The Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg, Austria built in its present form 1463-1499 as a three-aisled late Gothic Basilica, dedicated to Mary Ascension. It was built on the walls of an earlier Romanesque basilica destroyed by fire 1423. The Abbey became world famous as, right after the first world war, Maria Augusta von Trapp was a was a postulant and teacher in the nunnery school. On her life was "The sound of music" is based.
Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg
The film of the phenomenally successfu Rodgers and Hammerstein musical was shot on lots of real locations around Salzburg, Austria i.a. the exterior of Nonnberg Abbey.
The Nonnberg Abbey (German: Stift Nonnberg) in Salzburg It was founded ca. 714 by Saint Rupert of Salzburg and is the oldest women's religious house in the German-speaking world. Its first abbess was Saint Erentrudis of Salzburg, who was either a niece or a sister of Saint Rupert.
Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg. Fot. Andrew Bossi. Source Wikimedia Commons.
The abbey was was re-built in about 1000. This building was largely destroyed in a fire of 1423. Reconstruction took place between 1464 and 1509. In 1624 the church was enlarged by the addition of three side chapels. A refurbishment in the Baroque style took place in the 1880s.
Maria Augusta von Trapp (1905-1987). Photo from Declaration of Intention, 21 January 1944. Wikipedia.
Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg
The film of the phenomenally successfu Rodgers and Hammerstein musical was shot on lots of real locations around Salzburg, Austria i.a. the exterior of Nonnberg Abbey.
The Nonnberg Abbey (German: Stift Nonnberg) in Salzburg It was founded ca. 714 by Saint Rupert of Salzburg and is the oldest women's religious house in the German-speaking world. Its first abbess was Saint Erentrudis of Salzburg, who was either a niece or a sister of Saint Rupert.
Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg. Fot. Andrew Bossi. Source Wikimedia Commons.
The abbey was was re-built in about 1000. This building was largely destroyed in a fire of 1423. Reconstruction took place between 1464 and 1509. In 1624 the church was enlarged by the addition of three side chapels. A refurbishment in the Baroque style took place in the 1880s.
Maria Augusta von Trapp (1905-1987). Photo from Declaration of Intention, 21 January 1944. Wikipedia.
Through Maria Augusta Kutschera, later Maria Augusta von Trapp, who was a postulant in the abbey after World War I and whose life was the basis for the film The Sound of Music, the abbey has acquired international fame.
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