Detail View: SHIMMER: Melk Abbey

Title: 
Melk Abbey
Creation Date: 
1736
Image Date: 
1960 - 1969
Period: 
18th century
Start Date: 
1702
End Date: 
1736
Location: 
Melk, Lower Austria
Country: 
AUSTRIA
Display Creator: 
PRANDTAUER, Jakob
Image ID: 
94-4819
Description: 
Exterior view looking up at the Abbey from the town of Melk. Melk is a Benedictine Abbey originally founded in 1089.
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Photographed by: 
Margaret Mackerness
Creator: 
PRANDTAUER, Jakob
Creator Dates - Born: 
1660
Creator Dates - Died: 
1726
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
Austrian.
Subject Heading: 
Architecture, Baroque
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- Austria
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 1700-1800
Subject Heading: 
Church architecture -- Austria
Subject Heading: 
Abbeys -- Austria