Tour Gerri de la Sal Monastary

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Guided tour by local historian.
The monastery was founded in 807, and its community adhered to the Benedictine rule in 839. Located in the diocese of Urgell, the monastery contributed to the evangelization of the territory, which had been recently conquered by the Christians from the Moors. In 1996 the monastery was put under the director protection the Popes, and depended from the Abbey of St. Victor of Marseille.
In 1190 all the monastery’s possession went under the protection of King Alfonso II of Aragon, and, thanks to numerous donations in the 12th-14th centuries, including the cave monastery of Sant Pere de les Maleses, it became the richest foundation in the county of Urgell. Later it decayed, until, in 1835, it was secularized.
Admission is free, a small donation to the church is recommended.