"..in whose splendour the glory of the cross is clear" [Abbey Church - Melk Benedictine Abbey - Austria]

'MS Poetry' moored in Melk

'MS Poetry' moored in the Wachau Valley

'The City on the Mountain' tells of the Monte Cassino Monastery (H)

.. on the other hand by the victor’s laurels over the monk, who has achieved spiritual fulfillment, in the nave fresco

16th century Teisenhoferhof, once the home of a wine-grower

1702 transformation of this fortification into a baroque sanctuary (H)

17th c. globe of the world. Australia is missing continent and California is on an island

A busy Melk town square

A high point of the baroque monastery is the Abbey church

A Kartauserhof Grüner Veltliner from Ried Achleiten

A kid's school in Weissenkirchen old town

A marker for the Wachau World Heritage Trail

A re-usable coffin - not one of the successful ideas of Joseph II

A religious icon