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On April 23, 1964, singer and actress Julie Andrews filmed the historic wedding ceremony scene in\u00a0“The Sound of Music”\u00a0on the Mondsee Abbey in Higher Austria. This stunning church is now often called the Basilica of Saint Michael.<\/p>\n
In a\u00a0resurfaced video<\/a>, Andrews, who performed Maria Von Trapp alongside Christopher Plummer\u2019s character, Georg Von Trapp, visits this basilica 50 years after the movie\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n The viral video with over three million views reveals the actress strolling via the basilica reminiscing about this traditional wedding ceremony scene.<\/p>\n The video originates from a 2015\u00a0DVD special<\/a>\u00a0entitled, \u201cThe Sound of a Metropolis \u2013 Julie Andrews Returns to Salzburg.\u201d twentieth Century Fox included it in a\u00a0rerelease of the film<\/a>\u2018s fiftieth anniversary.<\/p>\n The Basilica of Saint Michael, the place Maria marries Georg von Trapp, can be a former Benedictine abbey. It was inbuilt 748 and rebuilt within the 18th century. Pope Saint John Paul II elevated it to a basilica in 2005.<\/p>\n Andrews explains the basilica was the film\u2019s first filming location. They invited 600 locals to attend of their wedding ceremony apparel \u2013 finishing the scene all in someday.<\/p>\n Within the DVD particular, Andrews additionally speaks with the parish priest (in 2015), Father Ernst Wageneder in regards to the basilica and what they use it for. It\u2019s now a hotspot for weddings as a result of reputation of “The Sound of Music”!<\/p>\n \u201cYou introduced me with the movie, \u2018The Sound of Music\u2019 loads of work,\u201d he says. \u201cOn Saturday, we have now eight wedding ceremony ceremonies. That\u2019s actually laborious, however I prefer it as a result of that\u2019s a festivity of affection.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI believe so many individuals are coming as a result of they want to see the unique place the place the marriage came about 50 years in the past,\u201d the priest continued.<\/p>\n \u201cThe folks fall in love, additionally, as we speak. Lots of people can keep in mind the day if you filmed ‘The Sound of Music,’\u201d Father Wageneder stated.<\/p>\n \u201cThe entire church regarded fairly wonderful,\u201d Andrews chimed in. \u201cThey had been affected person and type. I keep in mind additionally the director, Robert Smart, did a unprecedented factor, which I believe is without doubt one of the most stunning pictures.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNot solely did you see me coming alongside this stunning aisle, however he put his cameras alongside the aspect and also you noticed me in profile. So every stunning archway on the aspect right here was captured,\u201d Andrews continued.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an impressive shot. It truly is. I believe he did the basilica proud.\u201d<\/p>\n Click here if you cannot see the video above<\/a>.<\/p>\n The skin of the Basilica of Saint Michael in Mondsee, Austria \/ C.Stadler\/Bwag, Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>Inside of the Basilica of Saint Michael in Mondsee, Austria \/ Wolfgang Sauber, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>The organ contained in the Basilica of Saint Michael in Mondsee, Austria \/ Wolfgang Sauber, Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>\u00a0Altar of Annunciation (1680) by Meinrad Guggenbichler inside Basilica of Saint Michael in Mondsee, Austria \/ Wolfgang Sauber, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/p>\n This article originally appeared in the Hollywood Catholic<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Watch\u00a0the video<\/a>\u00a0on the Julie Andrews Archives on YouTube:<\/h2>\n
And right here is the unique\u00a0wedding scene<\/a>\u00a0in \u201cThe Sound of Music\u201d:<\/h2>\n
Take a look at extra photos of the Basilica of Saint Michael under:<\/h3>\n
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