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The monastery is 48 kilometres (30 mi) northwest of Barcelona, and can be reached by road, train or cable car.The abbey's train station, operated by FGC, is the terminus of a rack railway connecting with Monistrol, and two funiculars, one connecting with Santa Cova (a shrine and chapel lower down the mountain) and the other connecting with the upper slopes of the mountain.
Sant Llorenç del Munt is a Benedictine monastery in Matadepera, Vallès Occidental, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on top of La Mola, the summit of the rocky mountain massif, Sant Llorenç del Munt, within Parc Natural de Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac. It was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural landmark in 1931.
Pages in category "Benedictine monasteries in Spain" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The monastery was founded by its first abbot, Cesari, who was sponsored by Sunyer, Count of Barcelona and his wife Riquilda de Tolosa.In 945, Jordi, Bishop of Vic, authorized the formation of a monastery to be governed by the Rule of St. Benedict, with the monastery falling under the bishop's control.
Monasteries in this area were historically founded mainly by kings, bishops and nobles.There were a number of reasons individuals might found a monastery, largely self-serving ones: to reserve a burial there, which came with perpetual prayers by the monks on behalf of the founder's soul, sheltering a princess, widow, unmarried or bastard, in the case of kings.
Sant Salvador de la Vedella is a Benedictine monastery Catalonia, Spain. The Romanesque [1] building is situated near the municipality of Cercs, in Berguedà comarca, province of Barcelona. It was founded by the monks of the Monastery of Sant Serni de Tavèrnoles in the year 830. [2] Carlot Tavèrnoles became the abbot in the 835.
The general view Plan of monastery. Santo Domingo de Silos Abbey (Spanish: Abadía del Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos) is a Benedictine monastery in the village of Santo Domingo de Silos in the southern part of Burgos Province in northern Spain. The monastery is named after the eleventh-century saint Dominic of Silos.
The Monastery of San Xulián de Samos (Galician: Mosteiro de San Xulián de Samos; Spanish: Monasterio de San Julián de Samos) is an active Benedictine monastery in Samos, Galicia, Spain. It was founded in the sixth century. The monastery was the School of Theology and Philosophy.