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Camí
del Rosari Monumental
Montserrat (Montserrat
1900 - 1907)
A monument integrating architecture and nature
Commissioned
by the Lliga Espiritua de la Mare de Déu (Spiritual League
of Our Lady Montserrat), Gaudí did the project for the monumental
Primer Misteri de Glňria del Rosari (First Mystery of the
Glory of the Rosary), which was begun near the sanctuary of
Montserrat. This Primer Misteri (which represents the resurrection
of Christ), was understood by him as the resurrection of Catalonia.
Gaudí proposed extending the cave where Our Lady of Montserrat
was found and creating there a large square. Construction
was not begun until 1907, when the sculptor Josep llimona
made the figure of the resuscitated Christ in bronze which
was to preside over the site. For economic reasons, work was
stopped and was not begun again until several years later,
according to a simplification of the project, adapted by the
architect Jeroni Martorell i Terrats. The site was inagurated
in 1916.
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