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Melk

Home of the Benedictines since 1089, its clifftop position above a river bend made it an ideal military camp which the Babenburgs took as their royal residence and stronghold in the 10th century. In 1548 a fire reduced the town to ashes and it was subsequently rebuilt in the Renaissance style
Melk Abbey - Main Entrance.
Melk Abbey - Main Entrance.		 Abbey Main Courtyard.
Abbey Main Courtyard.		 Main Facade - Museum Building.
Main Facade - Museum Building.
Museum Exhibit - Gothic Wooden Crucifix.
Museum Exhibit - Gothic Wooden Crucifix.		 Marble Hall.
Marble Hall.		 Ceiling Fresco - entrance to Library.
Ceiling Fresco - entrance to Library.
Benedictine Library.
Benedictine Library.		 Library Ceiling.
Library Ceiling.		 Spiral Stairway - Library to Abbey Church.
Spiral Stairway - Library to Abbey Church.
Inside Abbey Church.
Inside Abbey Church.		 Panorama from Abbey Lookout.
Panorama from Abbey Lookout.		 Monastery Facade.
Monastery Facade.
Abbey - viewed from Melk Old Town.
Abbey - viewed from Melk Old Town.		 Abbey - viewed from Old Town Bridge.
Abbey - viewed from Old Town Bridge.		 Melk Parish Church.
Melk Parish Church.

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