Austria · Restored
Hohensalzburg Fortress
Hohensalzburg Fortress is a large medieval hilltop fortress overlooking the city of Salzburg, Austria, occupying the summit of the Festungsberg. Built from 1077 and expanded over centuries by the prince-archbishops of Salzburg, it comprises long curtain walls, multiple towers, bastions and a compact cluster of residential and representative buildings. Today it stands as one of the best preserved medieval fortresses in Europe.
First raised
1077
Its prime
1519
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1519
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on the wooded Festungsberg, the fortress is a long rectangular complex of pale plastered stone curtain walls running along the ridge (about 250 m long) with regular small square windows. A taller square tower anchors one flank and a rounded bastion the other; between them a compact group of low, dark pitched roofs, a few spires and internal buildings rise above the inner ward. Stone ramparts and outer bastions step down the rock face; at its prime the walls are continuous and fully roofed.
Step inside
11 places to explore in 1519.
The record describes 11 distinct spots at Hohensalzburg Fortress — including 6 interiors: hoher stock / prince-archbishop's apartments, golden hall, chapel of archbishop leonhard von keutschach and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Hohensalzburg Fortress with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1519 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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