Santa Maria from Montserrat: a Spanish Lady on Elba
La Toscana: Churches and monasteriesMonserrat is the most important sacred place of Catalogna and one of the main sanctuaries inside the Iberian Peninsula. At least since the IX century, Monserrat has guarded the small image of Virgin Mary with her baby (famously known as “La Moreneta”, “La Scura”), which, according to the tradition, was actually realised by the apostle [...]
Chiavi: Abbey, Elba island, Tuscan churches
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La Toscana: Churches and monasteries, FlorenceThose who, after having completed the long ascent from Greve and from the Medieval village of Montefioralle, stop for a moment to catch their breath and admire the breathtaking view of the Valdesa, will see, in the distance of this spectacular view of endless green hills covered in lush vegetation, a rather extraordinary sight. The [...]
Chiavi: Abbey, Tuscan churches
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