Benedictine Abbey was founded by St. Rupert in 690. Until 1110 in the Abbey of the residence of the archbishops.

Abbey St. Peter is a complex of buildings of XVII-XVIII with three courtyards and the Collegiate Church. The interior of the abbey church of St. Peter decorate ornaments in the form of shells. The painting of the main altar and 16 side altars made master of Krems, MI Schmidt. In the right aisle in 1444 with the relics of the patron Saint of Salzburg. Rupert. Beautiful well preserved statue of the Madonna of the XV century.

Near the monastery is the city's oldest cemetery with Romanesque and Gothic chapels, monuments and fences made of wrought iron. In the rock since the early Christian era preserved catacombs, where then lived hermits.