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Melk Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1089 on a rock above the Danube at the entrance to the Wachau. The present Baroque complex was built from 1702 to 1736 to designs by Jakob Prandtauer. A visit leads through the former imperial rooms and the Marble Hall to the library and the abbey church with frescoes by Rottmayr and Troger.
Schallaburg Castle stands on a hill about 6 km south of Melk. First recorded as a fortress in 1242, it was rebuilt from around 1540 by the Losenstein family into a Renaissance residence with a two-storey arcaded courtyard decorated in terracotta. Since 1974 it has been an exhibition centre of the state of Lower Austria, with a new exhibition each season.
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