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Melk has been a spiritual and cultural center of the country for more than 1000 years, first as a castle for the Babenbergs, then from 1089 as a Benedictine monastery, founded by Margrave Leopold II. Since the 12th century a school has been connected with the monastery, and valuable manuscripts have been collected and created in the library. In the course of the monastery’s history, members of the Melk monastic community have achieved significant success in the fields of natural science and the arts. [...] Highlight and end of the visit is the abbey church. Artists such as Jakob Prandtauer, Johann Michael Rottmayr, Paul Troger, Antonio Beduzzi, Lorenzo Matielli and Peter Widerin created with many others a synthesis of the arts to the glory of God, an unparalleled, indisputably classic example of Baroque. More info on http://www.stiftmelk.at/ Photo was taken from A1 (West Autobahn) from Vienna to Salzburg.
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Western Europe
