Wednesday 19 January 2011
Wednesday 5 January 2011
Montserrat
• Location: Montserrat is a mountain chain near Barcelona, in Catalonia. (If you don't know where this place is, check out this map!) The main peaks are Sant Jeroni (1,236 m), Montgrós (1 ,120 m) and Miranda de les Agulles (903 m). • Curiosities:
• "Montserrat" literally means "jagged (serrated) mountain" in Catalan. It describes the peculiar aspect of the rock formation, which is visible from a great distance.
• Montserrat is a spiritual mountain, in its top there’s is a monastery, named the Benedictine Abbey, that exhibits the "Virgin of Montserrat" (Verge de Montserrat, in
catalan).• There is a legend that says that the virgin was found by a bisbe. He proposed to move it to another place, but after trying it and seeing that they could not do it because it was too heavy, he thought it was a signal and a desire from the “Virgin of Montserrat”, so the sculpture should stay there. After that, they built the chapel.
• How to go there: The Benedictine Abbey can be reached by road, or by the Aeri de Montserrat cable car, or by the Montserrat Rack Railway. The lower stations of both the rack railway and the cable car can be reached by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya train from Barcelona's Plaça d'Espanya station. From the abbey, the Funicular de Sant Joan funicular railway goes up to the top of the mountain, where there are various abandoned hovels in the cliff faces that were previously the abodes of reclusive monks, whilst the Funicular de Santa Cova descends to a shrine.• Touristic interests: All the mountain is, in fact, a touristic interest! The Benedictine Abbey, the Virgin of Montserrat, the incredible sightseeing from the top,… You can even do Hiking and/or climbing
· Wikipedia article: You can find it here!
Saturday 1 January 2011
Happy New Year!
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