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Hermitage of Santa Magdalena d'Ulldemolins

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Hermitage of Santa Magdalena d'Ulldemolins

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Hermitage of Santa Magdalena d'Ulldemolins

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Parc Natural de la Serra de Montsant

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Location: Ulldemolins, Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

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1. Hermitage of Saint Anthony – Cadolles Fondes Deep Pools loop from bassa de bombers

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2. La Carabasseta Pine – Toll de l'Ou Waterfalls loop from Ulldemolins

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470m

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3. Toll de l'Ou Waterfalls – Punta Pericana (1,047 m) loop from Ulldemolins

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560m

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Francesc Garcia - MONTFRANC

April 13, 2022

Santa Magdalena, called the Cathedral of Montsant, is a hermitage in the municipality of Ulldemolins (Priorat) protected as a cultural asset of local interest. Santa Magdalena was founded by Fra Llorenç Julià. The plans are the work of Jaume Amigó, the same architect who had made the parish church of Sant Jaume, who took it as a model. The building was built around 1579 and at the same time a house was built for the hermit. An attempt was made to install a convent in 1579 but the people did not allow it. Between 1587 and 1599, the chapel was abandoned by order of the archbishop, as a result of disputes between the municipality and the Carthusian monastery of Escaladei over the hermitage and the surrounding lands. At that time it was badly damaged. Reopened for worship, the hermitage was enriched with altarpieces during the eighteenth century that were destroyed in 1936.

Building with a single nave with three chapels on each side and a presbytery separated by a triumphal arch. The vault starts from a frieze, semicircular with lunettes. A gallery runs over the side chapels. Below the presbytery is a crypt that opens onto a gallery dug into the rock at the end of which is a room.
Nearby there is a recreation area with a fountain, tables and a place to make a fire.

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Elevation 710 m

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Hermitage of Santa Magdalena d'Ulldemolins

1. Hermitage of Saint Anthony – Cadolles Fondes Deep Pools loop from bassa de bombers

2. La Carabasseta Pine – Toll de l'Ou Waterfalls loop from Ulldemolins

3. Toll de l'Ou Waterfalls – Punta Pericana (1,047 m) loop from Ulldemolins

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