Barcelona

The Virgin of Montserrat in Barcelona

The Virgin of Montserrat (the one that showed up at the “Sawed Mountain”) was declared the saint of Catalonia by the Pope, Leon the 13th. Its feast is held on April 27th.

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Tags: Barcelona, Religious

The Expiatory Temple of the Sacred Family

Its construction began in 1882, however it has not been finished yet (October 2009). It is Gaudi’s master piece and the highest expression of the modernist Catalan architecture.