Poblet Monastery
A Cistercian monastery founded in 1151 in the hills of Catalonia, and one of the largest in Europe. It served as the royal burial place of the kings of Aragon, and its cloister and walls survive well.
- Where
- Vimbodí i Poblet, Catalonia, Spain
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 41.3808, 1.0825
Get the Poblet Monastery stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Poblet Monastery. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Catalonia volume with your photos and a note.
Near Poblet Monastery
Tarragona Cathedral 33 km
The Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Saint Thecla, standing in the highest part of Tarragona as seat of the archdiocese. It was built on a site that had earlier held a Roman temple. Its Romanesque and Gothic cloister is a highlight.
Roman Tarraco 33 km
The remains of the Roman city of Tarraco, once the capital of a large province of Hispania. Its amphitheatre above the sea, its circus, forum and city walls are scattered through modern Tarragona.
Montserrat 66 km
A jagged mountain range near Barcelona, its name meaning serrated mountain. The rock needles rise to over 1,200 metres, and hiking trails and a rack railway lead to the monastery set high on the slope.
Montserrat Abbey 67 km
A Benedictine abbey high on the Montserrat mountain, home to the Black Madonna known as La Moreneta. Pilgrims come to see her, and the boys' choir here is one of the oldest in Europe.
Church of Colònia Güell 79 km
An unfinished work by Antoni Gaudí, built as a place of worship for the workers of a company town near Barcelona. Only the crypt was completed, with slanting stone columns and rough brick vaults. Gaudí tested many ideas here that he later used in the Sagrada Família.
Tibidabo 87 km
The highest hill of the Serra de Collserola above Barcelona, at 512 metres. A church crowns its summit, an old amusement park sits just below, and the views reach across the city to the sea.
Camp Nou 87 km
The home stadium of FC Barcelona since 1957, and the largest football stadium in Europe. It is being rebuilt and enlarged, and the club museum is one of the most visited in Catalonia.
Barcelona Pavilion 89 km
A small modernist pavilion on Montjuïc, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich for the 1929 International Exposition. It was taken down after the fair, and a reconstruction opened in 1986.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Catalonia
Questions
Where is Poblet Monastery?
Poblet Monastery is in Vimbodí i Poblet, Catalonia, Spain. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Tarragona Cathedral (33 km), Roman Tarraco (33 km), Montserrat (66 km).
How do I get the Poblet Monastery stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Poblet Monastery and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Catalonia volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Poblet Monastery before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Catalonia volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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