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Montferri is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Camp, province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It is home to the sanctuary of Mare de Déu de Montserrat (Our Lady of Monsterrat), a small Modernist church by Josep Maria Jujol

Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert (1879 –1949) was a Catalan architect. Jujol's wide field of activity ranged from furniture designs and painting, to architecture. He worked with Antoni Gaudí on many of his most famous works. Among his projects are Casa Batlló, Casa Milà, Park Güell, and Our Lady of Montserrat, and among his design styles are Modernisme and Art Nouveau

Montserrat Sanctuary (full name: Our Lady of Montserrat Sanctuary Santuari de la Mare de Déu de Montserrat), Montferri, Alt Camp, Province of Tarragona, 1926-1935 (unfinished)

Metal gargoyles

Jujol became acquainted with Antoni Gaudí through their mutual friend, Dr. Santaló. Gaudí soon worked in partnership with Jujol. Their first project together was Casa Batlló. It is speculated in Jujol's biography that he had a great influence on Gaudí's use of colour and shapes. However, this is not for certain. In any case, Gaudí had great respect for Jujol's views and entrusted him as a collaborator on his projects for many years.

Metal gargoyle

Jujol , in his early years, was an

important collaborator

(1906–10) with Gaudí, with

whom he formed the studio of the Sagrada Familia.

Among Gaudí's works (in the creation of which he had a significant part) the Casa Batlló (1904–6), the Casa Milá (1901–10), and the Parque Güell (1900–14), all in Barcelona, and the choir of Palma Cathedral, Mallorca (1904–14), may be cited.

Jujol was the obvious choice to

complete La Sagrada

Família after Gaudí carelessly

stepped in front of a tram in 1926 – but he never got

the job, apparently too

modest to shoulder his way to the front of the

queue.

Never mind, you can discover

Jujol's own mini "Sagrada

Família" – and these ones have

even been finished

Metal gargoyle

Again, it was built on a budget but unfortunately this time money ran out. Work was started in 1926 but stopped a few years later. The church was not completed until the 90s, long after Jujol's death in 1949 but to his original plans.

Hundreds of tiny heart-shaped red and yellow windows circle the walls and dozens of metal gargoyles fit for a Tim Burton film glower menacingly down

Stubby finger-shaped vaults

around the central tower are intended to recall

the peaks of mystical, spiritual Montserrat, just

north of Barcelona.

Jujol started to built in 1926 but he left it without finishing it. The town council took up again the

works of the Sanctuary, the 16th

July 1990.

The story begins in the 20s The Jesuit Daniel María Vives, son of Montferri, who lived in the cave of San Ignacio de Manresa, wrote one day while praying in the chapel of the Shrine of moreneta Montserrat, thought this hill Montferri a shrine dedicated was necessary the Black Madonna to bring the Virgin of Montserrat to the people of Tarragona.

When he was awarded the field, called the architect José María Jujol Tarragona, disciple and collaborator of Gaudí, and commissioned the project of this Shrine, the first stone was laid in November 1925.

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Sound: Montserrat Figueras - El Cant de la Sibilla