Eastern Pyrenees

The eastern Pyrenees rise above the valleys of Conflent and Cerdanya, their steep ridges and high pastures enclosing routes between mountain communities. On a rocky spur of Canigou stands the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Martin, founded by Count Guifred of Cerdanya. Its church was consecrated in 1009, and the monastery became a striking landmark among the mountains of northern Catalonia.