Montserrat celebrates thousand years of history of the Abbey, when in 1025 Abbot Oliba, Abbot of Ripoll and Bishop of Vic, sent a group of monks to form a small community on the mountain of Montserrat.
This year marks a transcendental milestone for the Monastery of Montserrat: the beginning of the celebration of its Millennium.
For a millennium it has been and continues to be a spiritual and cultural reference, attracting pilgrims and visitors from all over the world.
Throughout these thousand years, Montserrat has witnessed great historical events and has played a fundamental role in the religious and cultural life of Catalonia, becoming a world-renowned place of pilgrimage and devotion.