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Extract from the Salzburg Travel Guides:
Up until 1816,
SALZBURG
led a separate life to the rest of Austria, existing as an independent city-state ruled by a sequence of powerful
prince-archbishops
. An ambitious and cultured bunch, they turned the city into the most Italianate city north of the Alps. Spread out below the brooding presence of the Hohensalzburg fortress, the churches, squares and alleyways of the compact Altstadt today recollect a long-disappeared Europe. For many, Salzburg is the quintessential Austria, offering the best of the country's Baroque architecture, subalpine scenery and a musical heritage largely provided by the city's most famous...
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