Mozartplatz
Square in the old town of Salzburg, Austria, with a statue of Mozart.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither Here Nor There | Bill Bryson | subject | Bryson’s remembered beautiful Salzburg turns out to have a square like a supermarket car park. |
Neither Here Nor There — Bill Bryson (1991)
Source: Readwise highlight
The main square in Salzburg, the Mozartplatz, was quite astonishingly ugly for a city that prides itself on beauty.
- Role: subject
- In the book: Chapter 19. He describes “a big expanse of asphalt, as charming as a supermarket parking lot”, a begrimed statue of the composer and half-broken benches crowded with noisy Italian teenagers. “It was awful, awful.” He had remembered Salzburg as beautiful from his student trip with Katz.
- Why it matters: The square is the centre of his disappointment with a remembered city. He later crosses to the modern right bank and likes it better: see also Getreidegasse.