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Streets of Salzburg, Austria

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Streets of Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg (Austrian: [ˈsaltsbʊʁk]; German: [ˈzaltsbʊʁk] (About this soundlisten); [note 1] literally "Salt Fortress"; Bavarian: Soizburg) is the capital city of the State of Salzburg and with 154,211[7] inhabitants, it is the fourth-largest city in Austria.

The town is located on the site of the former Roman settlement of Iuvavum. Salzburg was founded as an episcopal see in 696 and became a seat of the archbishop in 798. Its main sources of income were salt extraction and trade and, at times, gold mining. The fortress of Hohensalzburg, one of the largest medieval fortresses in Europe, dates from the 11th century. In the 17th century, Salzburg became a centre of the Counter-Reformation, where monasteries and numerous Baroque churches were built.
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