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Kapuzinerberg
A wooded hill on the right bank, climbed by old steps past a Capuchin friary to a view of the Old Town and the fortress.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Kapuzinerberg, 5020 SalzburgDirections
- Getting There
- Steps climb from Linzergasse and Steingasse on the right bank.
Why Go
Steps lead up from Linzergasse past the Stations of the Cross to the Capuchin friary, founded in 1594, and on to a lookout over the river, the domes and the fortress.
The writer Stefan Zweig lived in a small manor house on the hill from 1919 to 1934.
Nearby in Salzburg
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