The Sound of Music Movie Locations tour, Salzburg, Austria 10 June 2013/ Family Travelogue

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The timeless movie, The Sound of Music,  was my inspiration for our Europe travels.  The movie sounds dinosaur to many present youth though, first shown in the late 60's, it is still the favourite subject of the many Music classes and still visible in the Broadway.  I was so amazed with the picturesque beauty of the ALPS that could relieve a day stress, viewing from the back mansion setting of the Von Trapp's family home in the movie.

Comes computer age, I had started befriending Mr. Google to tell me all about Salzburg and thought of the first place to visit should I go to Europe.   

Salzburg Old Town, Austria, a Unesco World Heritage Site
In the movie, The Sound of Music, a few scenes featured Salzburg Old Town, Austria

Pegasus Statue Fountain at Mirabell Garden, Salzburg, Austria
In the The Sound of Music Movie, the Von Trapp kids were dancing around while singing the Do Re Mi

Long Pergola Vine Tunnel at Mirabell Garden, Salzburg, Austria
The vine tunnel was featured in the movie, The Sound of Music.  Maria and the Vontrapp kids were running through the tunnel while singing DoReMi

Mirabelle Garden, Salzburg, Austria  Entrance, taken from inside.
Two statues at the entrance with their fists triumphantly in the air.

The entrance was shown in the movie, The Sound of Music, after running through the vine tunnel and singing the DoReMi.


Fountains at Mirabell Gardens, Salzburg, Austria

Maria and VonTrapp children passed through this fountain from the entrance towards the Dwarf Gnome Park

Dwarf Gnome Park (Zwerglgarten), Mirabell Garden, Salzburg, Austria
In the movie, The Sound of Music, the Von Trapp kids patted the head of this statue.

There are a dozen of gnome statues in the park modelled  after real life dwarves and were made of white Untersberg marble in the 18th century.

Terrace steps at Mirabell Gardens was featured in the movie, The Sound of Music.
The terrace steps were used as a hopping musical scale by Maria and the Von Trapp children.
Maria and the children sang the DoReMi in the movie featuring many locations in the City of Salzburg and ended at these terrace steps.

Mozartsteg is a pedestrian bridge across the Salzach River  in the city centre of Salzburg, Austria.  It became popular when it was featured in the Hollywood classic film, The Sound of Music.

In the movie, Maria and the Vontrapp kids skipped across the bridge on the way for a picnic.

way to Domplatz, Salzburg, Austria

In the movie "The Sound of Music", Maria enters through the arches of the Domplatz before going to the Horse Fountain or Residenzbrunnen

Residenzbrunnen or Horse Fountain.  This is the largest baroque fountain outside Italy.  The fountain is 45 foot tall.

Residenzbrunnen was featured in the Hollywood classic film, The Sound of Music.  In the movie, Maria splashed water into one of the horse statue.

St Peter's Friedhof or St Peter's Church Cemetery.

The cemetery was featured in the Hollywood Classic film, The Sound of Music.
In the movie, the VonTrapp's family hid from the Nazis inside the cemetery

The Sound of Music Pavillon or the Gazeebo.
In the movie The Sound of Music, the eldest VouTrapp daughter, Liesl, sang 16 going on 17 in this timeless Gazeebo.

At present, the Pavillon is located at Hellbrunn Palace Gardens.  During the filming, it was built at Leopold Palace.

The Horse Bath (Pferdeschwemme), Salzburg Austria
In the movie The Sound of Music, Maria and the Vontrapp children were filmed walking by this fountain.
One of the public fountains in Salzburg near the Mönchsberg Hill.  It was once served as a Medeival horse bath as in car washes for the horses in the Middle Ages.

You may want to see more of the beautiful Mirabell Garden

See also:

Munich, Germany-  one day tour in the inner city  11 June 2013

Short trip to Berchtesgaden from Untersberg 09 June 2013

Europe Tour June 2013

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