Spain - Montserrat - Santa Maria de Montserrat

            Carefully timed to avoid the waves of tourists / worshippers / pilgrims that arrive at Montserrat by coach this perhaps doesn't give a realistic impression of the place. At it's busiest the place reminded me a bit of Disneyland because of the noise and queues etc. If you are visiting for spiritual reasons I'd definitely recommend going out of season (and paying a little bit more for the cable car from the floor of the valley).

From Wikipedia : "Santa Maria de Montserrat is a Benedictine abbey located in the Montserrat mountain, in Monistrol de Montserrat, in Catalonia, Spain.

It hosts the Virgin of Montserrat, and the Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, a publishing house, the oldest press in the world, still running, with the first book published in 1499.

The monastery is Catalonia's most important religious retreat and groups of young people from Barcelona and all over Catalonia make overnight hikes at least once in their lives to watch the sunrise from the heights of Montserrat. Virgin of Montserrat (the black virgin), is Catalonia's favourite saint, and is located in the sanctuary of the Mare de Deu de Montserrat, next to the Benedictine monastery nestling in the towers and crags of the mountain The Escolania, Montserrat’s Boys’ Choir, is one of the oldest in Europe, and performs during religious ceremonies and communal prayers in the basilica...

The Basilica houses a museum with works of art by many prominent painters and sculptors including works by El Greco, Dalí, Picasso and more. Montserrat's highest point, Sant Jeroni, can be reached by a footpath from the topstation of the funicular Sant Jeroni. From Sant Joan, almost all of Catalonia can be seen and on a clear day the island of Majorca is visible."

Taken in: España / Catalunya / Montserrat (show map)

Taken on: October 10, 2009

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