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Getreidegasse in Salzburg
The Getreidegasse is the most fascinating street in Salzburg: a street bustling with shops, typical restaurants and chocolate shops showing every kind of pralines, first of all the unforgettable "Mozart's Balls". Nowadays, the most part of tourists is attracted by this part of the city for the large number of gift shops, pastry shops, antique shops, pleasant smells and gastronomic specialities. However, if you look away from shop windows you will be able to admire the wonderful architecture of buildings and many others little details.
In the Getreidegasse there are old buildings and the most important is Mozart's Birth-house, at number 9.
The architecture of buildings is very particular, since buildings are very high, but tight and their windows become smaller going from the first floor to the upper floor. At first sight, they don't look so much spacious, but at their back they all have courtyards. At the beginning, courtyards were used as private gardens, but with the passing of times they began assuming the function of deposits, stables and servants' apartments. So, courtyards with their lodges became places connecting noble houses with servants' apartments and deposits, which nowadays host shops under covered gardens. These courtyards have a unique history and they originally distinguish themselves one from another by different architectural characteristics.
The Schatz Haus is worth a visit connecting Getreidegasse 3 with the University square. Here, you can find the high relief representing the Virgin Mary holding the Baby.
The Getreidegasse is like a city lounge. Originally called Trabegasse (or Trabgasse, or Travgasse), the name itself recalls its noble origins, deriving from the verb "traben" meaning "trotting" and symbolizing the frequent passing of horses and riders.
The people of Salzburg still care about this part of the city. The street is always perfectly clean and even the day after the New Year's Eve party you cannot find a rubbish down the street (like in the Dom Square).
The last thing to know is that every single sign of shops and restaurants is made of wrought iron. They are little masterpieces including the McDonald sign, which is also wrought iron made.