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

'MS Poetry' moored in Melk
[Melk Benedictine Abbey - Melk - Austria]

'MS Poetry' moored in the Wachau Valley
[Melk Benedictine Abbey - Melk - Austria]

'The City on the Mountain' tells of the Monte Cassino Monastery (H)
[Melk Benedictine Abbey - Melk - Austria]

.. on the other hand by the victor’s laurels over the monk, who has achieved spiritual fulfillment, in the nave fresco
[Abbey Church - Melk Benedictine Abbey - Austria]

16th century Teisenhoferhof, once the home of a wine-grower
[Weissenkirchen - Wachau - Lower Austria]

1702 transformation of this fortification into a baroque sanctuary (H)
In 1702 Jakob Prandtauer was commissioned to transform this fortification into a baroque sanctuary [Melk Benedictine Abbey - Melk - Austria]

17th c. globe of the world. Australia is missing continent and California is on an island
[The Library - Melk Benedictine Abbey - Austria]

A busy Melk town square
[Melk village - Melk Benedictine Abbey - Austria]

A high point of the baroque monastery is the Abbey church
[Abbey Church - Melk Benedictine Abbey - Austria]

A Kartauserhof Grüner Veltliner from Ried Achleiten
[Wachau Winetasting - Raffelsberger Hof - Weissenkirchen]

A kid's school in Weissenkirchen old town
[Weissenkirchen - Wachau - Lower Austria]

A marker for the Wachau World Heritage Trail
[Weissenkirchen - Wachau - Lower Austria]

A re-usable coffin - not one of the successful ideas of Joseph II
[Melk Benedictine Abbey - Melk - Austria]

A religious icon
[Weissenkirchen - Wachau - Lower Austria]