{"id":13562,"date":"2024-09-18T10:33:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T10:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/?post_type=attraction&#038;p=13562"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:38:23","slug":"hohensalzburg-fortress","status":"publish","type":"attraction","link":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/hohensalzburg-fortress\/","title":{"rendered":"Hohensalzburg Fortress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Festung Hohensalzburg is a large 11<sup>e<\/sup> century medieval fortress overlooking the city of Salzburg, Austria, built for the residence of the Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg, and considered one of the largest medieval castles in Europe. In the picturesque fortress which was rebuilt and renovated it the 16<sup>e<\/sup> century, visit the Prince-Bishop&#8217;s apartments, small museums, and the courtyard with the 16<sup>e<\/sup> century small Chapel of St. George.<br \/>\nAdmire the famous Salzburg Bull, Salzburger Stier, a huge mechanical organ renewed in the 18<sup>e<\/sup> century and still playing today, and visit the beautifully decorated private rooms, and the state rooms used for hosting and entertaining the fortress guests. In the fortress museum explore the weapons and torture devices, and the Salzburg household regiment artifacts in the Rainer Regiment Museum.<br \/>\nTo reach the fortress, walk uphill for 20 minutes from the old town center, or take the funicular, Festungsbahn, from Festungsgasse. While in the Fortress enjoy the beautiful scenery of Salzburg and the surrounding countryside.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salzburg-burgen.at\/en\/hohensalzburg-castle\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.salzburg-burgen.at\/en\/hohensalzburg-castle\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Festung Hohensalzburg is a large 11th century medieval fortress overlooking the city of Salzburg, Austria, built for the residence of the Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg, and considered one of the largest medieval castles in Europe. In the picturesque fortress which was rebuilt and renovated it the 16th century, visit the Prince-Bishop&#8217;s apartments, small museums, and the courtyard with the 16th century small Chapel of St. George. Admire the famous Salzburg Bull, Salzburger Stier, a huge mechanical organ renewed in the 18th century and still playing today, and visit the beautifully decorated private rooms, and the state rooms used for hosting and entertaining the fortress guests. In the fortress museum explore the weapons and torture devices, and the Salzburg household regiment artifacts in the Rainer Regiment Museum.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","attraction-type":[13],"class_list":["post-13562","attraction","type-attraction","status-publish","hentry","attraction-type-castle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hohensalzburg Fortress Guide | Travel with Joy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Hohensalzburg Fortress with panoramic Salzburg views, medieval halls, museums and one of Europe\u2019s largest historic castles to tour.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/hohensalzburg-fortress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta 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