During these weeks of fewer work or even rest, for many there are those that are used to turn off soaking either on the beach, in the lake or in the crystalline water river. But, when they accompany the temperature, there are those that use the advantages to make cultural visits with which you can learn and learn about some treasures of a huge heritage distributed throughout the geography.
If we decide to visit the castle, church or monastery, the proposal that we have, more not indifferent, with various examples of buildings is better or worse, with more or less history based on the events proven by scientists of the object and, above all, they help us understand what happened in previous times, and how they did it to get up and live in such building lines.
One of the options for visiting this summer in the province Girona This is a monastery Sant Pere de GaligantIt is located or built specifically in the beautiful capital of the province. And we can also register to open this and admire this on one of the excursions that they make in a humorous tone, that is, we can find out who lived in this Gerindens monastery between laughter. More than the recommended option for children and not so small.
A cheerful historical journey through the monastery of Santa de Galigants begins with two characters perfectly dressed in their religious habits that welcome curious visitors with “Father Abad, that there are pilgrims!”A simple way to convey people who are going to discover the jewelry of the Catalan Romanesque Romanesque, who, for them, for these alleged monks, is the surprise that the doors of the monastery have pilgrims.
Experts who have studied their architectural elements believe that the monastery in question is one of the most noticeable samples of the Romanesque Catalan, although only the church and the monastery are visible. Since 1857, Sant Pere Galigant has been acting as a museum of archeology and fine art, one of the oldest in Catalonia. In fact, at present it is the headquarters of Girona Del Museum of Archeology of CataloniaField
There is evidence of its existence already in the 10th centuryalthough a significant part of the construction that can be carefully observed It belongs to the twelfth centuryThe field at that time Benedictine monks lived in a monastery, which followed the strict rules of Sant Benet, monks who introduced their history in relation to the city and its environment.
This Theatrical and relaxed visit to the tone It is aimed at attracting everyone who visits in the monastery, entertains and even funny, life and everyday everyday life of not only those monks who inhabited this jewel of architecture, but also about the SITURETURE SOCIENTION, the lessons taught in Situ, that is, through such a scenario, as symbolizing as the monastery itself.
In the heart of the city
The Sant Peres de Galligant became one of the forced visits for everyone who sets a decisive leg to visit the most significant monuments of the city of Girona. It is located in the city site of the city, an unusual fact, if we take into account that most of the monasteries of the peninsula are usually located in isolated places. But this Benedictine abbey is also unique to its head and bell tower.
And this is that the Sant’s head is a complex asymmetric shape: it is formed by the main apse with two absolute on one side, and one in the other, while at the end of the cruise hand there is a more lateral apse, which involves the re -use of the elements of the previous temple. In this space, we also find an eight -sided bell tower, completely symmetrical and with the design of a pawnshop. The main point is the sculpture that we find in the capitals of the main nave and, above all, in the headlines. Monastery It has archaeological materials found in excavations of various deposits of the regions of fat, from the background to the Middle AgesField
As mentioned above, a visit, which usually lasts about 90 minutes, is more than suitable for the entire audience, for large and small ones, although it is recommended that the smallest of the house has at least five years. There are daily and night excursions, depending on the day when we choose to visit it. And to enter, you must buy a record, although these are popular prices. In fact, children under the age of eight are free.
