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Heim / Merki benedictine abbey
+ Danube River Cruise + Melk 23
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A high point of the baroque monastery is the Abbey church
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After 1701, at Abbot Berthold Dietmayrs instigation, a complete reconstruction of the church took place
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Antonio Beduzzi was responsible for the sketches for the frescoes
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Books are categorized under four main faculties: Theology, Philosophy, Medicine and Jurisprudence
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Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena designed the pulpit and high altar
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It was the wishes of the abbot and monastic community to have a grand Abbey to reflect it's religious purpose
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Johann Michael Rottmayr did the frescoes & altar paintings
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Library books mainly comprise historical works from the 19th c. onwards, which testify to the interests of this time period
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Melk Benedictine Abbey
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Originally only a Baroquization of the abbey church was planned
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Paul Troger was the artist responsible for the altar paintings
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Spiral staircase with Roccoco grate
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The Abbey was contructed following plans by Jakob Prandtauer
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The artistic, valuable decoration shows the high regard the monks had for their library.
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The artists chosen for the decoration of the church were prominent masters in their fields
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The battle which leads to victory is embodied on the high altar through the martyrdom of apostles Peter & Paul
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The Garden Pavilion of Melk Abbey
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The grandeur of the abbey was to make its orientation towards God clearly visible
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The library holds 100,000 volumes in total with manuscripts from before 15th c. to modern works
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The library of the Melk abbey consists of a total of twelve rooms
