Montserrat (disambiguation)
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Montserrat (mountain)
is a mountain in Catalonia
near Barcelona
, home of:
Montserrat can also refer to:
Montserrat (mountain)
Montserrat is a multi-peaked mountain located near the city of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range. The main peaks are Sant Jeroni , Montgrós and Miranda de les Agulles...
is a mountain in Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
near Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, home of:
- Santa Maria de MontserratSanta Maria de MontserratSanta Maria de Montserrat is a Benedictine abbey located on the mountain of Montserrat, in Monistrol de Montserrat, in Catalonia, Spain.It hosts the Virgin of Montserrat, and the Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, a publishing house, one of the oldest presses in the world still running, with...
monastery - Virgin of MontserratVirgin of MontserratThe Virgin of Montserrat is a statue of the Virgin Mary and infant Christ venerated at the Santa Maria de Montserrat monastery in the Montserrat mountain in Catalonia....
, a "black Madonna" statue and object of pilgrimage, also patron saint of Catalonia
Montserrat can also refer to:
Places
- MontserratMontserratMontserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline...
, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean - Montserrat, a region of Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
- Montserrat, Dominican Republic, a municipal district in Baoruco Province
- Montserrat, Buenos AiresMontserrat, Buenos AiresMonserrat is a neighbourhood located in the east of the Buenos Aires CBD. The district features some of the most important public buildings in Buenos Aires, including city hall, the city legislature, Casa Rosada, the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires and the Libertador Building , among...
, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina - Montserrat, ValenciaMontserrat, ValenciaMontserrat , also known as Montserrat d'Alcalà, is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Alta in the Valencian Community, Spain....
, a municipality in Spain - Montserrat (department)Montserrat (department)Montserrat was a former département of the First French Empire in present day Spain. It was created on 26 January 1812 on Catalonia's annexation by the French Empire. Its subprefectures were Manresa and Vilafranca del Penedès...
, a department of France from 1812 to 1813 - Montserrat, an area of BoltonBoltonBolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...
, Lancashire, a town in the United Kingdom
Other
- Montserrat (given name)Montserrat (given name)Montserrat, or Maria Montserrat, after the Virgin of Montserrat, is a popular name for girls in Catalonia and several other parts of Catalan-speaking area. The name is commonly abbreviated to Montse...
, a popular female name in Catalan-speaking area - Montserrat (MBTA station)Montserrat (MBTA station)Montserrat is a passenger rail station on MBTA's Newburyport/Rockport Line. The station is a pair of platforms with shelters located between Spring Street and Essex Street, in Beverly, Massachusetts...
, a commuter rail train station in BeverlyBeverly, MassachusettsBeverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 39,343 on , which differs by no more than several hundred from the 39,862 obtained in the 2000 census. A resort, residential and manufacturing community on the North Shore, Beverly includes Beverly Farms and Prides...
, MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, United States - Montserrat College of ArtMontserrat College of ArtMontserrat College of Art is a four-year residential college specializing in the visual arts, located in Beverly, Massachusetts, 23 miles north of Boston. It is named indirectly after the Slave Ship Montserrat.-Description:...
, in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States - Nuestra Señora de Monserrate. a cathedral in Hormigueros, Puerto RicoHormigueros, Puerto RicoHormigueros is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the western region of the island, northeast of Cabo Rojo; northwest of San Germán; and south of Mayagüez. Hormigueros is spread over 5 wards and Hormigueros Pueblo...
- Llibre Vermell de MontserratLlibre Vermell de MontserratThe Llibre Vermell de Montserrat is a manuscript collection of devotional texts, containing amongst others some late medieval songs. The 14th century manuscript was compiled in and is still located at the monastery of Montserrat outside Barcelona in Catalonia.-The manuscript:The manuscript was...
a medieval musical manuscript from the monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat - Montserrat (1948), a play by Emmanuel RoblèsEmmanuel RoblèsEmmanuel Roblès was an Algerian-French author. He was elected a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1973...
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