Oberammergau Museum (Dorfstrasse 8, 82487 Oberammergau, Germany) – this is a typical tourist town museum with the usually eclectic collection of local art and historical objects. Once again, religious objects take pride of place. The Oberammergau Museum has a large collection of wood-carved items from the Gothic period to the present. Cribs (Christmas nativity scenes) […]
Neuschwanstein Castle (Neuschwansteinstraße 20, 87645 Schwangau, Germany) — this is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. King Ludwig II of Bavaria commissioned the cliffside castle in 1868 (in honor of composer Richard Wagner), just two years after Austria and Bavaria were […]
Museum der Moderne Salzburg (Rupertinum, Wiener-Philharmoniker-Gasse 9, 5020 Salzburg) – this museum, located in the more historic section of Salzburg, offers ideal conditions for exhibitions of graphics and photographs. On Max-Reinhardt-Square the building opens into a courtyard typical for houses of Salzburg’s old town. In addition, this museum also houses a specialized library on 20th […]
Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg (Mönchsberg 32, Salzburg, Austria) — located atop the Mönchsberg—or Monk’s Mountain—and accessed via an elevator at Gstättengasse in the old town, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg showcases an eclectic mix of visual arts housed in a modern glass-and-marble structure with incredible views of the historic quarter and fortress. Though works by […]
Museo all’Aperto delle 5 Torri (Valparola Cortina d’Ampezzo Belluno 32043 Italy) — Like combining adventure and a love of history? Then the open-air Museo all’Aperto delle 5 Torri (a.k.a. Museo della Grande Guerra”) is for you. This specific area in the Giau Pass played a role in World War I. Learn more about Italy’s role […]
Mozarts Wohnhaus (Makartplatz 8, 5020 Salzburg, Austria) — housed in Mozart’s old home, this museum displays artifacts dedicated to the composer’s life. Mozart’s Residence was reconstructed after being partly destroyed during World War II and was re-opened to the public in 1996. The biographies of the family members and the authentic impressions of everyday family […]
Mozart’s Birthplace (Salzburg, Austria) — the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was No. 9 Getreidegasse in Salzburg, Austria. The Mozart family resided on the third floor from 1747 to 1773. Mozart himself was born here on January 27, 1756 (the seventh child of Leopold Mozart, who was a musician of the Salzburg Royal Chamber). Now […]
Mirabell Palace (Mirabellplatz, 5020 Salzburg, Austria) — Mirabell Palace is a historic building in the city of Salzburg, Austria (built in 1606 by prince-archbishop Wolf Dietrich for his beloved Salome Alt). In previous times, the likes of Leopold Mozart and his children, Wolfgang and Nannerl, made music here. The palace with its gardens is a […]
Meersburg Castle (Schloßplatz 10, 88709 Meersburg, Germany) – facing Lake Constance (with Switzerland on the other side), this castle looks back on more than one thousand years of European history and, according to legend and a tradition dating back to 1548, can trace its origins to the 7th century and the Merovingian Dynasty under King […]
Linderhof Palace (Linderhof 12, 82488 Ettal, Germany) – this is a schloss (palace) in Germany, in southwest Bavaria near Ettal Abbey. It is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who ordered its construction in the late 1960s (inspired by palaces seen in Versailles, France). By his death in […]