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Text and photos by Michel Azéma

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Funicular Santa Cova

The funicular of Santa Cova was built in 1929 to make easier the access to the stations of the Cross, and the Santa Cova chapel, which are at a lower level than the Monastery.

The main characteristic of this funicular is the shape of the two wooden cabins which are composed of 5 compartments with 5 roofs arranged as stairs. The compartments, at each end of the cabins, contain a small separated area for the conductor.

 
The top station of the funicular Santa Cova.
Above the building you can make out the top station of the funicular Sant Joan at the top of the gorge between the rocks.
  The track of this funicular is curved on most of the length of the line.

One cabin in the bottom station near the beginning of the stations of the Cross.


The engine room in the top station.
As for the funicular Sant Joan, the machinery is unchanged since the the first use.
 
   
Note the funny 'box' for the conductor inside the first compartment of the cabin.


The station at the bottom of the line.
TECHNICAL DATAS
Status

public

 Current state

 

 Start

1929

End

...

Type of funicular

Type of tracks

Type of energy

Bottom Station
Santa Cova
Top Station

Monastir

 

 

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