A community of eighty monks live in this monastery founded in 1025 to commemorate a vision of the Virgin on the mountain. Napoleon's troops sacked the place in 1811, and after a period of abandonment it was rebuild from 1858.

			Although it's just a short train ride from downtown Barcelona... the trip up the mountain involves one cable car, two funiculars, and/or a lot of steps up the mountain.
Gondola from the Train Station up to Sant Jeroni.

Views from the courtyard at the top.

Hiking down to Santa Cova.		The grottos and rocky alcoves contain shrines to various saints...

Ironwork Gate protecting a shrine on the Santa Cova trail.		Detail of mosaic along the trail to Santa Cova

Santa Cova		If you don't want to walk back up the hill to the monastery, you can take the Funicular de Sant Joan

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