Salzburg Cathedral

St. Peter's Abbey is the oldest abbey of the Benedictine congregation in Austria and the oldest in the German-speaking area. It was founded by St. Rupert around the year 696 as a base for the mission of the inhabitants of the Eastern Alps. In 1622, Archbishop Paris von Lodron erected the University of Salzburg under the Benedictine monastery, which remained closely linked to the abbey until the end in 1810.

The Franciscan church, which owes its name to the fact that it belongs to a Franciscan monastery, is one of the oldest churches in Salzburg's Old Town. It was built in the 8th century and until 1139 it belonged to the Benedictine Monastery of St. Peter. Between 1130 and 1583 it was the church of the convent of the Benedictine nuns' wives of St. Peter's, and after 1189 it was the parish church of the city until 1628. The present church building dates from the 12th and 15th centuries, which can be seen with the original Romanesque nave basilica with its cross-ribbed vault, followed by a delicate late Gothic choir with a star-shaped vault of the same width as the nave. In 1592, the church was handed over to the newly called Franciscans as a monastery church.

Nonnberg Abbey is an abbey of Benedictine sisters in Salzburg. Founded in the 8th century, it is today one of the Christian convents with the longest continuous activity. Dating mostly from the 16th century, the current monastic complex, with its surrounding walls and archaeological sites, is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the city of Salzburg.