Montserrat
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multi-peaked mountain in Catalonia, Spain
Key facts
- Elevation
- 1,236 m (4,055 ft)
- Parent range
- Catalan Pre-Coastal Range
- Mountain type
- Conglomerate
- Easiest route
- Via road BP-1121 from Monistrol de Montserrat
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Bages
- Elevation
- 1236
- Highest point
- Sant Jeroni
- Material used
- conglomerate
- Image
- Montserrat - 100.jpg
- Width
- 5
- Length
- 10
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- Commons gallery
- Montserrat (mountain)
- Commons category
- Muntanya de Montserrat
- topic's main category
- Category:Muntanya de Montserrat
- mountain range
- Catalan Pre-Coastal Range
- time period
- Eocene
- different from
- Montserrat
- located in protected area
- Montserrat Natural Park
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Encyclopedic overview
Montserrat ( Catalan pronunciation: [munsəˈrat]) is a multi-peaked mountain range near Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range. The main peaks are Sant Jeroni (1,236 m), Montgrós (1,120 m), and Les Agulles (903 m).
It is the site of the Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montserrat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.