Memories of Montserrat
January 4th 2008 Monastery of Montserrat
The Monastery is situated about 50 kms northwest of Barcelona. It took us an hour and a half on the train and then we took a cable car to the monastery that is situated 1236m up in the mountains. Pilgrims come from all over the world to pay homage to the Black Madonna (La Moreneta), a 12th century wooden sculpture of Mary that was found in these mountains.
There
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