This treasure is about an hour outside of Vienna (or Wein), Austria. It was incredible!
(11.50 Euro per adult with a guided tour)
As we were headed home we remembered this abbey or monastery off the side of the road so we decided to check it out. Turns out that this place is pretty famous and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Who knew? It was so neat to discover and explore!
The ceiling here totally looks arched doesn't it? It isn't, it's all in the way they painted it - neat, huh?
This is a picture taken from the back of the monastery. To the right is the above picture (with the painted ceilings) and to the left is the famous library (unfortunately we could not take any pictures inside the library, though we could take them anywhere else). The library was seriously impressive!
The cool stairs looking up
Inside the church
We actually stayed for a service and listened to the monks sing a few short songs - it was something that we don't usually get to do since we have all our children with us when traveling and they tend to be a little on the loud side.
View of the ceiling in the church
Outside the church
Check out these websites for more information:
and the official website
1 comments:
Missy, Your pictures are BEAUTIFUL! It looks like you had a wonderful time. So fun to get to travel around and see such beautiful places. Just wondering if I might get an invite to your family blog. My email is renaecalder@yahoo.ca
Take care!
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