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Melk – Austria

Friday 11th October 2024

Day 28

It rained heavily overnight but thankfully as we drove here to Melk the weather dried up, we only drove 31 miles today so no stress or fatigue.

Google translate revealed that we could stay free on the stellplatz , you can pay for electricity but we opted not to.
This is the view from Homer.

Melk is an Austrian town on the river Danube west of Vienna. It’s known for the 11th century Melk Abbey a vast monastery built high above the town. Gold statuary adorns its domed Abbey Church.

Views from interior courtyards.
Details of decoration near the dome.
St Colomon , patron saint of Melk.
The black disk under the trees is a fountain. There were more formal gardens but you had to pay to enter and no dogs.
Viewed from the town.
The church in this image was built because the local people felt it was too far to walk to the church which was high up by the fortress, it was dedicated to Mary.
Scenes from the town, I liked the stone bench carved to represent a sofa.

Early evening we went for a walk to the edge of the Danube and looking back there was a fine view of the Abbey.

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