mirabile "admirable" and bella "beautiful".

The palace with its gardens is part of the Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg UNESCO WHS site.

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The 100th Anniversary of the Lipizzaner Stud Farm, Piber 

(Issued 04-07-2020)