![\"ROMANESQUE](\"https:\/\/visit.santcugat.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1CLAUSTRE.jpg\" "\\"ROMANESQUE")
<\/span><\/div><\/div>Romanesque Cloister<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Notable in the monastic site is the Romanesque Cloister, a symbolic and functional space surrounded by a series of rooms for the daily life of the monks and that enabled community life.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"ROMANESQUE](\"https:\/\/visit.santcugat.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CLAUSTRO__Monestir-de-Sant-Cugat-compressor-1.jpg\" "\\"Cloister-compressor")
<\/span><\/div><\/div>Small Cloister<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>On the western side of the Cloister, to the east of Om Square, is the Small Cloister, a late 16th century Renaissance building, the work of the master builder Reguer.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nThe Renaissance porch was conceived as a background for the entrance to the Monastery.
\nIt has six round arches on Tuscan columns made of Montju\u00efc stone and still has its original coffered ceiling. It is where the Monastery\u2019s porter\u2019s lodge and hostel were located in the 10th century. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, in 1855 the Small Cloister was bricked up and turned into a school for girls until 1932 and is now an area where visitors can enjoy cultural events and temporary art or history exhibitions. It still leads to the Cloister, as it did centuries ago.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"EARLY](\"https:\/\/visit.santcugat.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Esgle\u0301sia-Paleocristiana_Monestir-de-Sant-Cugat-compressor.jpg\" "\\"EARLY")
<\/span><\/div><\/div>Early Christian Church<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The Cloister courtyard still preserves the foundations of the former early Christian basilica, built in the 5th century to worship the relics of Cugat the martyr, who died in the year 304 …<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nduring the persecutions of Christians by Emperor Diocletian. Although the martyrdom of Cugat took place in the city of Barcelona, the legend puts his burial where we now find the Monastery that bears his name. It is likely that a rich Christian took the saint\u2019s body to this enclave, which must have been his property, to give the martyr a dignified tomb. In the 5th century a rectangular funerary chamber with an annex of two tombs was added, where it is believed he was worshipped. In the late 6th century, in the time of the Visigoths, an apse was added to the former site, indicating its liturgical use. The Benedictine monastery dedicated to him was built around this church in the 9th century. After the year 1000, Abbot Od\u00f3 ordered a bigger monastic temple to be built in the location of the current one. The early Christian church lost its purpose and was demolished to enlarge its courtyard and build the new Romanesque Cloister. Today, on 25 July, the parish celebrates the saint\u2019s day in the remains of this old building.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"ENIGMATIC](\"https:\/\/visit.santcugat.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PORTAL-ENIGMATIC.jpg\" "\\"ENIGMATIC")
<\/span><\/div><\/div>Enigmatic Entrance<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Very near this church entrance, on the eastern wall of the Cloister and between the fa\u00e7ade and the chapter house and the body perpendicular to today\u2019s church, there are remains of an old wall from the 10th century with a pointed entrance from the same period, later covered with well-squared ashlars.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nIts fine execution and location suggest that this is perhaps the gateway to a faded 10th century chapter house, and has also been interpreted as the possible book armarium. Abbot Pon\u00e7 Burguet died in 1306 and had chosen this place for his sculptural tomb, a clear sign that the entrance no longer had any use at that time. This Abbot\u2019s tomb can still be seen today, although the sculpture has lost its head.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Gothic](\"https:\/\/visit.santcugat.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Sala-Capitular-Barroca_Monestir-de-Sant-Cugat-compressor.jpg\" "\\"BAROQUE")
<\/span><\/div><\/div>Gothic Chapter House<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Every morning, the monks met in the chapter house and read a chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict. This is where the name comes from. The room is also the meeting place where they discussed questions of economics and good governance, confessed their minor infractions and monastic posts were allocated.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSo it is one of the most important places for the organisation of the monks\u2019 life. The chapter house is the monks\u2019 meeting place, where they met every day after early morning prayer. Here they were told about the saints of the day and other matters on the calendar. A chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict was also read, about which the Abbot would deliver a sermon; the minor infractions were publically confessed; the accounts of the different administrations were reported annually, the posts were allocated, and any matter that affected the community discussed.<\/p>\n
It is believed that this room was built around the same time as the Cloister, and its architectural result is a transition between Romanesque style, which we see clearly on the entrance, and Gothic style, which we find in the two windows flanking it.
\nThe room was initially covered by a rib vault. Moreover, the presence of the Roman wall just below caused structural problems and big cracks appeared. This is why, in the late 15th century a chapel was added dedicated to Saint Benedict in the east, as a buttress. The solution was not very effective and, in the 18th century, it was replaced by a new chapter house built in the northern wing of the Cloister. At the same time, Abbot Gayol\u00e0 turned the old chapter house into a pantheon of monks. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, the tombs were desecrated and demolished by liberal troops. The room was later added to the temple, now with parish functions, as the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, a use maintained until 1942, when it was recovered as a monument.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"RENAISSANCE](\"https:\/\/visit.santcugat.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Claustre-Renaixentista_Monestir-de-Sant-Cugat.jpg\" "\\"CLOISTER\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div>Renaissance Cloister<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The creation of houses for each monastic administration or post meant that those holding these positions went to live there. Renaissance humanism also meant that individual cells were built for young monks, which involved building a floor over the Romanesque galleries of the Cloister.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Notable in the monastic site is the Romanesque Cloister, a symbolic and functional space surrounded by a series of rooms for the daily life of the monks and that enabled community life.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div>Small Cloister<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>On the western side of the Cloister, to the east of Om Square, is the Small Cloister, a late 16th century Renaissance building, the work of the master builder Reguer.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nThe Renaissance porch was conceived as a background for the entrance to the Monastery.
\nIt has six round arches on Tuscan columns made of Montju\u00efc stone and still has its original coffered ceiling. It is where the Monastery\u2019s porter\u2019s lodge and hostel were located in the 10th century. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, in 1855 the Small Cloister was bricked up and turned into a school for girls until 1932 and is now an area where visitors can enjoy cultural events and temporary art or history exhibitions. It still leads to the Cloister, as it did centuries ago.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Early Christian Church<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The Cloister courtyard still preserves the foundations of the former early Christian basilica, built in the 5th century to worship the relics of Cugat the martyr, who died in the year 304 …<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nduring the persecutions of Christians by Emperor Diocletian. Although the martyrdom of Cugat took place in the city of Barcelona, the legend puts his burial where we now find the Monastery that bears his name. It is likely that a rich Christian took the saint\u2019s body to this enclave, which must have been his property, to give the martyr a dignified tomb. In the 5th century a rectangular funerary chamber with an annex of two tombs was added, where it is believed he was worshipped. In the late 6th century, in the time of the Visigoths, an apse was added to the former site, indicating its liturgical use. The Benedictine monastery dedicated to him was built around this church in the 9th century. After the year 1000, Abbot Od\u00f3 ordered a bigger monastic temple to be built in the location of the current one. The early Christian church lost its purpose and was demolished to enlarge its courtyard and build the new Romanesque Cloister. Today, on 25 July, the parish celebrates the saint\u2019s day in the remains of this old building.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Enigmatic Entrance<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Very near this church entrance, on the eastern wall of the Cloister and between the fa\u00e7ade and the chapter house and the body perpendicular to today\u2019s church, there are remains of an old wall from the 10th century with a pointed entrance from the same period, later covered with well-squared ashlars.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nIts fine execution and location suggest that this is perhaps the gateway to a faded 10th century chapter house, and has also been interpreted as the possible book armarium. Abbot Pon\u00e7 Burguet died in 1306 and had chosen this place for his sculptural tomb, a clear sign that the entrance no longer had any use at that time. This Abbot\u2019s tomb can still be seen today, although the sculpture has lost its head.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Gothic Chapter House<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Every morning, the monks met in the chapter house and read a chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict. This is where the name comes from. The room is also the meeting place where they discussed questions of economics and good governance, confessed their minor infractions and monastic posts were allocated.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSo it is one of the most important places for the organisation of the monks\u2019 life. The chapter house is the monks\u2019 meeting place, where they met every day after early morning prayer. Here they were told about the saints of the day and other matters on the calendar. A chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict was also read, about which the Abbot would deliver a sermon; the minor infractions were publically confessed; the accounts of the different administrations were reported annually, the posts were allocated, and any matter that affected the community discussed.<\/p>\n
It is believed that this room was built around the same time as the Cloister, and its architectural result is a transition between Romanesque style, which we see clearly on the entrance, and Gothic style, which we find in the two windows flanking it.
\nThe room was initially covered by a rib vault. Moreover, the presence of the Roman wall just below caused structural problems and big cracks appeared. This is why, in the late 15th century a chapel was added dedicated to Saint Benedict in the east, as a buttress. The solution was not very effective and, in the 18th century, it was replaced by a new chapter house built in the northern wing of the Cloister. At the same time, Abbot Gayol\u00e0 turned the old chapter house into a pantheon of monks. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, the tombs were desecrated and demolished by liberal troops. The room was later added to the temple, now with parish functions, as the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, a use maintained until 1942, when it was recovered as a monument.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Renaissance Cloister<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The creation of houses for each monastic administration or post meant that those holding these positions went to live there. Renaissance humanism also meant that individual cells were built for young monks, which involved building a floor over the Romanesque galleries of the Cloister.<\/p>\n<\/div>
On the western side of the Cloister, to the east of Om Square, is the Small Cloister, a late 16th century Renaissance building, the work of the master builder Reguer.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nThe Renaissance porch was conceived as a background for the entrance to the Monastery.
\nIt has six round arches on Tuscan columns made of Montju\u00efc stone and still has its original coffered ceiling. It is where the Monastery\u2019s porter\u2019s lodge and hostel were located in the 10th century. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, in 1855 the Small Cloister was bricked up and turned into a school for girls until 1932 and is now an area where visitors can enjoy cultural events and temporary art or history exhibitions. It still leads to the Cloister, as it did centuries ago.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Early Christian Church<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The Cloister courtyard still preserves the foundations of the former early Christian basilica, built in the 5th century to worship the relics of Cugat the martyr, who died in the year 304 …<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nduring the persecutions of Christians by Emperor Diocletian. Although the martyrdom of Cugat took place in the city of Barcelona, the legend puts his burial where we now find the Monastery that bears his name. It is likely that a rich Christian took the saint\u2019s body to this enclave, which must have been his property, to give the martyr a dignified tomb. In the 5th century a rectangular funerary chamber with an annex of two tombs was added, where it is believed he was worshipped. In the late 6th century, in the time of the Visigoths, an apse was added to the former site, indicating its liturgical use. The Benedictine monastery dedicated to him was built around this church in the 9th century. After the year 1000, Abbot Od\u00f3 ordered a bigger monastic temple to be built in the location of the current one. The early Christian church lost its purpose and was demolished to enlarge its courtyard and build the new Romanesque Cloister. Today, on 25 July, the parish celebrates the saint\u2019s day in the remains of this old building.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Enigmatic Entrance<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Very near this church entrance, on the eastern wall of the Cloister and between the fa\u00e7ade and the chapter house and the body perpendicular to today\u2019s church, there are remains of an old wall from the 10th century with a pointed entrance from the same period, later covered with well-squared ashlars.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nIts fine execution and location suggest that this is perhaps the gateway to a faded 10th century chapter house, and has also been interpreted as the possible book armarium. Abbot Pon\u00e7 Burguet died in 1306 and had chosen this place for his sculptural tomb, a clear sign that the entrance no longer had any use at that time. This Abbot\u2019s tomb can still be seen today, although the sculpture has lost its head.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Gothic Chapter House<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Every morning, the monks met in the chapter house and read a chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict. This is where the name comes from. The room is also the meeting place where they discussed questions of economics and good governance, confessed their minor infractions and monastic posts were allocated.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSo it is one of the most important places for the organisation of the monks\u2019 life. The chapter house is the monks\u2019 meeting place, where they met every day after early morning prayer. Here they were told about the saints of the day and other matters on the calendar. A chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict was also read, about which the Abbot would deliver a sermon; the minor infractions were publically confessed; the accounts of the different administrations were reported annually, the posts were allocated, and any matter that affected the community discussed.<\/p>\n
It is believed that this room was built around the same time as the Cloister, and its architectural result is a transition between Romanesque style, which we see clearly on the entrance, and Gothic style, which we find in the two windows flanking it.
\nThe room was initially covered by a rib vault. Moreover, the presence of the Roman wall just below caused structural problems and big cracks appeared. This is why, in the late 15th century a chapel was added dedicated to Saint Benedict in the east, as a buttress. The solution was not very effective and, in the 18th century, it was replaced by a new chapter house built in the northern wing of the Cloister. At the same time, Abbot Gayol\u00e0 turned the old chapter house into a pantheon of monks. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, the tombs were desecrated and demolished by liberal troops. The room was later added to the temple, now with parish functions, as the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, a use maintained until 1942, when it was recovered as a monument.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Renaissance Cloister<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The creation of houses for each monastic administration or post meant that those holding these positions went to live there. Renaissance humanism also meant that individual cells were built for young monks, which involved building a floor over the Romanesque galleries of the Cloister.<\/p>\n<\/div>
The Renaissance porch was conceived as a background for the entrance to the Monastery.
\nIt has six round arches on Tuscan columns made of Montju\u00efc stone and still has its original coffered ceiling. It is where the Monastery\u2019s porter\u2019s lodge and hostel were located in the 10th century. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, in 1855 the Small Cloister was bricked up and turned into a school for girls until 1932 and is now an area where visitors can enjoy cultural events and temporary art or history exhibitions. It still leads to the Cloister, as it did centuries ago.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div>Early Christian Church<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The Cloister courtyard still preserves the foundations of the former early Christian basilica, built in the 5th century to worship the relics of Cugat the martyr, who died in the year 304 …<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nduring the persecutions of Christians by Emperor Diocletian. Although the martyrdom of Cugat took place in the city of Barcelona, the legend puts his burial where we now find the Monastery that bears his name. It is likely that a rich Christian took the saint\u2019s body to this enclave, which must have been his property, to give the martyr a dignified tomb. In the 5th century a rectangular funerary chamber with an annex of two tombs was added, where it is believed he was worshipped. In the late 6th century, in the time of the Visigoths, an apse was added to the former site, indicating its liturgical use. The Benedictine monastery dedicated to him was built around this church in the 9th century. After the year 1000, Abbot Od\u00f3 ordered a bigger monastic temple to be built in the location of the current one. The early Christian church lost its purpose and was demolished to enlarge its courtyard and build the new Romanesque Cloister. Today, on 25 July, the parish celebrates the saint\u2019s day in the remains of this old building.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Enigmatic Entrance<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Very near this church entrance, on the eastern wall of the Cloister and between the fa\u00e7ade and the chapter house and the body perpendicular to today\u2019s church, there are remains of an old wall from the 10th century with a pointed entrance from the same period, later covered with well-squared ashlars.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nIts fine execution and location suggest that this is perhaps the gateway to a faded 10th century chapter house, and has also been interpreted as the possible book armarium. Abbot Pon\u00e7 Burguet died in 1306 and had chosen this place for his sculptural tomb, a clear sign that the entrance no longer had any use at that time. This Abbot\u2019s tomb can still be seen today, although the sculpture has lost its head.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Gothic Chapter House<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Every morning, the monks met in the chapter house and read a chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict. This is where the name comes from. The room is also the meeting place where they discussed questions of economics and good governance, confessed their minor infractions and monastic posts were allocated.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSo it is one of the most important places for the organisation of the monks\u2019 life. The chapter house is the monks\u2019 meeting place, where they met every day after early morning prayer. Here they were told about the saints of the day and other matters on the calendar. A chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict was also read, about which the Abbot would deliver a sermon; the minor infractions were publically confessed; the accounts of the different administrations were reported annually, the posts were allocated, and any matter that affected the community discussed.<\/p>\n
It is believed that this room was built around the same time as the Cloister, and its architectural result is a transition between Romanesque style, which we see clearly on the entrance, and Gothic style, which we find in the two windows flanking it.
\nThe room was initially covered by a rib vault. Moreover, the presence of the Roman wall just below caused structural problems and big cracks appeared. This is why, in the late 15th century a chapel was added dedicated to Saint Benedict in the east, as a buttress. The solution was not very effective and, in the 18th century, it was replaced by a new chapter house built in the northern wing of the Cloister. At the same time, Abbot Gayol\u00e0 turned the old chapter house into a pantheon of monks. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, the tombs were desecrated and demolished by liberal troops. The room was later added to the temple, now with parish functions, as the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, a use maintained until 1942, when it was recovered as a monument.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Renaissance Cloister<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The creation of houses for each monastic administration or post meant that those holding these positions went to live there. Renaissance humanism also meant that individual cells were built for young monks, which involved building a floor over the Romanesque galleries of the Cloister.<\/p>\n<\/div>
The Cloister courtyard still preserves the foundations of the former early Christian basilica, built in the 5th century to worship the relics of Cugat the martyr, who died in the year 304 …<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nduring the persecutions of Christians by Emperor Diocletian. Although the martyrdom of Cugat took place in the city of Barcelona, the legend puts his burial where we now find the Monastery that bears his name. It is likely that a rich Christian took the saint\u2019s body to this enclave, which must have been his property, to give the martyr a dignified tomb. In the 5th century a rectangular funerary chamber with an annex of two tombs was added, where it is believed he was worshipped. In the late 6th century, in the time of the Visigoths, an apse was added to the former site, indicating its liturgical use. The Benedictine monastery dedicated to him was built around this church in the 9th century. After the year 1000, Abbot Od\u00f3 ordered a bigger monastic temple to be built in the location of the current one. The early Christian church lost its purpose and was demolished to enlarge its courtyard and build the new Romanesque Cloister. Today, on 25 July, the parish celebrates the saint\u2019s day in the remains of this old building.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Enigmatic Entrance<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Very near this church entrance, on the eastern wall of the Cloister and between the fa\u00e7ade and the chapter house and the body perpendicular to today\u2019s church, there are remains of an old wall from the 10th century with a pointed entrance from the same period, later covered with well-squared ashlars.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nIts fine execution and location suggest that this is perhaps the gateway to a faded 10th century chapter house, and has also been interpreted as the possible book armarium. Abbot Pon\u00e7 Burguet died in 1306 and had chosen this place for his sculptural tomb, a clear sign that the entrance no longer had any use at that time. This Abbot\u2019s tomb can still be seen today, although the sculpture has lost its head.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Gothic Chapter House<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Every morning, the monks met in the chapter house and read a chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict. This is where the name comes from. The room is also the meeting place where they discussed questions of economics and good governance, confessed their minor infractions and monastic posts were allocated.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSo it is one of the most important places for the organisation of the monks\u2019 life. The chapter house is the monks\u2019 meeting place, where they met every day after early morning prayer. Here they were told about the saints of the day and other matters on the calendar. A chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict was also read, about which the Abbot would deliver a sermon; the minor infractions were publically confessed; the accounts of the different administrations were reported annually, the posts were allocated, and any matter that affected the community discussed.<\/p>\n
It is believed that this room was built around the same time as the Cloister, and its architectural result is a transition between Romanesque style, which we see clearly on the entrance, and Gothic style, which we find in the two windows flanking it.
\nThe room was initially covered by a rib vault. Moreover, the presence of the Roman wall just below caused structural problems and big cracks appeared. This is why, in the late 15th century a chapel was added dedicated to Saint Benedict in the east, as a buttress. The solution was not very effective and, in the 18th century, it was replaced by a new chapter house built in the northern wing of the Cloister. At the same time, Abbot Gayol\u00e0 turned the old chapter house into a pantheon of monks. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, the tombs were desecrated and demolished by liberal troops. The room was later added to the temple, now with parish functions, as the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, a use maintained until 1942, when it was recovered as a monument.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Renaissance Cloister<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The creation of houses for each monastic administration or post meant that those holding these positions went to live there. Renaissance humanism also meant that individual cells were built for young monks, which involved building a floor over the Romanesque galleries of the Cloister.<\/p>\n<\/div>
during the persecutions of Christians by Emperor Diocletian. Although the martyrdom of Cugat took place in the city of Barcelona, the legend puts his burial where we now find the Monastery that bears his name. It is likely that a rich Christian took the saint\u2019s body to this enclave, which must have been his property, to give the martyr a dignified tomb. In the 5th century a rectangular funerary chamber with an annex of two tombs was added, where it is believed he was worshipped. In the late 6th century, in the time of the Visigoths, an apse was added to the former site, indicating its liturgical use. The Benedictine monastery dedicated to him was built around this church in the 9th century. After the year 1000, Abbot Od\u00f3 ordered a bigger monastic temple to be built in the location of the current one. The early Christian church lost its purpose and was demolished to enlarge its courtyard and build the new Romanesque Cloister. Today, on 25 July, the parish celebrates the saint\u2019s day in the remains of this old building.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div>Enigmatic Entrance<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Very near this church entrance, on the eastern wall of the Cloister and between the fa\u00e7ade and the chapter house and the body perpendicular to today\u2019s church, there are remains of an old wall from the 10th century with a pointed entrance from the same period, later covered with well-squared ashlars.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nIts fine execution and location suggest that this is perhaps the gateway to a faded 10th century chapter house, and has also been interpreted as the possible book armarium. Abbot Pon\u00e7 Burguet died in 1306 and had chosen this place for his sculptural tomb, a clear sign that the entrance no longer had any use at that time. This Abbot\u2019s tomb can still be seen today, although the sculpture has lost its head.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Gothic Chapter House<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Every morning, the monks met in the chapter house and read a chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict. This is where the name comes from. The room is also the meeting place where they discussed questions of economics and good governance, confessed their minor infractions and monastic posts were allocated.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSo it is one of the most important places for the organisation of the monks\u2019 life. The chapter house is the monks\u2019 meeting place, where they met every day after early morning prayer. Here they were told about the saints of the day and other matters on the calendar. A chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict was also read, about which the Abbot would deliver a sermon; the minor infractions were publically confessed; the accounts of the different administrations were reported annually, the posts were allocated, and any matter that affected the community discussed.<\/p>\n
It is believed that this room was built around the same time as the Cloister, and its architectural result is a transition between Romanesque style, which we see clearly on the entrance, and Gothic style, which we find in the two windows flanking it.
\nThe room was initially covered by a rib vault. Moreover, the presence of the Roman wall just below caused structural problems and big cracks appeared. This is why, in the late 15th century a chapel was added dedicated to Saint Benedict in the east, as a buttress. The solution was not very effective and, in the 18th century, it was replaced by a new chapter house built in the northern wing of the Cloister. At the same time, Abbot Gayol\u00e0 turned the old chapter house into a pantheon of monks. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, the tombs were desecrated and demolished by liberal troops. The room was later added to the temple, now with parish functions, as the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, a use maintained until 1942, when it was recovered as a monument.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Renaissance Cloister<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The creation of houses for each monastic administration or post meant that those holding these positions went to live there. Renaissance humanism also meant that individual cells were built for young monks, which involved building a floor over the Romanesque galleries of the Cloister.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Very near this church entrance, on the eastern wall of the Cloister and between the fa\u00e7ade and the chapter house and the body perpendicular to today\u2019s church, there are remains of an old wall from the 10th century with a pointed entrance from the same period, later covered with well-squared ashlars.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nIts fine execution and location suggest that this is perhaps the gateway to a faded 10th century chapter house, and has also been interpreted as the possible book armarium. Abbot Pon\u00e7 Burguet died in 1306 and had chosen this place for his sculptural tomb, a clear sign that the entrance no longer had any use at that time. This Abbot\u2019s tomb can still be seen today, although the sculpture has lost its head.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Gothic Chapter House<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Every morning, the monks met in the chapter house and read a chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict. This is where the name comes from. The room is also the meeting place where they discussed questions of economics and good governance, confessed their minor infractions and monastic posts were allocated.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSo it is one of the most important places for the organisation of the monks\u2019 life. The chapter house is the monks\u2019 meeting place, where they met every day after early morning prayer. Here they were told about the saints of the day and other matters on the calendar. A chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict was also read, about which the Abbot would deliver a sermon; the minor infractions were publically confessed; the accounts of the different administrations were reported annually, the posts were allocated, and any matter that affected the community discussed.<\/p>\n
It is believed that this room was built around the same time as the Cloister, and its architectural result is a transition between Romanesque style, which we see clearly on the entrance, and Gothic style, which we find in the two windows flanking it.
\nThe room was initially covered by a rib vault. Moreover, the presence of the Roman wall just below caused structural problems and big cracks appeared. This is why, in the late 15th century a chapel was added dedicated to Saint Benedict in the east, as a buttress. The solution was not very effective and, in the 18th century, it was replaced by a new chapter house built in the northern wing of the Cloister. At the same time, Abbot Gayol\u00e0 turned the old chapter house into a pantheon of monks. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, the tombs were desecrated and demolished by liberal troops. The room was later added to the temple, now with parish functions, as the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, a use maintained until 1942, when it was recovered as a monument.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Renaissance Cloister<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The creation of houses for each monastic administration or post meant that those holding these positions went to live there. Renaissance humanism also meant that individual cells were built for young monks, which involved building a floor over the Romanesque galleries of the Cloister.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Its fine execution and location suggest that this is perhaps the gateway to a faded 10th century chapter house, and has also been interpreted as the possible book armarium. Abbot Pon\u00e7 Burguet died in 1306 and had chosen this place for his sculptural tomb, a clear sign that the entrance no longer had any use at that time. This Abbot\u2019s tomb can still be seen today, although the sculpture has lost its head.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div>Gothic Chapter House<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>Every morning, the monks met in the chapter house and read a chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict. This is where the name comes from. The room is also the meeting place where they discussed questions of economics and good governance, confessed their minor infractions and monastic posts were allocated.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSo it is one of the most important places for the organisation of the monks\u2019 life. The chapter house is the monks\u2019 meeting place, where they met every day after early morning prayer. Here they were told about the saints of the day and other matters on the calendar. A chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict was also read, about which the Abbot would deliver a sermon; the minor infractions were publically confessed; the accounts of the different administrations were reported annually, the posts were allocated, and any matter that affected the community discussed.<\/p>\n
It is believed that this room was built around the same time as the Cloister, and its architectural result is a transition between Romanesque style, which we see clearly on the entrance, and Gothic style, which we find in the two windows flanking it.
\nThe room was initially covered by a rib vault. Moreover, the presence of the Roman wall just below caused structural problems and big cracks appeared. This is why, in the late 15th century a chapel was added dedicated to Saint Benedict in the east, as a buttress. The solution was not very effective and, in the 18th century, it was replaced by a new chapter house built in the northern wing of the Cloister. At the same time, Abbot Gayol\u00e0 turned the old chapter house into a pantheon of monks. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, the tombs were desecrated and demolished by liberal troops. The room was later added to the temple, now with parish functions, as the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, a use maintained until 1942, when it was recovered as a monument.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Renaissance Cloister<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The creation of houses for each monastic administration or post meant that those holding these positions went to live there. Renaissance humanism also meant that individual cells were built for young monks, which involved building a floor over the Romanesque galleries of the Cloister.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Every morning, the monks met in the chapter house and read a chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict. This is where the name comes from. The room is also the meeting place where they discussed questions of economics and good governance, confessed their minor infractions and monastic posts were allocated.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Read more information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSo it is one of the most important places for the organisation of the monks\u2019 life. The chapter house is the monks\u2019 meeting place, where they met every day after early morning prayer. Here they were told about the saints of the day and other matters on the calendar. A chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict was also read, about which the Abbot would deliver a sermon; the minor infractions were publically confessed; the accounts of the different administrations were reported annually, the posts were allocated, and any matter that affected the community discussed.<\/p>\n
It is believed that this room was built around the same time as the Cloister, and its architectural result is a transition between Romanesque style, which we see clearly on the entrance, and Gothic style, which we find in the two windows flanking it.
\nThe room was initially covered by a rib vault. Moreover, the presence of the Roman wall just below caused structural problems and big cracks appeared. This is why, in the late 15th century a chapel was added dedicated to Saint Benedict in the east, as a buttress. The solution was not very effective and, in the 18th century, it was replaced by a new chapter house built in the northern wing of the Cloister. At the same time, Abbot Gayol\u00e0 turned the old chapter house into a pantheon of monks. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, the tombs were desecrated and demolished by liberal troops. The room was later added to the temple, now with parish functions, as the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, a use maintained until 1942, when it was recovered as a monument.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>Renaissance Cloister<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The creation of houses for each monastic administration or post meant that those holding these positions went to live there. Renaissance humanism also meant that individual cells were built for young monks, which involved building a floor over the Romanesque galleries of the Cloister.<\/p>\n<\/div>
So it is one of the most important places for the organisation of the monks\u2019 life. The chapter house is the monks\u2019 meeting place, where they met every day after early morning prayer. Here they were told about the saints of the day and other matters on the calendar. A chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict was also read, about which the Abbot would deliver a sermon; the minor infractions were publically confessed; the accounts of the different administrations were reported annually, the posts were allocated, and any matter that affected the community discussed.<\/p>\n
It is believed that this room was built around the same time as the Cloister, and its architectural result is a transition between Romanesque style, which we see clearly on the entrance, and Gothic style, which we find in the two windows flanking it.
\nThe room was initially covered by a rib vault. Moreover, the presence of the Roman wall just below caused structural problems and big cracks appeared. This is why, in the late 15th century a chapel was added dedicated to Saint Benedict in the east, as a buttress. The solution was not very effective and, in the 18th century, it was replaced by a new chapter house built in the northern wing of the Cloister. At the same time, Abbot Gayol\u00e0 turned the old chapter house into a pantheon of monks. After the confiscation of ecclesiastical properties, the tombs were desecrated and demolished by liberal troops. The room was later added to the temple, now with parish functions, as the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, a use maintained until 1942, when it was recovered as a monument.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div>Renaissance Cloister<\/h2><\/h3><\/div>The creation of houses for each monastic administration or post meant that those holding these positions went to live there. Renaissance humanism also meant that individual cells were built for young monks, which involved building a floor over the Romanesque galleries of the Cloister.<\/p>\n<\/div>
The creation of houses for each monastic administration or post meant that those holding these positions went to live there. Renaissance humanism also meant that individual cells were built for young monks, which involved building a floor over the Romanesque galleries of the Cloister.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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