Austria

Western Europe, 2000 — 68 photographs

Salzburg Salzkammergut Salzkammergut region St. Wolfgang / Salzkammergut Vienna

Salzburg

Visitors resting in the Mirabell garden parterre by the palace — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

The Mirabell gardens with Hohensalzburg fortress on the skyline — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

The Mirabell flower parterre beside the palace wing — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

The Zwergelgarten dwarf figures in the Mirabell Gardens — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

Richard sitting on the Pegasus fountain rim in the gardens — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

The Mirabell gardens with looping red flower borders — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

A tree-lined gravel path winding through dappled woodland — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

The Sound of Music tour guide beside the gazebo — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

Hohensalzburg Fortress crowning its forested hilltop — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

Schloss Leopoldskron mirrored in its tranquil lake — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

The Salzach river curving through the city embankments — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

An apple strudel with vanilla sauce on a floral cafe table — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

A concert stage being built on the cathedral square — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

A framed portrait of the Mozart family at the keyboard — Salzburg, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

Salzburg old town and river seen from the fortress — Salzburg, Austria (19-21 June 2000)

Salzburg with mountains beyond, viewed from Hohensalzburg — Salzburg, Austria (19-21 June 2000)

Salzkammergut

An alpine valley seen through the windows of the tour bus — Salzkammergut, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

A turreted lakeside villa framed by green foliage — Salzkammergut, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

A yellow baroque manor house seen from the bus window — Salzkammergut, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

An alpine lake below a steep peak with a farmhouse nearby — Salzkammergut, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

The summer toboggan run climbing a green hillside — Salzkammergut, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

A rider descends the metal summer toboggan track — Salzkammergut, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

A rider on the toboggan track winding through alpine meadows — Salzkammergut, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

The Wolfgangsee and mountains seen from the tour bus — Salzkammergut, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

Visitors walk toward the gilded altar inside the church — Salzkammergut, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

Salzkammergut region

A castle glimpsed through trees from the moving bus — Salzkammergut region, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

St. Wolfgang / Salzkammergut

The twin-towered church of St. Wolfgang against blue sky — St. Wolfgang / Salzkammergut, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

Vienna

Kohlmarkt and the Michaelerkuppel dome of the Hofburg behind a crane — Vienna, Austria (12-16 June 2000)

Embroidered coronation vestments in a Treasury display case — Vienna, Austria (12-16 June 2000)

Jewelled orders and decorations behind reflective glass — Vienna, Austria (12-16 June 2000)

A gem-encrusted gold cross in a lit cabinet — Vienna, Austria (12-16 June 2000)

St Stephen's Cathedral spire above the busy square — Vienna, Austria (12-16 June 2000)

St Stephen's Cathedral patterned roof and Gothic spire — Vienna, Austria (12-16 June 2000)

The ornate Gothic nave and pulpit inside St Stephen's — Vienna, Austria (12-16 June 2000)

Blurred view of the west window and organ loft of St Stephen's — Vienna, Austria (12-16 June 2000)

The Baroque Plague Column rising above the Graben — Vienna, Austria (12-16 June 2000)

A man watching his reflection on a museum staircase — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

Upper Belvedere palace across the formal garden parterre — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

Lower Belvedere and clipped hedges beyond the garden pool — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

The blacksmith routine during Josef Strauss's Feuerfest polka — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

Soloists and orchestra take a bow in the marble hall — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

A costumed performer raises his hand on the concert stage — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

The audience stands applauding under glittering chandeliers — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

Musicians and guests gather at the front of the concert hall — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

A violinist bows as the orchestra performs in the grand hall — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

A soloist sings before the orchestra and seated audience — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

Two singers perform among the crowded concert hall pillars — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

The Franz Schubert grave monument with red flower beds — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

The graves of Brahms and a fellow composer among greenery — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

A modern tilted-stone grave monument ringed with red flowers — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

The candlelit Festsaal ballroom packed with seated guests — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

The sweeping facade of the Neue Burg across Heldenplatz — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

A garden statue monument above a bed of red flowers — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

The Beethoven monument with its lyre and railed enclosure — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

The inscribed stone base of the Beethoven grave monument — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

The domed entrance front of the Kunsthistorisches Museum — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

The Austrian Parliament behind the Athena fountain — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

Visitors gather by the Theseus Temple in the Volksgarten — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

A tiered fountain in the Burggarten with a domed museum beyond — Vienna, Austria (14-16 June 2000)

Two royal Renaissance portraits hung on a green museum wall — Vienna, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

A David with Goliath's head painting on a pink gallery wall — Vienna, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

Visitors before a towering altarpiece in a grand gallery room — Vienna, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

Large Rubens canvases lining a deep red gallery hall — Vienna, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

A monumental religious painting framed on a red gallery wall — Vienna, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

An Arcimboldo head painting reflected on a polished case — Vienna, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

A man photographing Rembrandt portraits in a green gallery — Vienna, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

An elderly man in a wheelchair reading a gallery information panel — Vienna, Austria (16-18 June 2000)

An equestrian armour in the Kaiser Karl V exhibition — Vienna, Austria (12-16 June 2000)