Basilica in Montserrat
by Joan Carroll
Title
Basilica in Montserrat
Artist
Joan Carroll
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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
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Seemingly appropriate for a monastery tucked tightly into a small space on a mountainside, the atrium in front of Santa Maria de Montserrat basilica is tiny and tucked neatly between closely set buildings. Santa Maria de Montserrat is a Benedictine abbey located on the mountain of Montserrat, in Monistrol de Montserrat, in Catalonia, Spain. It's a short train ride from Barcelona but a world away. After a ride on the 'regular' train, you transfer to a rack railroad, which allows the steep climb up the mountainside to the abbey. The atrium of the basilica is known as the Atrium of Abbot Argerich. It is from the eighteenth century, although it did undergo some alterations in the middle of the twentieth century. The marbled floor takes inspiration from the floor of the Capitolium in Rome that was designed by Michelangelo. The Basilica falls between the Gothic and Renaissance traditions, the latter of which began to spread through Catalonia in the 16th century. The Basilica was greatly damaged during the War with the French (1808-1814), and could not be reconstructed until the end of the 19th century. The Basilica is best known as being the home of the Black Madonna. The Black Madonna is believed by some to have been carved in Jerusalem in the early days of the Church, but it is more likely a Romanesque sculpture in wood from the late 12th century.
FEATURED PHOTO, Churches group, 6/26/16
FEATURED PHOTO, Spanish Theme Artwork Group, 6/26/16
joan carroll, church, religion, christianity, christian, cathedral, architecture, catholic
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June 25th, 2016
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