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St Peter's Abbey
One of the oldest monasteries in the German-speaking world, with a romantic cliffside cemetery.
- Editor's score
- 4.6
- Visit
- 45 min
- Price
- Free
About
Founded by St Rupert around 696, the Benedictine abbey has been in continuous use ever since. Its church is Romanesque in origin with a Rococo interior, and the atmospheric cemetery below the Mönchsberg leads to early Christian catacombs cut into the rock face.
Best time to go: Wander the cemetery arcades in the quiet of early morning, then visit the catacombs in the cliff.
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