!!!Mathematischer Turm

Mathematischer Turm, (Mathematics Tower), oldest multi-storey building 
in Europe. Between 1748 and 1758 the monks of  Kremsmuenster Abbey 
(Upper Austria) had this building (50 m in height) erected according 
to designs by P. Anselm  Desing. The rooms on the top level right 
under the dome were used for astronomical and meteorological studies 
(observations of meteorological conditions were made from 1763). Today 
the halls of the building house the monastery´s collections of 
plants, minerals and stuffed animals, which were rearranged between 
1975 and 1976. Portraits of 240 pupils who had attended the 
"Ritterakademie" (school for children of the nobility, closed in 1789) 
are to be found on the walls along the staircases.


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