Montserrat - Monastery

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The monastery, with its church and the various subsidiary buildings, is a little city on its own. The monastery complex proper is reached by way of the Plaza de la Cruz (Catalan Plaça de la Creu), which is flanked by a restaurant, souvenir shops, a post office, payphones and a bureau de change.

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Monastery Highlights

Church

The church, which contains the much revered image of the Virgin of Montserrat, dates from the 16th century, but underwent much renovation and alteration in the 19th and 20th centuries. The facade

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Church Interior

There are two entrances to the church: the main doorway leads into the nave, while the one on the right gives direct access to the image of the Virgin (one-way traffic). The nave is 68m/223ft long,

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Virgin

Above the high altar is the image (Spanish Santa Imagen, Catalan Santa Imatge) of the Virgin of Montserrat, one of the most revered images in the whole of Spain. It is approached from the transepts

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Monument to Ramon Llull

The road ends at the extensive parking lots, near which is a large outlook terrace, with a modern monument to the Catalan poet and mystic Ramón Llull. The eight stages of the monument, in the form

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Museo / Museu de Montserrat

Beyond the Plaza de la Cruz is a spacious square, the Plaza de Santa María (Catalan Plaça de Santa Maria). To the right of the broad central section leading to the church is the entrance to the

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Address

The Monastery
Plaza de la Cruz
Montserrat
Spain

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