!!!Hellbrunn

Hellbrunn Palace, summer palace near the city of Salzburg, 1613-1619 
built by S. Solari for Archbishop  Marcus Sitticus, later owned by the 
imperial family. The oldest Baroque structure of its kind that can be 
still be seen in its original form and the only one north of the Alps; 
comprises a park with fountains, trick fountains, numerous grottos 
decorated with sculptures, Felsentheater (first open-air theatre north 
of the Alps; 1618 first performance of Italian opera in Central 
Europe), water-powered mechanical theatre (1748-1752) and the 
"Monatsschloessl" House (built 1615).

!Literature
F. Martin, Schloss Hellbrunn bei Salzburg, 1957.


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