Poblet Monastery

The Sanctuary of the Virgin of Montserrat was built in the modernist style in two phases: from 1925 to 1931 and from 1984 to 1999. The first construction phase was carried out according to the project of Josep Maria Jujol, a close collaborator of Antoni Gaudí. More than 50 years after the work was halted due to a lack of funds, the architect Joan Bassegoda i Nonell took charge of the completion of the building.

Tarragona Cathedral was built on a hill with a monastery on the site of a Roman temple, of which columns still remain in the courtyard of the monastery. It was built in early Gothic style after early Romanesque beginnings, and the consecration of the church, which was unfinished due to the plague, took place in 1331. In 1250 the construction of the dome began and from 1277 the façade. After the consecration of the church in 1331, construction continued until the 18th century with chapels in Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque style.

The Old Cathedral of Lleida was built between 1203 and 1278 in the Romanesque style, but its tower and main door are from the 15th century and were therefore built in Gothic. In 1707 the cathedral became a military barracks and a new cathedral was built from 1761 to 1781. After decades of neglect, the cathedral became a prison under Franco during the Spanish Civil War and was restored from the 1950s onwards.