Stock Photo: Montserrat Mountain Funicular Station,Spain
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Funicular railway Station at Montserrat mountain. It is a multi-peaked mountain located near the city of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is well known as the site of the Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary and which is identified by some with the location of the Holy Grail in Arthurian myth. Its multitude rock formations are visible from a great distance. Montserrat is Spains first National Park.The Benedictine Abbey can be reached by road, by the Aeri de Montserrat cable car, or by the Montserrat Rack Railway. The lower stations of the rack railway can be reached by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya train from Barcelonas Plaça dEspanya station. From the abbey, the Funicular de Sant Joan funicular railway goes up to the top of the mountain, where there are various abandoned hovels in the cliff faces that were previously the abodes of reclusive monks, whilst the Funicular de la Santa Cova descends to a shrine.
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