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| Ray DeBosch | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Melk Abbey, Austria | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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The Melk Abbey is a magnificent, 900 year old Baroque structure which rises up from the surrounding countryside along the Danube River. Strategically located on a steep, cliffside perch, the Melk Abbey's earliest incarnation was a Roman post. Later, it served as a tenth century Babenburg fortress. It became a Benedictine monastery in 1089 and earned a distinguished reputation for medieval scholarship.
 The City of Melk, Austria |
 The Melk Abbey |
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 Inside the Abbey |
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 At the Melk Museum |
 Ceiling frescoes |
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 The Melk Library with 70,000+ books from the 9th through the 15th centuries |
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 Hasta la vista Melk Abbey... |
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