Photo of the Day 252

Churches and Steeples, Salzburg, Austria, 2004

Photograph by Bob Krist

Snow rimes the classic dome- and spire-studded skyline of Salzburg, Austria. This elegant city's unique architecture is the legacy of a long line of prince-archbishops, powerful ecclesiastical rulers who used profits from the city's nearby salt mines to turn their seat of power into a little piece of Baroque Italy transported to the Austrian Alps.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Salzburg in Winter," November/December 2004, National Geographic Traveler magazine)