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| ♕ |  Montserrat Monastery - Catalonia, Spain  | by © Rolf Bach

The Benedictine compound of Santa Maria Monastery viewed from St. Jaume de Roca.

| ♕ |  Basilica Santa Maria de Montserrat - Spain  | by © Rolf Bach

| ♕ |  Montserrat monastery - Catalonia, Spain  | by © Rolf Bach

This Benedictine monastery of ‘Santa Maria de Montserrat’ (aka ‘La Moreneta’) houses its own museum filled with artworks by many prominent artists including Velazquez, Rembrandt, El Greco, Dalí and Picasso.

| ♕ |  Altar of Basilica Santa Maria of Montserrat  | by © Bernard Gagnon

The Basilica of Montserrat also houses a museum with the artworks by El Greco, Dalí, Picasso and other prominent artists.

| ♕ |  Facade of Basilica at Montserrat Monastery  | by © Rolf Bach

| ♕ |  “Roca de St. Jaume” soaring over Montserrat Cloister  | by © Rolf Bach

At 1,236 metres (4,055 ft) above the valley floor, Montserrat is the highest point of the Basin of Catalonia, Spain.

| ♕ |  Montserrat Monastery - Catalonia, Spain   | by © Rolf Bach

Santa Maria de Montserrat is a Benedictine abbey located on the mountain of Montserrat in Catalonia, Spain. The church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Santa Maria de Montserrat.
It also hosts the publishing house Abadia de Montserrat, one of the oldest presses in the world still running, with its first book published in 1499.  [Ref. Wiki]

| ♕ |  Montserrat Monastery, Spain - UNESCO World Heritage site

| ♕ |  Impressive Sky over Montserrat, Spain

by El Pintor de Fuego | via llacigart | dangel799 posted

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| ♕ |  View from Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain (uniformitarianism posted)

Breathtaking!

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