Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou

The abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou (Catalan: Sant Martí del Canigó) is a monastery built in 1009 in the Pyrenees of Northern Catalonia on Canigou mountain in present-day southern France near the Spanish border.

Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou
Saint-Martin-du-Canigou
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
DistrictPrades
RegionLanguedoc-Roussillon
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusMonastery
StatusActive
Location
Locationnear Casteil, Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon region,
France
MunicipalityCasteil
StatePyrénées-Orientales
Shown within France
Geographic coordinates42.528144°N 2.400892°E / 42.528144; 2.400892
Architecture
TypeAbbey church
StyleRomanesque
Groundbreaking1005
Completed1009
Designated as NHLMonument historique (1889)
Website
http://stmartinducanigou.org/

Pau Casals wrote a composition entitled "Sant Martí del Canigó" for Orchestra.

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