Melk Abbey

Summary

Melk Abbey is an abbey^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of abbey entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (406 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Melk Abbey's religion is recorded as Catholicism^[3].
• Melk Abbey is located in Melk^[4].
• Melk Abbey is in the country of Austria^[5].
• Melk Abbey's image is recorded as Stift Melk, Westansicht.jpg^[6].
• Melk Abbey's image is recorded as Melk - Stift.JPG^[7].
• Melk Abbey's instance of is recorded as abbey^[8].
• Melk Abbey's instance of is recorded as museum^[9].
• Melk Abbey's instance of is recorded as monastery^[10].
• Melk Abbey's architect is recorded as Jakob Prandtauer^[11].
• Melk Abbey's founder is recorded as Leopold II^[12].
• Melk Abbey's architectural style is recorded as baroque architecture^[13].
• Melk Abbey's ISNI is recorded as 0000000110919908^[14].
• Melk Abbey's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154518343^[15].
• Melk Abbey's GND ID is recorded as 82463-X^[16].
• Melk Abbey's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80113869^[17].
• Melk Abbey's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 122065505^[18].
• Melk Abbey's IdRef ID is recorded as 030702364^[19].
• Melk Abbey's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA10147184^[20].
• Melk Abbey's Commons category is recorded as Melk Abbey^[21].
• Melk Abbey's SBN author ID is recorded as CFIV064726^[22].
• Melk Abbey's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20020160^[23].
• Melk Abbey's has part is recorded as Park of Melk Abbey^[24].
• +1089-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Melk Abbey^[25].
• Melk Abbey's religious order is recorded as Benedictines^[26].
• Melk Abbey's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 48.22843, 'lon': 15.33123}^[27].

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Founding

Melk Abbey's founder is recorded as Leopold II^[12]. +1089-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[25].

Why It Matters

Melk Abbey ranks in the top 1% of abbey entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (406 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]