Monastery of Sant Cugat
The Monastery of Sant Cugat is a Benedictine abbey in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain. Founded in the ninth century, and under construction until the 14th century, it was the most important monastery in the county of Barcelona.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: monastery
- Also known as: “Sant Cugat del Vallès Monastery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sant Cugat Museum and Mercat de Sant Pere.
Sant Cugat Museum
Museum
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The Sant Cugat Museum was opened on 23 April 2003; its mission was to oversee the conservation and dissemination of the historic, artistic and cultural heritage of Sant Cugat del Vallès in Catalonia.
Mercat de Sant Pere
Marketplace
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Mercat de Sant Pere is a marketplace, which is situated 290 metres southwest of Monastery of Sant Cugat.
Casa consistorial de Sant Cugat del Vallès
Town hall
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Casa consistorial de Sant Cugat del Vallès is a town hall, which is situated 370 metres south of Monastery of Sant Cugat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Can Fatjó dels Aurons and La Floresta.
Can Fatjó dels Aurons
Locality
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Can Fatjó dels Aurons is a locality.
La Floresta
Suburb
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La Floresta is a suburb, which is situated 3 km south of Monastery of Sant Cugat.
Bellaterra
Village
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Bellaterra is a decentralized municipal entity of Cerdanyola del Vallès, in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. It is best known for being the location of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Bellaterra is situated 3 km north of Monastery of Sant Cugat.
Monastery of Sant Cugat
- Categories: church and religion
- Location: Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.47381° or 41° 28′ 26″ northLongitude
2.08526° or 2° 5′ 7″ eastElevation
129 metres (423 feet)Open location code
8FH4F3FP+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 13022448346OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicGeoNames ID
10341604Wikidata ID
Q615763
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Monastery of Sant Cugat” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sant Cugateko monasterioa”
- Catalan: “monestir de Sant Cugat”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Sant Cugat”
- Catalan: “Sant Cugat”
- Chinese: “圣库加特修道院”
- Dutch: “Klooster van Sant Cugat”
- French: “monastère de Sant Cugat del Vallès”
- French: “monastère de Sant Cugat”
- French: “monastère Saint-Cucufa”
- French: “Monastère Saint-Cucufa”
- Galician: “Mosteiro de Sant Cugat”
- German: “Kloster Sant Cugat del Vallès”
- Italian: “Monastero di Sant Cugat”
- Japanese: “サン・クガ修道院”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Sant Cugat”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Cugat del Vallés”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Sant Cugat”
- Spanish: “Murallas del Monasterio de San Cugat”
- Turkish: “Sant Cugat del Vallès Manastırı”
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