La calida llum de la calma / Quiet balmy light
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto presa amb una Hasselblad SWC, fabricada el 1976; pel·licula Ilford Delta 100, revelada "stand" amb Rodinal.
A la banda sud del monestir medieval es troba una preciosa galeria feta construir per la familia Casas en convertir l'edifici en residencia d'estiueig. Val a dir que és una porxada magnífica per passar-hi una tarda llegint o parlant.
Una visita al antic monestir benedictí de Sant Benet de Bàges, fundat al s. IX, tot i que destruit pels sarrains el 1114 i refet completament en estil romànic. El 1593 fou unit al monestir de Montserrat, que hi envià monjos, especialment els ancians, fins al 1835, en que fou liquidat per la desamortització.
El 1907 la mare del pintor Ramon Casas comprà les ruines per a fer-ne una casa d'estiueig.
www.monestirs.cat/monst/bages/ba28bene.htm
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monestir_de_Sant_Benet_de_Bages
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Picture taken with a Hasselblad SWC, made in 1976; Ilford Delta 100 film, stand developed in Rodinal.
In the southward looking side of the former abbey, the Casas family adapted this gallery as a relaxing spot. I must say it's a very beautiful place to stay, and has links to the Catalan traditional galleries in manor houses. The most famous of the owners was the painter Ramon Casas, who spend many holidays here.
The beautiful romanesque abbey of Sant Benet de Bages, near Manresa, was founded in the IX Century but destroyed by the muslims in 1114. It was rebuilt later in romanesque style. In 1593 was put under the control of the larger Montserrat abbey until 1835, when all monastic communities where eliminated. It was sacked and abandoned till 1907, when the mother of the Catalan painter Ramon Casas bought it as a residence (it was owned by the family till 2000, and then fully restored).
La calida llum de la calma / Quiet balmy light
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto presa amb una Hasselblad SWC, fabricada el 1976; pel·licula Ilford Delta 100, revelada "stand" amb Rodinal.
A la banda sud del monestir medieval es troba una preciosa galeria feta construir per la familia Casas en convertir l'edifici en residencia d'estiueig. Val a dir que és una porxada magnífica per passar-hi una tarda llegint o parlant.
Una visita al antic monestir benedictí de Sant Benet de Bàges, fundat al s. IX, tot i que destruit pels sarrains el 1114 i refet completament en estil romànic. El 1593 fou unit al monestir de Montserrat, que hi envià monjos, especialment els ancians, fins al 1835, en que fou liquidat per la desamortització.
El 1907 la mare del pintor Ramon Casas comprà les ruines per a fer-ne una casa d'estiueig.
www.monestirs.cat/monst/bages/ba28bene.htm
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monestir_de_Sant_Benet_de_Bages
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Picture taken with a Hasselblad SWC, made in 1976; Ilford Delta 100 film, stand developed in Rodinal.
In the southward looking side of the former abbey, the Casas family adapted this gallery as a relaxing spot. I must say it's a very beautiful place to stay, and has links to the Catalan traditional galleries in manor houses. The most famous of the owners was the painter Ramon Casas, who spend many holidays here.
The beautiful romanesque abbey of Sant Benet de Bages, near Manresa, was founded in the IX Century but destroyed by the muslims in 1114. It was rebuilt later in romanesque style. In 1593 was put under the control of the larger Montserrat abbey until 1835, when all monastic communities where eliminated. It was sacked and abandoned till 1907, when the mother of the Catalan painter Ramon Casas bought it as a residence (it was owned by the family till 2000, and then fully restored).