Montserrat Monastery (Montserrat, Spain)

Montserrat Monastery In one of the more disturbing mountain formations outside Barcelona, a group of monks decided to found a monastery. Their seeming insanity is eclipsed only by the beauty and power of the area. If there exists a place on this earth that is close to God, figuratively and literally, Montserrat is quite possibly it.

   
Satellite View   
   
Satellite View  

In the satellite pictures to the left, the monastery church is the dark oval near the center. The shadows of the mountains are this big as seen from space. The picture above shows the rocks towering above the church. On the top satellite picture, you will note that these are the little rocks in the clusters directly adjacent to the complex in the lower photo. The really big rocks (like those to the far left of the complex in the upper satellite photo) are incomprehensible.

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