Balma de Santa Caterina
Ancient hermitage built in a rock shelter of Montserrat, dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, with remains of eremitic dwellings.
EspeleoWorld
Balma de Santa Caterina
Ancient hermitage built in a rock shelter of Montserrat, dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, with remains of eremitic dwellings.
Collbató · Baix Llobregat
Sviluppo: 8 m
Scheda aggiornata
https://espeleoworld.com/it/c/balma-de-santa-caterina
Le informazioni possono cambiare. Verifica sempre coordinate, accesso, meteo e condizioni della cavità prima di partire.
Ancient hermitage built in a rock shelter of Montserrat, dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, with remains of eremitic dwellings.
Topografia
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Immagine © del suo autore.
Foto
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Immagine © del suo autore.
Descrizione
Morfologia
Rock shelter 19 m wide by 8 m maximum depth located at the foot of a not very high rock wall. It is currently very hidden since the vegetation conceals its mouth, which gives it a shady and wild appearance.
Altri dettagli
Its interior houses the remains of the hermitage dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Currently only one dwelling is preserved, but until not many years ago there was still another at the opposite end of the rock shelter. Both dwellings and the rock shelter have given shelter, peace and solitude to people who practiced the eremitic life – many of them women – even in very recent times.
Storia
According to the Patronat de la Muntanya de Montserrat, the hermitage of Santa Caterina was built in the 17th century next to the ruins of the old hermitage of Sant Pere, which was demolished in the year 1677. But the abbot Pedro de Burgos (1463-1536), who was abbot of Montserrat between 1512-1536, already mentions the hermitage of Santa Caterina in writings, locating it under a rock, (not to be confused with Pedro de Burgos y Valle 1629-1633). The place was known as l'ocellera de Montserrat due to the large number of birds that were in this spot. We also have the unpublished work of father Miquel Solsona, who was a Benedictine monk between 1585-1618; he mentions that the ruined hermitage of Sant Pere is within a crossbow shot of the hermitage of Santa Caterina.
Commenti degli utenti (0)
Nessun commento ancora.
Sii il primo a condividere la tua esperienza!
Esplorazioni registrate (0)
Nessuna esplorazione registrata.
Registra la tua visita a questa grotta!
Bibliografia
- Totes les dades, topografia i fotografia han estat extretes del web: geb.cat (del Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona). Apunt del 2-10-2024. Dades: Ferran Cardona (ECMB) i Josep Cuenca (GEB). Topografia realitzada per J. Ferreres, J. de Valles i G. Aymamí (2015)
- Dades històriques (Real Academia de la Historia).
Grotte vicine
Fonte: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modificato. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/