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The Neue Residenz Palace or Residenz Neugebaude is licated just opposite the Residenz Palaces main Entrance in the Residenzplatz. It was built in 1588 bu Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau - not just for private use but also to entertain guests.

The Glockenspiel lacks the precision, but then this inaccuracy is now a notable character of the Salzburg Glockenspiel. You can hear the sound of the Glockenspiel daily at 7am, 11am and 6pm, and if you listen carefully you will hear the Salzburger Stier from the Hohensalzburg Fortress - right afterwards.

Residence Fountain that is visible on the bottom left of the photograph, is considered to be the most beautiful fountain in the city of Salzburg and certainly deserves a closer look: four snorting horses seem to spring forth from the spouting rock. Giants rooted in the rock carry the lower basin, in which three dolphins balance the scalloped upper basin. The upper basin holds a Triton, a jet of water shooting into the air from his conch-shell trumpet. I had memories of "Sound of Music" where, in a clip of a few abour 30 seconds, the children sing & dance around this fountain.