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. Stiftskirche VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
The splendid Baroque monastery
church has a ceiling fresco by Practical Information
Johann Michael Rottmayr. The main Road map F3. * 5,000.
altar features the figures of the n Kremser Strasse 5, (02752)
church’s patron saints, the apostles 555-232. _ Melker Sommerspiele
St Peter and St Paul. (Jul, Aug). Melk Abbey: Open
May–Sep: 9am–5:30pm; Apr &
Oct: 9am–4:30pm. & 8 by
appoint ment. Nov–Mar: guided
tours only. ∑ stiftmelk.at
Transport
£ @ g

Prelates’ Courtyard
The courtyard is surrounded by imposing buildings
crowned with statues of the prophets and frescoes
showing the cardinal virtues.

. Melk Crucifixes
The abbey holds two
important crucifixes –
one is Romanesque
(c.1200, shown here),
the other from the The View
14th century, containing Austria’s most magnificent Baroque monastery, Melk Abbey
gems and a piece of is a vast yellow building perched dramatically on a high bluff
Christ’s cross. overlooking the Danube.

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