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Access to Montserrat Monastery is open through road BP-1121 (Monistrol de Montserrat – Montserrat). Both the racktrain (Cremallera) and cable car (Aeri de Montserrat) operate normally. However, road BP-1101 -also known as Can Massana road (El Bruc-Manresa)- is still closed. Access to Santa Cecília is possible from Montserrat Monastery or by BP-1121. Funiculars Sant Joan and Santa Cova will be closed and the access to mountain hikes will be restricted.  

Espai d’Art Pere Pruna in Montserrat’s Museum shows –until July 12th- a collection by the Olot-born artist Lluís Hortalà, entitled Temptations. Here Hortalà “carries out a creative artistic work, based on the finding of postcard images which are being returned to their place of origin”, according to the artist Javier Peñafiel. “And he is doing this for two reasons: the memory of having climbed these particular mountains and the ac...

Sala Daura presents, until July 5th, the exhibition The Sacredness of Jiménez-Balaguer . Curated by Antoni Perna, a selection of works from different periods of Jiménez-Balaguer –from 1956 until now- are being shown. The forty works of the exhibition The Sacredness of Jiménez-Balaguer show, according to curator Antoni Perna, “the unsolved conflicts of our society”. They can be seen from March 13th to July 5th at Sala Daura in Montserrat’s Muse...

Santa Cecília’s monastery in Montserrat and its annexed buildings will be restored thanks to an agreement between Diputació de Barcelona –financer of the works- and Montserrat’s Abbey –proprietor of the architectural ensemble. F. Abbot Josep M. Soler and Diputació de Barcelona’s president, Salvador Esteve, have just signed a collaborative agreement by means of which Diputació will provide eight-hundred thousand euros which will contribut...

According to the artist, ‘in his youth, the Saint’s figure interprets the strong personality of the patron saint of Europe, also considered the patron saint of Western Europe’s monastic life’. ‘After studying his biography –with the emotional support of F. Alcuí M. Serras, a.c.s- we have interpreted a young, courageous, strong-handed man. With hands that have built monasteries, but have prayed and blessed as well’ explains Manuel Cusachs. These S...

Montserrat’s basilica will be closed for two weeks from 2pm to 6pm due to the organ’s tuning works. It will be from 9th to 13th March and from 16th to 20th March. However, the throne of the Virgin will be open as usual, visitors can access the throne through the Ave Maria Way, on the left side of the atrium.