Hellbrunn Garden, Salzburg, Austria Among those that were
immediately affected by Italy, Hellbrunn, at Salzburg, stands
supreme. In the years 1613—19 Marcus Sittich was bishop of
Salzburg. He was a member of the Hohenem family, who because of
their origin on the borders of Latin territory had a very close
connection with Italy. Since the time of Pius IV., the family
had continued to live in a similar fashion to “ nephews “ in
Italy (where we have often found them as predecessors of the
Borghesi) with the same delight in buildings and gardens as they
showed in Germany. Marcus Sittich first completed the
Mirabelischloss built by his predecessors (Fig. 374). The
ornamentation of the garden, the design of the parterre, belong
to the French period, but the whole lay-out has preserved its
Renaissance character. It is not only that any connection with
the castle is entirely absent, and the chief garden separated
from the sides by high walls that are only broken by narrow
doors, but the separate beds are encircled by