What to do · Salzburg
St Peter's Cemetery and the catacombs
Information
- Duration
- 30 min
- Season
- All year
- Who it's for
- All ages
St Peter's Abbey, founded in the 7th century, is the oldest monastery still active in the German-speaking world, and its cemetery is older still. Between the Gothic chapel of St Margaret and the wall of the Mönchsberg are crowded wrought-iron graves and barred crypts. In the rock open the catacombs, hewn chambers of early Christian origin reached by stairs; they are open from 10:00 to 12:30 and from 13:00 to 18:00 from May to September, and until 17:00 the rest of the year. It is a quiet corner two minutes from the cathedral, on the way to the fortress funicular.
With teenagers
