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"..in whose splendour the glory of the cross is clear"
[Abbey Church - Melk Benedictine Abbey - Austria]
!["..in whose splendour the glory of the cross is clear"
[Abbey Church - Melk Benedictine Abbey - Austria]](../../_data/i/galleries/Austria/Melk/IMG_6249-cu_s9999x250.jpg "\"..in whose splendour the glory of the cross is clear\"
[Abbey Church - Melk Benedictine Abbey - Austria] (1022 visits) \"..in whose splendour the glory of the cross is clear\"
[Abbey Church - Melk Benedictine Abbey - Aus...")
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'MS Poetry' moored in Melk
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'MS Poetry' moored in the Wachau Valley
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'The City on the Mountain' tells of the Monte Cassino Monastery (H)
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.. on the other hand by the victors laurels over the monk, who has achieved spiritual fulfillment, in the nave fresco
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1702 transformation of this fortification into a baroque sanctuary (H)
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17th c. globe of the world. Australia is missing continent and California is on an island
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A busy Melk town square
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A high point of the baroque monastery is the Abbey church
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A re-usable coffin - not one of the successful ideas of Joseph II
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Abbey Church
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Abbey church plaque (H)
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Abbot Dietmayr's vestment
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Abbot Dietmayr's vestment
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Abbot Dietmayr's vestment
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After 1701, at Abbot Berthold Dietmayrs instigation, a complete reconstruction of the church took place
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After the church, the Library is the second most important room in the Benedictine Abbey
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Along the main street there are many food stalls, this one sells cheese
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An engraving by Merian(1649) still shows the irregular medieval southern facade
