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i m seriously lagging in my blogs…
paisei la hahahaha thank you for visiting marybukoh.com tho it didn’t win at the recent SRA…
your viewing is definitely more important than that purplish trophy~~~ ;p
so.. this is melk abbey, austria…
no words from me can fully describe how fabulous this place is~~~
how a cockroach will see the melk abbey square?!
The magnificent baroque building has been undergoing extensive restoration work since 1978, and large-scale adaptations have been carried out for the areas of the school, the guest house, culture, and tourism. In this way Melk Abbey presents itself to visitors today as one of Austria’s highlights and as Europe’s great cultural ensemble.
http://www.stiftmelk.at/englisch/index.html
into the indoor museum that must be guided n doors locked after entering~~~
the coffin that can be used over n over again!!!
room 9
the marble hall~~
The room served as a dining hall for the imperial family and other distinguished guests, as well as a festival hall.
The terrace is the balcony connecting the Marble Hall and the library. From the terrace you have a wonderful view of the Danube, the scenery of the Wachau valley, and the town of Melk.
The library of the Melk abbey consists of a total of twelve rooms containing about 1.888 manuscripts, 750 incunabula (printed works before 1500), 1700 works from the 16th, 4500 from the 17th, and 18.000 from the 18th century; together with the newer books, approximately 100.000 volumes in total. About 16.000 of these are found in this library room. They are organized by topics: beginning with editions of the Bible in row I, theology (rows II to VII), jurisprudence (row VIII), geography and astronomy (row VIIII), history (rows X to XV), and ending with the baroque lexica in row XVI.
THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!!! The high point of the baroque monastery is the church.
really really really v v v nice!!!!
only the time allowed is too short… the guides there really strict~~~
hmmm ‘strict’ abbey too~~
next up: cesky krumlov, czech
March 20th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Dear Mary Mei,
i strongly believe loyal fans like me voted alot for you. Hence all knows the selection criterions. I fully trust all you words when you do not win awards but it is good to win new categories for history records.
March 21st, 2010 at 6:35 pm
thanks ray~~~
thanks for all your votes.. i will strive to do better the next time :O)
March 22nd, 2010 at 6:30 pm
hahaha ya lor.. i evyday aso went in to click to vote 4 u~~~ heh but nv won award i WILL STILL cum visit~~
hey i wan c ur recently malaysia hol pic!!!
hahahaha yeah strive beta.. hehe blog nt only on ur travel experience.. but aso ur evyday life leh.. lk tat time u post b4 d view frm ur house all tat.. ;p
March 26th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Hi Mary, i am quite curious over the coffin. how do they reused it again and again?
March 30th, 2010 at 12:34 am
Concerning the coffin:I believe the coffin is pictured here as it would be positioned over the open grave. It appears that the bottom can be opened by that lever, in order to drop the deceased into the grave.
I visited the Melk Abbey in the summer of 1978. As noted, that is the year the most recent large scale restoration began. We were only able to walk into the courtyard area; none of the interior was open . In fact, I believe we (my wife, my daughter, and my wife’s mother) were the only people there!
March 31st, 2010 at 11:17 am
thanks james for explaining~~
wow~~ 1978!! that’s a long time back…
maybe u should go back again :O)