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Barcelona June 17, 2012

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June 18th 2012
Montserrat Sunday Fathers Day June 17, 2012 Also called the saw tooth mountains, this is the site of a famous historic Benedictine monastery built in the 1500’s and destroyed by Napoleon in the later 1800’s. The monastery is the resting place of the “Black Madonna” The story goes that the monks once held a famous carving of a Madonna made from cherry wood. Over the years the stone darken ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more