There are various ways to reach Melk Abbey (Stift Melk), a Benedictine abbey in Lower Austria founded in 1089 and built, as seen today, in the early 1700s. The best is aboard a river cruise ship such ...

This year, the Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein and the Wiener Städtische are once again offering a special Advent excursion to significant cultural jewels in Lower Austria. On December 1st and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Who: Lee and Clark Morrell of Arvada, Colorado Where: Stift Abbey, Melk, Austria Out and About: Melk is one of eight cities included on a Danube River cruise ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Restoration work has begun in an Austrian library containing a hundred thousand historical books. The book hoard at Melk Abbey is ...

Around 100,000 books dating back to the year 900 and the many rooms are being restored at Austria’s historic Melk Abbey’s Library. Restoration work has begun in an Austrian library containing a ...

Less than an hour away from Vienna, Melk Abbey is located above the town of Melk. Built in 1732, this monastery sits high above the town. The abbey was found in 1089, when Leopold II donated it to Ben ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Around 100,000 books dating back to the year 900 and the many rooms are being restored at Austria’s historic Melk Abbey’s Library.