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CHARLES CLIFFORD (1819-62)
Distant view of Montserrat
1860Albumen print | 31.0 x 41.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2700169
Photograph of a view of a rocky escarpment in Montserrat, Catalonia. Near the top of the escarpment is a large building, possibly the Abbey of Santa Maria. In the foreground are trees and on the right stands a single domestic building.
Montserrat, which means serrated mountain, has been a spiritual base for hundreds of years. In a sanctuary alongside the abbey is located the Virgin of Montserrat, the patron saint of Catalonia who is believed to have been resident in the rocky outcrops since the 8th century when originally placed there for safe keeping during the Moorish invasion of Catalonia.
Montserrat, which means serrated mountain, has been a spiritual base for hundreds of years. In a sanctuary alongside the abbey is located the Virgin of Montserrat, the patron saint of Catalonia who is believed to have been resident in the rocky outcrops since the 8th century when originally placed there for safe keeping during the Moorish invasion of Catalonia.
Creator(s)
Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)
31.0 x 41.0 cm (image)
41.0 x 54.0 cm (page dimensions)
Photographic Souvenir of Spain, Vol II, 1861, Charles Clifford
Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Spain
- Catalonia [Spain]
- Montserrat [Catalonia]
- Santa Maria de Montserrat [Montserrat]
- Montserrat [Catalonia]
- Catalonia [Spain]
- Spain
- Physiography
- Mountains
- Mountains of the Iberian peninsula
- Pyrenees
- Mountains of the Iberian peninsula
- Mountains
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Abbeys
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
- Places
