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The Enlightened architect wanted to make the room exude light, Source: © Marcel Peda, Admont Monastery
The world’s largest monastic library was built with light in mind, so at night, it will be viewed with lanterns
The Admont Abbey in Austria is now offering night tours of its library. Equipped with lanterns, visitors will be able to experience the giant Benedictine marvel of baroque architecture in a more romantic atmosphere.
The first guests of the night tour came on 29 July and, starting August, the Abbey will allow night-time guests into the library every Thursday after 9 PM.
The library in the Admont Abbey is the largest monastic library in the world, with its hall measuring 70 metres in length, 14 metres in width and 13 metres in height. It has 70,000 tomes on display, with a total collection of 200,000.
Some of the most valuable books are the manuscripts from the 8th century and the 530 incunabula, books or pamphlets printed before the 16th century. St. Peter’s Abbey in Salzburg gifted the oldest books to Admont's founder - Archbishop Gebhard, who settled here in the mid-11th century.
The surreal frescoes of the library,
Source: © Marcel Peda, Admont Abbey
The library's builder was Josef Hueber who completed his opulent Baroque opus in 1776 after 12 years of construction. He was also committed to the ideas of the Enlightenment, as he interwove these concepts into the design itself.
Consequently, the main idea for the library was “Like the mind, the room should also be filled with light”. This is why the room is so bright and the ceilings so tall, giving an overall airy feeling.
Bartolomeo Altomonte, a painter and equally enlightened mind, was responsible for the ceilings and frescoes. The images show the stages of human knowledge, from thinking and speaking through the sciences to divine revelation in the central dome.
One of the 'Four Last Things' - Death,
Source: © Marcel Peda, Admont Abby
The Abbey’s own sculptor – Joseph Stammel, on the other hand, carved the sculptures from lime wood. The most striking ones are the “Four Last Things” – depictions of Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell, standing in stark contrast to the architect's design in celebration of light.
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The REPowerEU 200 billion-euro plan calls for a gradual reduction of Russian fuel imports
The summer ticket will be valid on local and regional trains, buses, as well as on the U-Bahn and S-Bahn
The Danish studio Bjarke Ingels Group won the international architectural competition
The city also added a new bathing area
The new Walking and Cycling Index shows that an overwhelming majority want to live in 20-minute neighbourhoods
Explore the underbelly of the city’s most iconic site in the moonlit hours
The REPowerEU 200 billion-euro plan calls for a gradual reduction of Russian fuel imports
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