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Olesa de Montserrat

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Country
  
Spain

Comarca
  
Baix Llobregat

Area
  
16.6 km²

Local time
  
Friday 2:24 AM

Community
  
Catalonia

Elevation
  
124 m

Population
  
23,543 (2014)

Province
  
Province of Barcelona

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Website
  
www.olesamontserrat.cat

Weather
  
6°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 74% Humidity

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Olesa de Montserrat is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Llobregat, in Catalonia, Spain.

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Map of Olesa de Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain

Olesa de Montserrat is well known around the nearby places because of its olive oil and textile production, but especially because of its world-famous Passion play (La Passió d'Olesa), first documented in 1538. It achieved a world record in 1996, with 726 persons acting onstage at the same time.

Main sights

  • Torre del Relotge
  • Monastery of Sant Pere Sacama
  • Rural chapel of Sant Salvador de les Espases
  • Twin towns

  • Nonantola, Italy
  • Weingarten, Germany
  • References

    Olesa de Montserrat Wikipedia