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Melk Stift Altstadt
Stift Melk above the old town of Melk

Melk Abbey or Stift Melk is a Benedictine abbey. It lies on the Danube, near the city of Melk. It is located in Lower Austria. It is one of the distinguishing features of a region known as Wachau. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The abbey was almost totally destroyed in a fire, on 14 August 1297. It was rebuilt in Baroque style at the beginning of the 18th century.

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  • Jesus of Nazareth on the Cross, Stift Melk

    Jesus of Nazareth on the Cross, Stift Melk

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    West view of Melk Abbey

  • Stift Melk Nordseite 01

    North side of Melk Abbey and entry of Melk river into the Danube

  • Melk - Stift

    View from the south

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    Main entrance

  • 070526 Stift Melk 03

    Prelate's courtyard

  • 070525 Stift Melk 01

    Melk Abbey at night

  • Melk Abbey aerial view 001

    Aerial view

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    Leopold Altar, painting by Georg Bachman (1650)

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    Choir stalls

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    Pulpit

  • Stiftskirche Melk Deckenfresken 01

    The ceiling

  • Melk - Abbey - Library

    Melk Abbey Library

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    Staircase between the library and church

  • Stift Melk church dsc01494

    Church of the Abbey

  • StiftMelkDeckenfresken

    Frescoed ceiling of the church

  • StiftMelkKuppel

    Cupola of the church

  • The Triumph of the Monk by Johann Michael Rottmayr - Melk Abbey Austria

    The Triumph of the Monk, by Johann Michael Rottmayr

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    Melk Abbey

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    Melk Abbey

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    Margravine Swanhilde's altar, eleventh century

  • St. Benedict's triumphal ascent to heaven by Johann Michael Rottmayr - Melk Abbey Austria

    St. Benedict's triumphal ascent to Heaven, also by Rottmayr

  • Ceiling painting of the Marble Hall - Melk Abbey - Austria

    Painting on the ceiling of the marble hall

  • Topografia 1672 Vischer Moelckh

    Melk Abbey in 1672, before its renovation by Jakob Prandtauer.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Abadía de Melk para niños

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