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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Melk Abbey Benedictine Monastery, Melk, Austria

The Melk Abbey sits on some sort of a hill above the town of Melk.  It is a world-famous monastic site housing an extensive manuscript collection.








The library




Conch-like staircase