The Marble Hall inside Melk Abbey - a Baroque Benedictine Monastery in Melk, Austria

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Melk Abbey is a Baroque Benedictine Monastery on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river at Melk in the Wachau Valley in Austria. The abbey was founded in 1089 when Leopold II, Margrave of Austria gave one of his castles to Benedictine monks from Lambach Abbey. Today's Baroque abbey was built between 1702 and 1736 to designs by Jakob Prandtauer.

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Size: 3053px × 4580px
Location: Melk, Austria
Photo credit: © Steve Allen Travel Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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