St. Florian Monastery

St Florian in Upper Austria is an abbey of Augustinian canons, who have served there since the reform of an existing monastery in 1071. Its cultural holdings include Baroque rooms, the Bruckner organ and a library containing 160,000 works.

The monastic complex of St Florian seen from the southeast.
The monastic complex of St Florian seen from the southeast. Photograph: C.Stadler/Bwag / Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0.C.Stadler/Bwag / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image source · Crop

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St Florian in Upper Austria is an abbey of Augustinian canons, who have served there since the reform of an existing monastery in 1071. Its cultural holdings include Baroque rooms, the Bruckner organ and a library containing 160,000 works.

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Object type under review
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Austria

Editorial reading

Editorial interpretation: Consider the abbey's rooms, organ and library alongside the community that uses and maintains the institution. This approach connects cultural heritage with religious life without treating the building as an isolated display.

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Location and visiting

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Recorded coordinates: 48.20690, 14.37830

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No website or access information is recorded.

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Sources

Source record: Responsible religious institution — historical source

Record identifier: factory-dossier-0e2a425f99b6d5c924957cfa

Source reference: www.stift-st-florian.at

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Source record: Wikidata identity

Record identifier: factory-dossier-0e2a425f99b6d5c924957cfa

Source reference: www.wikidata.org

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Source record: Wikimedia Commons photograph and licence

Record identifier: factory-dossier-0e2a425f99b6d5c924957cfa

Source reference: commons.wikimedia.org

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Within 30 km as the crow flies. Road distances and access have not been calculated.

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