Sanctuary of the Virgin of Montserrat

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 Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet is a Cistercian abbey founded in 1151. It was the royal pantheon of the Kingdom of Aragon from the end of the 14th century until the extinction of the Royal House of Aragon in the 15th century. Abandoned in 1835, its restoration began in 1930, and in 1935, the church could again be dedicated to worship. In 1991, the Poblet Monastery was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

In 1025, Oliba, Abbot of Ripoll and Bishop of Vic, founded a new monastery at the hermitage of Santa Maria de Montserrat. In 1409 the monastery of Montserrat became an independent abbey. From 1493 to 1835 Montserrat went through a period of growth as part of the Valladolid Congregation. During the Spanish Civil War, the monastery was abandoned but the government saved Montserrat from being sacked or ruined. Now Montserrat has been modernised to attend to the needs of current pilgrims.