 Virgina and Child, Santa Maria in Monserrato Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, the national church of the Spanish, is dedicated to the Madonna of Montserrat, an ancient and a much venerated image of the Virgin, which is located in a shrine on the mountain of Montserrat near Barcelona. Montserrat translates as 'saw mountain' (serrated, as in the common handsaw), hence the presence of a fret-saw in the sculpture above the entrance to the church.  Santa Maria in Monserrato  Madonna of Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain Comments are closed.
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