We are getting ready to leave Sitges and make a short trip to Figueres and Cadaques. Over the past few days I´ve made a couple of little trips. One was to the Parque Nacional del Garraf, which is right behind Sitges. The road winds up into the mountains with fantastic views of the coast all the way to Barcelona. I stopped at the park office to see if the road was paved all the way. They gave me a map and said that it was, so off I went. Well, I made a wrong turn somewhere and ended up on a dirt road which eventually led me back to Sitges. Along the way I passed an old abandoned town that if falling into ruins. The church is still standing but in pretty bad shape. This is fairly common in spain since so may people have mirgrate to the city.
Yesterday I made a trip to Santes Creus. This is a huge montastery built in the 11th century (the photo above is from inside the cloister). It´s still pretty complete, although some sections have collapsed. It was very beautiful and it was strange to see something that had once been a powerful center for the church almost in ruins. Statues of priests on the inside had been beheaded during peasant uprisings against the church and there was no furnishings left at all. But, the size of the buildings was very impressive.
Yesterday I made a trip to Santes Creus. This is a huge montastery built in the 11th century (the photo above is from inside the cloister). It´s still pretty complete, although some sections have collapsed. It was very beautiful and it was strange to see something that had once been a powerful center for the church almost in ruins. Statues of priests on the inside had been beheaded during peasant uprisings against the church and there was no furnishings left at all. But, the size of the buildings was very impressive.
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