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 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
