Austria
As part of the Wachau Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site, eleventh-century Gottweig abbey is a magnet for visitors from around the world.
Founded in 1083 and a Benedictine monastery from 1094, the abbey was rebuilt into its current Baroque form in the early eighteenth-century. Today, the abbey is run by a community of 45 monks. Visitors can explore the abbey church and the museum in the imperial wing that features dramatic Baroque style architecture in all its splendor, including the monumental imperial staircase with a ceiling fresco from 1739 — one of the largest and most beautiful baroque staircases in Europe. The abbey also presents its art collections in exhibitions staged in the adjoining royal and imperial rooms. Visitors can also see the abbey library of 130,000 books and manuscripts, all of which survived the Second World War without loss. Outside the abbey is just as splendid, with the impressive apricot orchard on the south side of the monastery, not to mention the magnificent views of the Wachau Valley from the abbey restaurant terrace.
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