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Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou
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The abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou (Catalan: Sant Martí del Canigó) is a monastery built in 1009 in the Pyrenees of Northern Catalonia on Canigou mountain in present-day southern France near the Spanish border.
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Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou | |
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![]() Saint-Martin-du-Canigou | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
District | Prades |
Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Monastery |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | near Casteil, Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon region, France |
Municipality | Casteil |
State | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Geographic coordinates | 42.528144°N 2.400892°E / 42.528144; 2.400892 |
Architecture | |
Type | Abbey church |
Style | Romanesque |
Groundbreaking | 1005[1] |
Completed | 1009[1] |
Designated as NHL | Monument historique (1889) |
Website | |
http://stmartinducanigou.org/ |
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Pau Casals wrote a composition entitled "Sant Martí del Canigó" for Orchestra.