Salzburger Glockenspiel

When the weather is fine it's nice to have a coffee, or even better some Campari, sitting on the terrace of the famous Cafe Glockenspiel or in the large neighbouring garden, situated on Mozartplatz, to hear (punctually at 7.00 a, 11.00 a and 6.00 p) the tender sound of a clockwork. The melody changes every month. 35 bells - hidden in the tower of the so-called New Building of the Residenz (the smallest bell weighs 16 kg the largest one 380 kg) are part of this toy of a powerful man. Prince Archbishop Johann Ernst Graf Thun had financed the bells in honour to himself and to appreciate the common people of course. Thanks to his prosperous trading connections to Holland the bells rang, after many efforts, for the first time in 1704, after they had been rolled down from Antwerpen to Salzburg by barrow eight years earlier.

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