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The world’s biggest nativity has been staged with more than 900 people putting on a show to celebrate the birth of baby Jesus. A spectacular event of Biblical proportions took place against the stunning backdrop of the Santa Maria de Montserrat abbey in the Montserrate Mountains close to Barcelona.<\/p>\n
Romans, shepherds, wise men and of course Mary and Joseph and baby Jesus all starred in massive production staged by the Federation of Living Nativity Scenes of Catalonia.<\/p>\n
As these photographs show, the impressive mountains and historic abbey made for an amazing stage for the event that drew crowds of thousands.<\/p>\n
According to news channel 5 TeleCino the nativity “commemorates the 800th anniversary of the first nativity scene in history by Saint Francis of Assisi in Italy”.<\/p>\n
READ MORE… <\/strong> Chainsaw-wielding olive oil gangs chop down trees as 260,000l of fake oil seized<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00c0ngels Serentill, president of the Federation of Pessebres Vivents de Catalunya, told the channel: “The idea was to bring together 800 people to celebrate it, but we have even surpassed it.<\/p>\n Mr Serentill said “everyone was excited” adding “normally there is an audience, but this time it will overflow the mountain.”<\/p>\n The president continued he didn’t know of another nativity that had featured so many people this year but that moving so many people around was a “complication”.<\/p>\n In all 34 separate nativity plays have joined forces to stage the spectacular event.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/spain-nativity-record-5105705.jpg?r=1702041931448\")
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