In the city of Salzburg, on the Salzach River in north-central Austria

 This charming European city is known for "The Sound of Music,"and Mozart.

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(on the Salzach River in north-central Austria) The city of Salzburg, ancient Juvavum, began as a Celtic settlement and later became the site of a Roman town. It was made a bishopric by St. Boniface in 739 and was raised to an archbishopric in 798. Its archbishops became princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1278; Salzburg became the seat of their powerful ecclesiastical principality. A music center for centuries, it is the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; the annual Salzburg Festival is held here. Notable buildings include Renaissance and Baroque houses, archiepiscopal palaces, and a 17th-century cathedral.
+ The Altstadt (Old Town), burrowed below steep hills looks much as it did when Mozart lived here 250 years ago. Beside the fast-flowing Salzach River, your gaze is raised inch by inch to graceful domes and spires, the formidable clifftop fortress and the mountains beyond. It's a backdrop that did the lordly prince-archbishops, and Maria proud.

+ After World War II, Salzburg became the capital city of the Federal State of Salzburg (Land Salzburg) and saw the Americans leave the area once Austria had signed a 1955 treaty re-establishing the country as a democratic and independent nation and subsequently declared its perpetual neutrality. In the 1960s, the city became the shooting location and setting of the family musical film The Sound of Music. On 27 January 2006, the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, all 35 churches of Salzburg rang their bells after 8:00 p.m. (local time) to celebrate the occasion. Major celebrations took place throughout the year.

+ Salzburg is on the banks of the River Salzach, at the northern boundary of the Alps. The mountains to Salzburg's south contrast with the rolling plains to the north. The closest alpine peak, the 1,972‑meter-high Untersberg, is less than 16 km (10 mi.) from the city center. The Altstadt, or "Old Town", is dominated by its baroque towers and churches and the massive Hohensalzburg Fortress. This area is flanked by two smaller hills, the Mönchsberg and Kapuzinerberg, which offer green relief within the city. Salzburg is approximately 150 km (93 mi.) east of Munich, 281 km (175 mi.) northwest of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and 300 km (186 mi) west of Vienna.
Due to its proximity to the Austrian-German border, the greater Salzburg urban area has sometimes (unoffcially) been thought of as if it included parts of Germany: Freilassing (until 1923 known as Salzburghofen), Ainring and Piding. (Public transport planning and multiple public transport lines stretch across the border.)

+ Salzburg is bordered by Bavaria on the west and north and is bounded by the Bundesländer Oberösterreich on the north and east, Steiermark on the east, Kärnten on the south, and Tirol on the south and west. The province is drained by the Salzach, Enns, and Mur rivers. (90% of Salzburg is among the Alps,)