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    Festungsberg is a mountain in the city of Salzburg in Austria, which rises to an elevation of 542 metres (1,778 ft). It is the site of the Hohensalzburg...
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    cemetery in the Austrian city of Salzburg, located at the foot of the Festungsberg with Hohensalzburg Castle. It is one of Salzburg's most popular tourist...
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    medieval fortress in the city of Salzburg, Austria. It sits atop the Festungsberg mountain at an altitude of 506 m. It was erected at the behest of the...
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    eighth century, Rupert of Salzburg established the monastery beneath the Festungsberg hill and the ruined fortifications of the former Roman city of Juvavum...
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    city on both banks of the Salzach river together with the Mönchsberg, Festungsberg and Kapuzinerberg hills that surround the old city to west and east....
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    foot of the Festungsberg hill. The cemetery grounds are known for its 'catacombs' carved out of the conglomerate rocks of the Festungsberg. They probably...
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    thereafter by the glaciers protected from the hard limestone of the adjacent Festungsberg and so remained.[citation needed] Water ingressing into numerous bursts...
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    (of several) Stadtberge may be seen in the middle of the Old City (the Festungsberg and Kapuzinerberg). Behind: one of the two Hausberge, the Gaisberg...
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    Vergilius. He also founded the Benedictine nunnery of Nonnberg beneath the Festungsberg fortifications (later Hohensalzburg Fortress), where his niece Erentrude...
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    alpine rhododendron, for example). The common raven breeds in the rocks. Festungsberg Reinhard Medicus: Der Imberg, heute auch Kapuzinerberg genannt, in Natur-...
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    Christian F. Uhlir (ed.): Salzburger Stadtberge. Mönchsberg, Kapuzinerberg, Festungsberg, Nonnberg und Rainberg. edition winterwork, Borsdorf 2011, ISBN 978-3-86468-033-5...
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