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Façade of the monastery.

The Monastery of Sant Cugat (Catalan: Monestir de Sant Cugat, Spanish: Monasterio de San Cugat del Vallés) is a Benedictine abbey in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain. Founded in the ninth century, and under construction until the 14th century, it was the most important monastery in the county of Barcelona. Its most notable architectural feature is its large Romanesque cloister.

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Monastery of Sant Cugat

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The Monastery of Sant Cugat (Catalan: Monestir de Sant Cugat, Spanish: Monasterio de San Cugat del Vallés) is a Benedictine abbey in Sant Cugat del Vallès...

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Sant Cugat Museum

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The Sant Cugat Museum (Catalan: Museu de Sant Cugat, Spanish: Museo de Sant Cugat) was opened on 23 April 2003; its mission was to oversee the conservation...

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Comarruga

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the property of the pond of Comarruga, which belonged to the Monastery of Sant Cugat. In 1183 the abbot of the Monastery of Sant Cugat granted additional...

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Casket of Saint Cugat

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the monastery of Sant Cugat Burguet Pons (1298-1306) received a legacy of Bonanat Basset aimed at building a casket for storing relics of St. Cugat: "Caxiam...

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Ayne Bru

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provenance from the town of Brünn. In 1502, he was hired to paint the main altar (retablo) in the church of the monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès, for which...

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Sant Pau del Camp

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Sant Pau became a priory of the monastery of Sant Cugat. By the 13th, a new cloister, church and monastic quarters were built. In 1377, the monastery...

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Club de Rugby Sant Cugat

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Club de Rugby Sant Cugat is a Spanish rugby team based in Sant Cugat del Vallès. The club was founded in 1987. "El Sant Cugat, més a prop de l'elit"....

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Arnau Cadell

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the cloister of the monastery of Sant Cugat. Cadell was a Catalan architect, sculptor and master builder. He was in charge of a workshop of travelling artisans...

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Sant Pere de Galligants

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have motifs very similar to those in the cloisters of Sant Cugat del Vallès or in the Cathedral of Girona. Some depict scenes from Jesus' life, while...

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Cucuphas

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at Sant Cugat in the 9th century, the monastery dedicated itself to the pre-existing veneration of Cucuphas. Since the eighth century, Sant Cugat has...

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Valldoreix

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a community that is part of the Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, located in the Barcelona province. It has the status of a "decentralised municipal...

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Saint Faith

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death mask of Charlemagne. Part of her relics were moved to the monastery of Sant Cugat in Catalonia in 1365. However, the reliquary can be seen in the...

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Sant Feliu de Llobregat

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monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès. The name originally applied to a chapel dedicated to Saint Feliu (Catalan for Felix). The church of Sant Llorenç (Catalan...

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Torre Negra

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defend the territories of Sant Cugat. Torre Negra is a fortified building built in a strategic defensive position. The fort consists of three floors and an...

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Pere Serra

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Arrival of the Holy Spirit in the cathedral of Manresa (1394), considered his masterwork, an altarpiece with Saints in the Monastery of Sant Cugat (1375)...

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Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula

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Al-Mansur burns down the monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès. 987 Al-Mansur retakes Christian Coimbra. Al-Mansur seizes the castles north of the Douro River, and...

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Girona Cathedral

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Arnau Cadell, also author of the cloister of the Monastery of Sant Cugat. Also in the cloister is the Chapel of Our Lady of Gràcia i de Bell-Ull, which...

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Psychomachia

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The Psychomachia (Battle of Spirits or Soul War) is a poem by the Late Antique Latin poet Prudentius, from the early fifth century AD. It has been considered...

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Tarragona Cathedral

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similar to that in the Monastery of Sant Cugat or in the Cathedral of Majorca. The twelve spokes represent the twelve tribes of Israel, or the apostles...

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Catalunya en Miniatura

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Granollers, Monastery of Sant Cugat, Montserrat mountain, Monastery of Montserrat and Aeri de Montserrat, Pont del Diable (Martorell), castle and church of Santa...

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Severus of Barcelona

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state that Severus' relics were buried at Sant Cugat, where a church dedicated to him was built. A monastery, the one that stands there today, was built...

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Mir Geribert

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princely authority in his marches. After Mir lost a claim against the monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès, he openly defied the court and the Visigothic law....

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Elies Rogent

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restoration of the cloisters of the monasteries of Sant Cugat del Vallès (1852) and Montserrat (1854), as well as the reconstruction of the monastery of Santa...

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