Monistrol de Montserrat Things to Do Tips by eksvist

Montserrat Monastery be located on the rock of Montserrat, 48 km far from Barcelona in north-west.
The Monastery church houses La Moreneta.

Another highlight of your visit to Montserrat monastery is to listen to the famous Basilica choir boy performances of Gregorian chants and other genres of religious choral music.

Monastery is open:
every day 8.50 - 19.30

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On the Montserrat mountain is the monastery, where in a church has wooden statue of the Madonna and Child known as La Moreneta.
She has many names:
La Moreneta
The Black Madonna of Montserrat
The Virgin of Montserrat
Our Lady of Montserrat

Although this is one of the most famous black madonnas in the world, recent studies have demonstrated that originally the image was not black. It seems that the fumes of the candles transformed its white skin into black. For centuries our lady of Monsterrat has been called “La Moreneta” (=dark skin).

Believed by some to, it has been carved in Jerusalem by Holy Luke, and later it has been conceal by Holy Peter.
A legend says the image was found in a cave in 889, but the sculpture dates from the 12th century. In 1881, she was crowned and declared the patron Saint of Catalonia.
Since this time pilgrims (grassroots to kings) climb on mountains to bow down before the patron saint of Catalonia.

Every year more than one million pilgrims and tourist are visiting La Moreneta.

If you come to Montserrat you can lit a candle to honor La Moreneta.

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If you enjoy hiking, there are also some interesting walks through the mountains where you will experience magnificent views of some of the most unusual rock formations in the whole of Catalonia.
You can take a funicular to the top of the mountain and from there you can choose a number of different walks, all with amazing views of the Catalonian countryside.

We haven't big plans in day, when we was on Montserrat. So, we decide, after the visiting monastery and "La Moraneta" , spend the time with hiking on mountains.
There are several hiking trail on Montserrat mountain.
When you going to hike on mountains, don't forget to take with you necessary amount the water.
There are splendid landscape views during all the track.

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There is so much of the beauty on the Motserrat mountains, I couldn't let it only for myself.
I share these views with you.

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