Melk Abbey
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Melk Abbey or Stift Melk is a Benedictine abbey. It lies on the Danube, near the city of Melk. It is located in Lower Austria. It is one of the distinguishing features of a region known as Wachau. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The abbey was almost totally destroyed in a fire, on 14 August 1297. It was rebuilt in Baroque style at the beginning of the 18th century.
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Church of the Abbey
Ceiling of the church, with frescos
Cupola of the church
The Triumph of the Monk, by Johann Michael Rottmayr
St. Benedicts triumphal ascent to Heaven, also by Rottmayr
Painting on the ceiling of the marble hall
