Art lovers call Salzburg the Golden City of High Baroque and music lovers know it as the Festival City - birthplace of Mozart and home of the world-famous Salzburg Festival. Salzburg lies on both banks of the Salzach River, at the point where it is pinched between two Alpine peaks. Man's contribution is a trove of buildings worthy of such surroundings that blend into a harmonious whole – a cohesive flowering of Baroque architecture.