Pyrenees Guide

Saint Andre Abbey - There are places where civilisations are born and Saint Andre is one of these. Charlemagne, if not his son the emperor Louis le Pieux were the protectors of the abbey. Later, it would be the lords of the Roussillon region and the Kings of Aragon who were benefactors of this masterpiece of ...

Saint Martin du Canigou Abbey - The Saint Martin du Canigou abbey is one of the first Romanesque buildings in the Pyrenees Orientales. The crypt is the oldest part of the Abbey, which was founded by Count Guilfred Cabreta. Consecrated in 1009, it is built on a slope of the Canigou amongst trees, shrubs and flowers and wild ...

Saint Michel de Cuxa Abbey - Three kilometres of Prades is Saint Michel de Cuxa (Catalan: Sant Miquel de Cuixa), a Benedictine Catalan abbey (one of the loveliest in the country) located on the territory of the commune of Codalet, in the Pyrenees-Orientales departement, in southwestern France. It was an important cultural ...