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Sound of Music location, Mirabell Gardens, Salzburg  

The Sound of Music location: The Do-Re-Mi steps in the Mirabell Gardens, Salzburg

THE SOUND OF MUSIC filming locations


CREDITS
THE SOUND OF MUSIC, 1965
dir: Robert Wise

Julie Andrews
Christopher Plummer
Peggy Wood
Eleanor Parker
Richard Haydn
The Do-Re-Mi number begins atop the Monchsberg Cliffs, on Winkler Terrace which you can reach from the Monchsberg elevator in Anton Neumayrplatz, at the end of the Gstattengasse shopping street.

The picnic is at the village of Werfen, 25 miles south of Salzburg in the Salzach River valley (the location for wartime action movie Where Eagles Dare).

The number continues at Mirabell Gardens, on Schwarzstrasse, over the Salzach River behind Schloss Mirabell, where you
ll find the fountains, statues and, famously, the flight of steps on which the children hop. The little footbridge is Mozart Steg, north of Mozart Platz.

Sound of Music location, Gazebo, Salzburg  

The Sound of Music location: The Sixteen Going On Seventeen gazebo: Schloss Hellbrunn, Salzburg


The Von Trapp gazebo, used for Sixteen Going On Seventeen, once stood in the grounds of Leopoldskron, but constant trespassing resulted in it being moved and reconstructed in the ornamental gardens of Schloss Hellbrunn, Morzger Strasse, south of the city. And another cheat. It was recreated, slightly larger, back at 20th Century
-Fox in Hollywood for the interior shots.

Sound of Music location, Mondsee church  

The Sound of Music location: Mariaís wedding: Mondsee Cathedral, Austria


Maria
s wedding, which took place in Nonnberg Abbey, was filmed in the baroque, twin-towered church of Mondsee, about 15 miles east of Salzburg on the E55/E60.

Sound of Music location, Mondsee church  

The Sound of Music location: Mariaís wedding: Mondsee Cathedral, Austria


The Anschluss scene, Austriaís enforced unity with Nazi Germany, was staged back in the centre of town in Residenzplatz.

The music festival, where the family perform their disappearing act, is at the Felsenreitschule (
Rock Riding School) on Toscaninihof, a massive rock arena built by the Romans for tournaments and part of the Festspielhaus.

Sound of Music location, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg  

The Sound of Music location: The Von Trapp Family performs at the music festival: Felsenreitschule, the ëRock Riding Schoolí, Salzburg


The cemetery, in which the Von Trapps hide from the Nazis, is a Hollywood studio set based on St Peter
s Graveyard, which you can see just off Kapitelplatz.

The mountain over which the family finally escapes to freedom is Mount Obersalzburg (once proposed as the site for Hitler
s Eagleís Nest hideaway), near the village of Rossfeld, on the 319, 12 miles south of Salzburg.

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FILMING LOCATIONS FOR THE SOUND OF MUSIC
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Several companies offer Sound of Music tours which visit the locations: try Bobís Special Tours (tel: 0662. 872484) or Panorama Tours, Mirabell Square (tel: 0662.871618)
 
ASSOCIATED FILMS

WWII actioner Where Eagles Dare, with Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton, was filmed at the village of Werfen, about half an hour by train from Salzburg.

 

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