Above the left bank of the Danube, 60 kilometers west of Vienna's city towers and the Abbey of Melk - the residence of Babenberg. In the XI century, Leopold II, invited the Benedictines of Lambaha in Melk and gave them the land and the castle, which the monks turned into a fortified monastery. In 1297 the monastery was burned to the ground and rebuilt several times since then. In the XVI century it withstood the invasion of the Turks. In 1702, the abbot Berthold Ditmayer began extensive redevelopment of the complex. Prandtauer Jakob von Erlach, Joseph Manggenast and other prominent artists of that time gave the monastery its current baroque shape.

The altar of the monastery church with Baroque frescoes by Johann Michael Rottmayera depicted patrons of the abbey of Sts. Peter and Paul. The courtyard is surrounded by majestic buildings prelate crowned with statues of prophets and frescoes depicting the main virtues. The magnificent marble hall decorated with paintings by Paul Troger, once held receptions and ceremonies. The impressive abbey library consists of 100,000 volumes, including 2,000 manuscripts and 1,600 incunabula. The ceiling of the library is decorated with beautiful fresco by Paul Troger.