Austria

Western Europe, 2000 — 69 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) A shaded lawn clearing among tall trees in the park — 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) Richard leaning against an ornate garden glasshouse — 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) A turret of Neuschwanstein Castle above the valley — Salzburg, Austria (19-21 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) Hohenschwangau Castle on its wooded hilltop — 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

The green-domed Peterskirche behind construction cranes — 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 cathedral's rose window and organ — 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) Richard receiving an award beside a tuxedoed presenter on stage — 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) Two tenors sing 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 Karlskirche with its banner-hung facade — 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)