Spain The Beautiful

Spain The Beautiful: Montserrat - Montserrat (Catalan pronunciation: [muns??rat]) is a multi-peaked mountain located near the city of Barcelona, in Catalonia, S...
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Spain The Beautiful: Montserrat - Montserrat (Catalan pronunciation: [muns??rat]) is a multi-peaked mountain located near the city of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range. The main peaks are Sant Jeroni (1,236 m), MontgrÃ³s (1,120 m) and Miranda de les Agulles (903 m). The mountain is the namesake for the Caribbean island of Montserrat. It is well known as the site of the 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 "saw (serrated, like the common handsaw) mountain" in Catalan. It describes its peculiar aspect with multitude of rock formations which are visible from a great distance. The mountain is composed of strikingly pink conglomerate, a form of sedimentary rock. Montserrat is Spain's first National Park. -Here is one of the views captured from the Abbey level on 2-28-2014.
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