What is Melk Abbey?
[[File:Melk - Stift (0).JPG|thumb|Stift Melk above the old town of Melk]] '''Melk Abbey''' or '''Stift Melk''' is a [[Benedictine]] [[abbey]]. It lies on the [[Danube]], near the city of [[Melk]]. It is in [[Lower Austria]]. It is one of the distinguishing features of a region known as [[Wachau]]. It is an [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]. The abbey was almost totally destroyed in a fire, on 14 August 1297. It was rebuilt in [[Baroque]] style at the beginning of the [[18th century]]. == Images == <gallery> Image:Stift Melk church dsc01494.jpg|Church of the Abbey Image:StiftMelkDeckenfresken.jpg|Ceiling of the church, with [[fresco]]s Image:StiftMelkKuppel.jpg|Cupola of the church Image:The Triumph of the Monk by Johann Michael Rottmayr - Melk Abbey Austria.jpg|The Triumph of the Monk, by [[Johann Michael Rottmayr]] Image:St. Benedict's triumphal ascent to heaven by Johann Michael Rottmayr - Melk Abbey Austria.jpg|St. Benedicts triumphal ascent to Heaven, also by Rottmayr Image:Ceiling_painting_of_the_Marble_Hall_-_Melk_Abbey_-_Austria.jpg|Painting on the ceiling of the marble hall </gallery> [[Category:Benedictine abbeys]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Austria]] [[Category:Churches in Austria]] [[Category:Lower Austria]] [[Category:18th-century buildings and structures]]