Balma de Sant Joan Baptista
Balma utilitzada antigament com ermita a Montserrat, (Collbató)
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Balma de Sant Joan Baptista
Balma utilitzada antigament com ermita a Montserrat, (Collbató)
Collbató · Baix Llobregat
Length: 8 m
Updated record
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Balma de Montserrat (Collbató) formerly used as the hermitage of Sant Joan Baptista.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
Balma 20 metres wide and 5 metres deep on average; on the SW side there is a passage that reaches 8 metres.
History
Balma used in ancient times to build around the year 1000 the hermitage of Sant Joan Baptista, where some abbots of Montserrat retired in the last years of their lives.
In 1811 it was destroyed by the French army, as was the hermitage of Sant Onofre, which was right next to it and joined to that of Sant Joan by a footbridge.
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Bibliography
- Totes les dades, topografia i fotos han estat facilitades per Arcadia Cabanas i Francesc Rubinat (ERE del CEC).
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