Inside the Basilica of Montserrat within the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey near Barcelona, Spain. While beautiful — and set in a majestic mountain locale — the basilica's main draw is the Virgin of ...
Stained glass inside the Sagrada Familia Santa Maria de Montserrat. Photo / Frances Cook Any traveller is spoilt for choice when it comes to exploring the cosmopolitan capital of Spain. But if a few ...
A centuries-long history of all-male singing ends, as girls will soon be admitted to the monastery choir for the first time. The world-renowned Escolania boys’ choir, based at the Benedictine abbey ...