The Benedictine Admont Abbey has been one of Christendom's great cultural centres since it was founded in the 11C. The library, whose ceremonial hall extends 70m on either side of a cupola-crowned central rotunda, is a superb Rococo structure worthy of the treasures displayed within it. After admiring the upper gallery, with its wrought-iron balustrade, note the ceiling frescoes by Bartolomeo Altomonte, as well as Josef Stammel's famous groups of sculptures, The Four Last Things.