The mountain range rises 1,236 metres above the Catalan lowlands, 50 km northwest of Barcelona. Montserrat means “serrated mountain” and the shape is unmistakable: a jagged ridge of grey conglomerate rock that looks like a saw blade against the sky. The Benedictine monastery, Santa Maria de Montserrat, has been here since 1025. The mountain holds […]
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Neuschwanstein Castle is the most photographed building in Germany, and the reason is not the architecture. It is the location. The castle sits on a rugged hill above the Pollat Gorge, surrounded by the Bavarian Alps, with lakes and forests stretching in every direction. King Ludwig II built it as a private refuge, not a […]
