The Monastery of Sant Cugat

The Monastery of Sant Cugat is a Benedictine abbey in Sant Cugat del Valles, Catalonia, Spain. Founded inside the 9^th century, and beneath production till the 14th century, it became the most essential monastery within the county of Barcelona. Its maximum incredible architectural characteristic is its big Romanesque cloister. The monastery's origins date returned to the 9^th century, while it turned into determined to unite the fifth century church housing the remains of St. Cucuphas with an annexed fortification. The monastery began to expand its holdings from the tenth century onwards.

In the year 985, it changed into broken by an attack of Muslim troops led by using al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir, who then repaired it and added the minaret, which stays the best factor of the complex these days. In the past due 11th century, be counted Ramon Berenguer II of Barcelona decreed that the monastery might be situation to St Ponce de Tomieres, inside the Languedoc, growing turmoil among the monks of Sant Cugat. The abbot of St. Ponce moved to the monastery and the clergymen who disagreed with his management had been expelled.

However, the bishop of Barcelona claimed his rights over the monastery, which become returned to the diocese of Barcelona. At the time, Sant Cugat turned into controlling the monasteries of Santa Cecília de Montserrat, Sant Llorenc del Munt, Sant Pau del Camp, Sant Pere de Clara and Sant Salvador de Breda. The maximum one-of-a-kind characteristic of the monastery is its cloister, a high-quality instance of Romanesque art, courting to the twelfth century. In the 16^th century, the 2^nd floor turned into delivered, as well as an atrium and the doorway.