Discover the historic heritage of Catalonia

A Benedictine abbey perched 720 metres up on the mountain of Montserrat, a symbol of Catalonia, a destination for pilgrims and home to one of the oldest boys' choirs in Europe.

Set on a hill overlooking both the salt valley and the Cardener valley, Cardona Castle is probably the most important medieval fortress in Catalonia.

A former military fortress perched atop Montjuïc hill, witness to many episodes in Barcelona's history and now in the city's hands.

La Seu of Barcelona, a Gothic jewel built between the 13th and 15th centuries, preserves the memory of Saint Eulalia and has a cloister that is home to thirteen white geese.

A small hermitage of Romanesque origin tucked away in Collserola, beside an old Roman road, where the popular Sant Medir pilgrimage takes place every 3 March.

The archetypal Cistercian abbey and former burial place of the kings of Aragon, Poblet is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is still home to a community of monks in the heart of the Conca de Barberà.

A former Benedictine abbey built between the 9th and 14th centuries, once the most important in the County of Barcelona, with a cloister that alone makes the visit worthwhile.

A Benedictine monastery within the Sanctuary of El Miracle, in Riner, where a small community of monks linked to Montserrat keeps monastic life alive.

Gaudí's unfinished masterpiece, a stone forest of a temple under construction since 1882 that is now the tallest church in the world and the crowning jewel of Catalan Modernisme.

An abbey of Benedictine nuns perched on a slope of Montserrat, a place of silence and prayer renowned for its handmade ceramics: vases, painted tiles and small sculptures.