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Another peculiar garden is part of Castle Hell-
brunn, about 5km, outside of Salzburg. Markus
Sittikus, a prince-archbishop with a wicked sense
fCourtyard Fortress Hohensalzburg
of humor, surrounded his summer palace with ex-
copyright Wibke Carter otic fauna, citrus trees and trick fountains. Water
Bottom: alconer with bird of prey at sprouts everywhere from hidden corners and al-
Hohenwerfen copyright Salzburg Burgen though forewarned we didn’t quite manage to es-
Opposite: Fortress Hohenwerfen cape the aquatic treachery dry and joined the
copyright Salzburg Burgen, Hymirburg happy squeals of everyone around us.
copyright Eisriesenwelt Less a squeal and more of a scream escaped
from me when a giant vulture flew rather closely
over my head. We had reached our next stop,
Fortress Hohenwerfen, just in time for the daily
birds of prey show. “You better put anything color-
ful away”, a staff member told me. “The birds are
notorious for scooping up children’s toys and
dropping them outside the walls”, she winked.
Since 1077, the castle has sat on a steep peak,
high above the Salzach Valley. In 1968, it was used
as a set for the World War Two film Where Eagles
Dare which starred Clint Eastwood and Richard
Burton. The snow that year was so severe that the
latter got stuck with his wife Elizabeth Taylor in
the village of Werfen and couldn’t get back to
Salzburg.
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