Salzburg, as you know, is the city of Mozart. But you never thought to the meaning of the name Salzburg? “Burgo” comes from the German Burg, namely fortress city, and “salis” from the Latin word that means the salt. Ie: the city of salt. In fact the whole region of Salzburg is rich in salt. Austria, a country, with no sea borders, paradoxically possessed in the past some of the richest (and profitable) deposits of sea salt. Even today, moreover, its mines are active, and also visited. But why there was so much salt in this region? The history of the Earth, you know, was a history of continuous transformation of the surface crust; over hundreds of millions of years the movement of continents have continually changed the geography, so that certain portions of sea seep to be enclosed in a puddle, with no communication with the waters. The slow evaporation deposited on the bottom the sea salt: the disappearance of all the water was this deposit, then covered with soil and other sediment. That’s what happened in the region of Salzburg. Owning the salt in the past, was equal on saying he a wealth. It was considered white gold. Obviously there were no refrigerators and storage of foods, especially meat, was entrusted to salt (just think about the role that it still have in “salami”). Salt also was an essential element in the diet and to give flavor to food. Who had a salt mine, and who traded in salt, became rich. The sale today is produced industrially, but his great honor of the past have been some significant words in our dictionary: as a “salary”, “salted price”

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