St. Peter's Church — Local services in Salzburg

Stiftskirche St. Peter, located at the northern foot of the Mönchsberg in Salzburg, is a historic Romanesque abbey church, built around 1130 on an earlier Carolingian church site. Dedicated to Saint Peter in 1147, the church is significant in Salzburg’s religious history. It was also connected to a famous musical event—Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor was set to premiere here on October 26, 1783, with his wife Constanze performing as the lead soprano. However, the mass remained unfinished, adding an air of intrigue to the...

This is a church that's worth a visit outside and in. You'll be delighted by the details of the paint and sculpture work inside. Outside you'll find a beautiful graveyard and catacombs in the cliff faces. That means you could easily spend an hour around the grounds. It's worth a visit, especially since the church and graveyard is free. You'll have...

Beautiful cemetery festooned with grass and flowers, where families continue to bury their loved ones and visit with flowers. Loved thinking about how the last scene in The Sound of Music, while filmed on a Hollywood set, was modeled after this...