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The founding of the monastery of Ripoll by Wilfred the Hairy

Ripoll, Ripollès, Girona

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The founding of the monastery of Ripoll by Wilfred the Hairy

Historical milestone · Ripoll, Ripollès, Girona

Image of Ripoll, not of the place itself.

Count Guifré el Pilós repopulated the Ripoll valley and built the Monasterio de Santa Maria, consecrated in 888; the monastery became the pantheon of the Counts of Barcelona and the great cultural center of nascent Catalonia.

879-888

Photo: José Luis Filpo Cabana (CC BY 3.0)

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