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Barcelona for (in this case) the Montserrat Monastery
Monday 9th April 2018
Mont Juic Hill, Barcelona, as we came in
Into Barcelona as we got up. We went on a tour to Montserrat. It went through grotty industrial suburbs that seemed to go on for ever, then steeply up to the monastery, which was still in cloud when we got there but the Sun soon boiled them off. The Basque guide was quite a character, trying not to offend anyone. Apparently, some over-enthusiastic lefties at the beginning of the Civil War, trashed it & killed some monks & Franco rebuilt the damaged bit but the church had it coming, as they were instrumental in anyone remotely leftish getting shot by Franco's troops.
Coming into the monastery area |
End of the Cathedral |
Gateway into the Cathedral Square |
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In the Cathedral Square
The Cathedral |
Frontage |
Saints over the door |
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Inside the Cathedral
Bad Catholic art |
Black Madonna |
Out the back |
You can get up by train... |
...or walk up |
Chapel on the wak |
The church was not over done. The setting was spectacular, with granite (I think) pillars above & long-distance views. We had coffee & snacks, as the tour ran over lunch time.
Montserrat view
Sail away from Barcelona
Dinner in the Palms today after the sail away party in actual Sunshine.
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