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Salzburg

Salzburg

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A city in western Austria known for baroque buildings, music, and as Mozart's birthplace
  • proper noun
: Salzburgo
  • You're going to Salzburg for a week to work with Sister Young.
  • Salzburg Seminar
  • Salzburg, Austria
  • Salzburg University

Yesterday I was in Salzburg for talks with European leaders.

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  • Yesterday I was in Salzburg for talks with European leaders.

  • After our wedding ceremony, we went straight to the Salzburg Festival.

  • I want you to come back to Salzburg with me.

  • By the way, Salzburg is a perfect city to start an international music tour!

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  • So those of you continuing to Salzburg, Austria please remain seated.

  • One August, they even went to Salzburg for the Mozart festival.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • One stage had as many as 250 characters that depicted life in Salzburg during the 1600s.

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  • Mozart's region centered on Salzburg and radiated to Vienna and Munich.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Hellbrunn was built from 1613 to 1619 for Salzburg's Archbishop, Markus Sittikus von Hohenems.

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  • I want you to come back to Salzburg with me.

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Etymology

The word Salzburg comes from the German parts Salz 'salt' and Burg 'castle'. The town grew rich from the salt trade and built a large fortress, which helps explain why Salzburg became an important and beautiful city known for music and history.