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Hermitage of Our Lady of Health

Hermitage of Our Lady of Health

Highlight • Religious Site

Hermitage of Our Lady of Health

Recommended by 75 hikers out of 76

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Parc de Collserola

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Location: El Papiol, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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1. Papiol, Ermita de la Salut, Can Barba – Puig Madrona – Circular Route

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2. Hermitage of La Salut – Puig Madrona Summit loop from el Papiol

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3. Hermitage of Our Lady of Health – Vallvidrera Stream loop from el Papiol

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Martin Villaverde 🐶🥾🌲

May 13, 2021

A hermitage from the 9th century, renovated in the 11th century, is really beautiful, in a cozy setting within a neat and quiet space, ideal to go up to see it during the week and rest there for a while.

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Levram DC 🦊

August 2, 2020

A very nice destination.

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Francesc Garcia - MONTFRANC

November 19, 2022

The hermitage has been documented since the end of the s. IX where in a parchment from the chapter archive of the headquarters of Barcelona it mentions the current hermitage under the name "parróquia de Santa Madrona". However, in the 14th century the dedication changed to Sant Pere and is currently dedicated to Our Lady of Health.

It is a simple construction, with very little decoration, but in an excellent state of preservation. The building was initially a single nave, with a possible quadrangular head and a wooden roof dating from the s. X. In an extension to the s. In the 11th century, a triple head with a semicircular apse and two apsidioles on the sides, a barrel vault with fascinted arches was added and the nave was enlarged, becoming longer and, possibly, higher.

The buttresses are evident on the outside. At the feet there is an interesting twin window with a capital of acanthus leaves on a small column, few of which are preserved in pre-Romanesque architecture. The central apse has Lombard arching and pilasters typical of Catalan Romanesque architecture. In addition, the central door, also built in the s. XI, presents a porticoed door decorated with a half-point arch inscribed on the wall that generates a tympanum today without decoration.

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Elevation 250 m

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Location: El Papiol, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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Hermitage of Our Lady of Health

1. Papiol, Ermita de la Salut, Can Barba – Puig Madrona – Circular Route

2. Hermitage of La Salut – Puig Madrona Summit loop from el Papiol

3. Hermitage of Our Lady of Health – Vallvidrera Stream loop from el Papiol

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