Melk Abbey / Stift Melk / Melk / Austria

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Venue

Venue: Melk Abbey
Original Language: Stift Melk
Location: Melk
Country: Austria

Photo Information

PhotoID: 2008-07-17c_Melk_Abbey_Stift_12.jpg
Book pages: 82
Text: The church has beautiful marble, gilded sculptures and magnificent frescoes by Johann Michael Rottmayr. The Abbey suffered damage during the Reformation and the 1683 Turkish invasion, but it was spared direct attack when the Ottoman armies were halted outside Vienna. Reconstruction of the abbey began in 1702 in full Baroque style and was completed in 1736. The abbey church was damaged by fire in 1947, but is now almost completely restored.

Technical Details

Collection: Organs and Churches of Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic
Image Size: 2850 x 4277
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 230
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/o/organs1ic/x-230/2008-07-17c_melk_abbey_stift_12.jpg

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Full citation: "Melk Abbey; Stift Melk; Melk; Austria." In the digital collection Organs and Churches of Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/o/organs1ic/x-230/2008-07-17c_melk_abbey_stift_12.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2025.