A star for eternity

The house in which he died on Rauhensteingasse no longer exists. His funeral service was held in the same place as he had married: in St. Stephen's Cathedral. There was no money in the house when Mozart died – a circumstance that gave rise to the legend of his poverty.

Mozart found his last resting place in the romantic cemetery of St. Mark, which at the time was far outside the city. In keeping with the custom of the time, he was buried in a pit without a gravestone together with four or five other dead.

Mozart: Overview