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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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Statue of Leopold II holding a model of the Abbey church
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Statue of Leopold II holding a model of the Abbey church

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  • Approaching Melk Abbey in the rain, it poured that day
  • Statue of Leopold II holding a model of the Abbey church
  • Entering the courtyard at Melk
  • Painted ceiling, probably St. Benedect with his Rule
  • Fountain in the courtyard
  • One end of the courtyard
  • Melk Abbey tower and 1 of 4 paintings over the courtyard doors
  • Another painting over a door
  • A third painting over a door
  • The 4th painting over the door. These paintings are the only non-Baroque things we saw here.
  • Base of the fountain
  • Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and her husband Francis I
  • A room in the Melk museum, which was lighted to make photography almost impossible. The word "höre" (listen) is the beginning of the Rule of St. Benedict.
  • Medieval manuscript, Melk. More impossible lighting.
  • Monk's traveling altar, Melk museum
  • The Coloman Monstrance, containing St. Coloman's lower jaw, one of the Abbey's most precious relics.
  • This is ONE gold statue of St. Benedict, in the museum, in a corner made of mirrors. See the reflection of me taking the photo?
  • Medieval cope, mitre, gloves, and shoes
  • Panels from late Gothic winged altar
  • Panel from late Gothic winged altar
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