| Page Views: 3,674 Last Visit to Melk: September, 2003 | Melk, a beautiful place and its baroque monastery by dvideira - last update: Apr 19, 2004 |
The place, formerly a castle, was donated to the Benedictines in 1089 by Leopold III von Babenberg.
Time passed by, with fires, reconstructions, Reform, Counter-Reforms, political changes, wars, and the abbey was completely rebuilt by the architect J. Prandtauer in the 18th century and turned into this splendid example of the baroque style. |
|  | The Abbey's Library The Abbey has a library whose holdings include approximately 100,000 volumes, about 1,200 manuscripts from the 9th to the 15th century, 600 manuscripts from the 17th to the 18th century and 750 Incunabula |
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chancay Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:28 UTC
WOW, que bem collection of wunderschöne Fotos!! What a beautiful cielo azul hier!! The biblioteca must have been realmente impresionante!! | HORSCHECK Sat Oct 16, 2004 23:41 UTC
Fabulous photos with an incredible blue sky here ...I didn't know that Melk is such a lovely place ... :o) | jadedmuse Thu Oct 14, 2004 03:26 UTC
Girl, you've got me beat on the church scene! What an interesting place (for church buffs!) and the river views are gorgeous. Great photos!!!! | wcph Fri Oct 1, 2004 00:09 UTC
Great page with beautiful photos, makes me want to revisit. Thanks for sharing! |
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