Montserrat

Shot on August 21, 2008. The video begins as we drive away from Barcelona toward Montserrat. Montserrat is a mountain in Catalonia, in Spain. It is the site of a Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary and which is identified by some with the location of the Holy Grail in Arthurian myth. "Montserrat" literally means "jagged (serrated) mountain" in Catalan. It describes the peculiar aspect of the rock formation, which is visible from a great distance. The mountain is composed of strikingly pink conglomerate, a form of sedimentary rock, popular with climbers. Upon our arrival we were treated with a beautiful concert of the church's bells. Durring my visit I ride the Sant Joan funicular to the summit for great views of the area.

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• europe
• montserrat
• spain
• Catalonia
• Benedictine
• abbey
• monk
• Sant
• Joan
• funicular
• jagged
• mountain
• church
• bells
• mediterranean
• sanctuary
• monastery

[pupuseromayor]

is it a country or a city

[hoosiertim]

@pupuseromayor It is a monastery and mountain in Spain.

[MrTerralliure]

@hoosiertim IN CATALONIA!!! CATALONIA is not spain.

[amsterdamforeverful]

@MrJoshGosling I dont think basque galician and a lot of more now about flamenco and bulls and shits, those things are from andalucia, you guys from the rest of europe confuse Andalucia and Spain very easily and frequently.

please if You want to talk about Spain read a bit, there are a a lot of europeans who have an 100% wrong idea of Spain.

[dearmalika]

Ich bin immer wieder verliebt in Montserrat! Grossartiges Video!

[MrJoshGosling]

@greatunizuka cold and humid

[MrJoshGosling]

@hoosiertim in Catalonia. Spaniards doesnt understand what Montserrat and the catalan culture means. They only know about bulls and flamenco. Catalonia is a country between France and Spain

[sega31098]

@davidllopismasip

Catalonia is an automomous region of Spain, or were you trying to make a point?

[sincerasverdades]

Buenos dias no !!!!! BON DIA !!! CATALONIA IS NOT SPAIN.

[davidllopismasip]

Montserrat is in Catalunya (Catalonia).

Catalonia is not Spain.

[greatunizuka]

could you advice me to visit it on Jan?what would be the temperature?