Maybe the most beautiful place I've ever been

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Flag of Austria Melk Abbey, Lower Austria, Austria
Friday, August 24, 2012

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Baroque garden pavilion filled w/frescoes	We were actually able to take photos in the church	Baroque abbey park was designed in 1750	Terrace in front of church w/stunning views
St. Benedict's Path overlooking the Danube	Fertile countryside along Danube surrounds Melk	Huge clock made entirely out of wood	Stairs leading up to impressive formal area
Abbey -one of the world's most famous monasteries	Abbey was the size of the town of Melk below	I loved the symmetry and bright colors	Exhibit honoring the builder of the abbey
Abbey founded in 1089;very nicely made into museum	Unfortunately no photos in phenomenal library	Library-extensive manuscript collection & globes	Abbey easily reached by car, boat or bus
Current buildings mainly from early 1700s	Abbey is at western gateway to Wachau Valley	Imagine the work this took!	One of many colorful ceiling frescoes
Marble Hall ceiling fresco from 1731	Abbey now also has 1000 student school	From terrace looking out over town of Melk	Marble Hall was astonishingly ornate & beautiful
Library contains 750 works from before 1500	Looking into the library which has 100,000 volumes	Abbey is UNESCO World Heritage Site	Complete reconstruction of church done in 1701
High point of the monastery definitely the church	Leitmotif - Glory is found only in the cross	Marble, gold, exquisite paintings-fantastic	How could I not have heard of this before?
Monastery got lights & modern plumbing in 1900	Paul Troger painted virtually all of the frescoes	Would be a great day trip from Vienna	Magnificent main alter in the church
Monastery is still functioning today after 1000yrs Comments!

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