An ascent of this winding, snail shell shaped staircase leads to the library of an 18th Century Benedictine Abbey.

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An ascent of this winding, snail shell shaped staircase leads to the library of an 18th Century Benedictine Abbey.

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Size: 4928px × 3264px
Location: Melk, Austria
Photo credit: © Chase Guttman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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