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Melk Abbey

Our tour of Melk Abbey (Stift Melk in German), a Baroque monastery in lower Austria.
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This was a lock on a chest they must have kept important things in.
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This was a lock on a chest they must have kept important things in.

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  • Corridor outside the Melk Museum
  • This was a lock on a chest they must have kept important things in.
  • Spiral staircase; the "Pax" is on the glass door in front
  • The Marble Hall, Melk
  • Marble Hall, detail - the medallion has a quote from the Rule of St. Benedict
  • Marble Hall, door detail
  • Scale model of Melk Abbey 1:100
  • Marble Hall, door detail
  • Caryatids, Marble Hall
  • Ironwork heating register, Marble Hall
  • Ceiling painting, Marble Hall
  • Wachau Valley and Danube, in a pouring rain, from the Terrace
  • Danube River from the Terrace, Melk Abbey, in a pouring rain
  • Melk Abbey towers
  • Melk Abbey, below the towers
  • Melk, spiral staircase
  • Melk Abbey church, view down the nave
  • Detail of Melk Abbey church ceiling
  • Remains of a saint, behind glass - yes, this is a clothed body, largely mummified
  • Remains of a saint, behind glass - yes, this is a clothed body, largely mummified
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