Melk Abbey

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Baroque monastery Benedictine monastery tourist attraction

Melk Abbey is a grand Baroque Benedictine monastery overlooking the Danube River, renowned as one of Austria’s most famous and historically significant monastic complexes.

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Label Occurrences
Melk Abbey canonical 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque monastery ⓘ
Benedictine monastery ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architect Jakob Prandtauer ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque ⓘ
associatedWith Melk Abbey Chronicle ⓘ
monastic reform movements ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
foundedAsMonastery 11th century ⓘ
foundedBy Leopold II, Margrave of Austria ⓘ
function active monastery ⓘ
educational institution ⓘ
parish church ⓘ
tourist site ⓘ
governingBody Abbot of Melk ⓘ
hasDedication Saint Paul ⓘ
Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form: Saint Peter
hasFeature abbey church ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
dome ⓘ
imperial corridor ⓘ
imperial staircase ⓘ
monastic library ⓘ
museum ⓘ
terrace overlooking the Danube ⓘ
twin-tower façade ⓘ
hasSchoolType secondary school ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Wachau Cultural Landscape ⓘ
knownFor Baroque architecture ⓘ
historic library ⓘ
ornate interiors ⓘ
scenic location above the Danube ⓘ
libraryHolds early printed books ⓘ
incunabula ⓘ
medieval manuscripts ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Austria ⓘ
Melk ⓘ
locatedOn Danube ⓘ
surface form: Danube River
notablePeriod Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Baroque era
operates Stiftsgymnasium Melk ⓘ
originalFunction Benedictine abbey ⓘ
overlooks Danube ⓘ
surface form: Danube River
partOf UNESCO World Heritage Site core zone (Wachau Cultural Landscape) ⓘ
surface form: Wachau Cultural Landscape
rebuiltBetween 1702–1736 ⓘ
rebuiltInCurrentForm 18th century ⓘ
religiousOrder Benedictines ⓘ
surface form: Order of Saint Benedict
status one of Austria’s most famous monasteries ⓘ
tourismRegion Wachau Valley ⓘ
surface form: Wachau
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 2000 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lower Austria → contains → Melk Abbey ⓘ
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger → placeOfActivity → Melk Abbey ⓘ
Wachau Valley → contains → Melk Abbey ⓘ
Adso of Melk → placeOfOrigin → Melk Abbey ⓘ
Adso of Melk → associatedWith → Melk Abbey ⓘ
Catholic Church in Austria → hasMonastery → Melk Abbey ⓘ