Pla de Mallorca Golden Lands

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Pla de Mallorca
Golden Lands
Index
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15 The Pla Area’s
Municipalities
17 Historical-Cultural
Introduction
Presentation
Introduction
Maria de la Salut
Montuïri
21 The Zone’s Features
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Algaida
Ariany
Costitx
Lloret de
Vistalegre
45 Cultural Routes
59 Bicycle Tourist Routes
Markets, Fairs,
and Holidays
Accommodation
Porreres
Sant Joan
Santa Eugènia
Sencelles
Sineu
Vilafranca de
Bonany
Bibliography
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Routes
65 Gastronomic Routes
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How to arrive...
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Llubí
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Petra
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How to arrive…
Pla de Mallorca
Palma
Pla de Mallorca
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> By Car
Palma – Algaida, Motorway:
Ma-15 / Palma – Sineu, MA-3011.
> By Train
Intermodal Station of Palma.
Train: Palma – Inca / Sa Pobla (Llubí) / Manacor.
Plaça d’Espanya, s/n. Palma.
Balearic Islands Transport Authority
(TIB) Information: 971 177 777. http://tib.caib.es
> By Bus
Lines 300 and 400.
Balearic Islands Transport Authority
(TIB) Information: http://tib.caib.es
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The Pla District occupies the central region of Mallorca, in the
geological depression located between the mountain ranges of
Serra de Tramuntana and the Serres de Llevant, which comprises
the municipalities of: Algaida, Ariany, Costitx, Lloret de Vistalegre, Llubí, Maria de la Salut, Montuïri, Petra, Porreres, Santa
Eugènia, Sant Joan, Sencelles, Sineu, and Vilafranca de Bonany:
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Art, culture, tradition and nature
Dear Travellers, in this travel guide, you will find all sorts of
information about the towns and lands that comprise Pla
de Mallorca: Its information includes the historical origins of
the Pla de Mallorca and each of the towns that comprise it
as well as different routes which will allow you to personally
experience the essence of the district’s rich natural and
cultural heritage Likewise, we offer you a wide range of
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Restaurant and Hotel/Accommodation services to assure that
your visit to these towns will be unforgettable.
We are sure that you will fall in love with the culture and the
traditions of this island’s interior region; hence we warmly
welcome you to discover the other Mallorca.
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Presentation
Presentation
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Introduction
to the Pla de Mallorca Municipal Association
The Pla de Mallorca Municipal Association (Mancomunitat Pla
de Mallorca) was founded as a public organization in 1982 with
the aim to coordinate the treatment of solid wastes from all the
district’s municipalities. As time passed, the entity has evolved
and expanded its objectives with the aim to facilitate the Town
Halls’ management in specific areas and improve the quality of
life for the district’s inhabitants.
The data for the Municipal Association Information Office is
shown below:
C/ L’Hospital, 28 – 07520 Petra
Tel. 971 830441 / Fax 971 830440
Timetable: Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 15:00.
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The geomorphology models a landscape, which although it is the
name of the district, it is not exactly a plain. On the other hand, we
highlight the existence of different mountainous hills that offer spectacular panoramic views of the district such as the Randa Hill (Puig de
Randa). In addition, several of them are protected by the Law of Natural and Special Interest Areas, such as the Bonany Hill (Puig de Bonany).
>> Sencelles Landscape
The other common factor is their dedication to agriculture. In the
Pla region, the dominant crops are cereals, non-citric fruit trees, and
forage. Although agriculture has suffered a major decline, we can
discover a remarkable amount of architectural ruins in the Pla de
Mallorca lands which reflects its major importance throughout its
history. The maximum exponent and unmistakeable symbol of this
agricultural exploitation are the “possessions” (possessions or country
estates), the farmhouses where all the tasks related to agriculture
and cattle raising were carried out. Although at present, very few
possessions maintain the active exploitation of their resources, these
elegant Estate houses are the jewels of rural Mallorca that should be
conserved. We can highlight, among many others, Albenya (Algaida),
Defla (Sineu), Sant Martí d’Alanzell (Vilafranca de Bonany), Sa Bastida
(Sant Joan), Son Joan Arnau (Lloret de Vistalegre), or Tagamanent
(Montuïri). Furthermore, in the Pla district villages, we can find
many other buildings related to agricultural operations and its main
economic activity until just recently: Flour mills, wells, waterwheels,
rainwater cisterns, etc.
In reference to the architecture of the Pla Municipalities, we highlight
the importance of the Parish Churches. In addition to being one of
the main elements that influenced the popular traditions and the
sociocultural life style of the Pla villages (many of the holiday festivities
have a religious origin), the Church has also been a determining
factor in the architectural evolution of these towns. The Parish Church
constitutes the most important building in each of the Municipalities
due to its historical and artistic value, and in some cases, such as
the Churches of Sineu, Petra, or Porreres, they are noted for their
antiquity. The majority of the small city centres of the Pla de Mallorca
grew under the shadow these buildings. Besides the Churches, there
are many other buildings that permanently remind us of the major
importance that religion and worship have had: Municipal border
crosses, rectories, convents/monasteries, sanctuaries, and chapels/
hermitages, etc.
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The Pla de Mallorca zone is comprised by fourteen municipalities
(Algaida, Ariany, Costitx, Lloret de Vistalegre, Llubí, Maria de la Salut,
Montuïri, Petra, Porreres, Santa Eugènia, Sant Joan, Sencelles, Sineu
and Vilafranca de Bonany) which are primarily drawn together and
united by two strongly defined common factors: The geomorphology
and agriculture.
Introduction
The Pla Area’s Municipalities
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The Muslim territorial organization separated the city (only one in
the entire island, Madina Mayurqa) and the rural zone. The rural
area was grouped and there were five major population centres
classified as urban centres (the only one of these cities which
is located inside the current Pla de Mallorca is Yiynau, currently
Sineu). The rest of the rural zone had a scattered population
which inhabited the exploitation centres, which means, the
farmhouses and the country estates. The territory was divided
into thirteen districts or “juz” and the current Pla District partially
participated in the old districts of Murûh (Maria and Llubí)
Canarrossa (Santa Eugènia, Sencelles, and Costitx) and Muntuy
(Montuïri and Algaida), as well as Yiynau-Bitra (Sineu-Petra),
which is completely integrated within the Pla district.
As a result of the Catalonian conquest in 1229, the Christian
rulers conserved the city-rural duality in the territorial organization
of Mallorca, but they eliminated its division into districts. Initially,
the Christian rural zone was organized around the small churches
which were built from the outset of the Conquest. Four of these
Churches were built in Pla de Mallorca: Santa Maria of Sineu, Sant
Pere of Petra, Santa Maria i Sant Pere of Montuïri, and Sant Pere of
Sencelles.
In 1300, King Jaume II enacted the “Ordenacions” (Ordinances
for the civil organization of the territory) and this gave rise to the
founding of eleven new cities. Consequently, the villages of Sineu,
Petra, and Porreres were added to the pre-existing villages of Petra,
Sant Joan, Porreres, and Algaida.
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The presence of settlers since 2000 B.C. means that the Pla area
has numerous Archaeological sites from different time periods.
The Talayots are the main source of material evidence. In the zone,
we highlight the Talayot village of Son Fornés in Montuïri, and the
Sanctuary of Son Corró de Costitx (where bronze bull heads have
been found).
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This duality was institutionally reflected; consequently the “Consell
de la Part Forana” (Village Affairs Council) assembled in the Inca
Parish Church and the Sineu Palace every other year. This balance was
respected at the time of electing the maximum representation of the
zone which were ruled by the two so-called Síndics Clavaris– one for
the Mountain and one for the Plain.
Based on the tax collection registers, this division lasted well
into the 19th Century. The Sindicat could impose fees for
their own maintenance and also collected the Kingdom’s
tax revenues in the rural zone and for the services that they
provided to the Crown.
Even in those times, it was possible to note two
socioeconomic realities. On the one hand, the mountain
The Revolta dels Forans (1450-1453) and the Germania Revolt
(1521-1523) were both struggles caused by the same problems; they
separated rural Mallorca from the development that took place in the
modern and contemporary periods. Following this phenomenon, the
majority of the peasant land-owner’s property passed into the hands
of the citizens.
In the 17th and 18th Centuries, the villages of the Pla district,
the same as the peasant community were threatened by a crisis
of subsistence, with poor harvests, increased mortality rates, and
“bandolerisme„ (highway bandits) which arose due to the social
discontent. The Sindicat de Fora ended up as a simple tax collection
agency maintained by the Bourbon Monarchy even after the
elimination of the Kingdom’s traditional institutions.
In the 19th Century and the first half of the 20th Century, the Pla
Municipalities continued to supply the essential agricultural products.
Solely, the village of Porreres and its municipality were the exception.
With an abundance that was already amazing in the 18th Century
due to the linen fields that they maintained in production, the
population of Porreres was almost equivalent to Sineu. However,
in the second half of the 18th Century and in the 19th Century,
Porreres participated in the introduction of viticulture and wine/liquor
manufacture and it became the most populated city in the Pla district
at the end of the 19th Century.
In the 20th Century, tourism, the leisure industry, and the activities
directly related to them became the main basis of the island economy
with major benefits for the coastal zones, which consequently left
the traditional production system of the interior villages obsolete and
impoverished.
At present and in recent years, interior tourism has led to the rebirth
of Mallorca’s rural zones. In this sense, the Pla has benefited from its
practically untouched landscape, its traditions, and the last images
of peasant life which can still be found in its lands, which have
consequently become a major tourist attraction.
Introduction
The district’s division in the Christian age probably dates
back to the period of Pere IV, a time of maturity for the
supramunicipal organization of the Mallorcan rural area with
the Sindicat de Fora (Village Representative Body) . Besides
the city, the villages were grouped into two large areas: el
Pla (the Plains) and la Muntanya (Mountains). Consequently,
the Pla comprised the municipal boundaries of Sineu (with
Lloret), Algaida, Porreres, Montuïri, Sant Joan, Petra (with
Vilafranca and Ariany), Muro (with Llubí), Santa Margalida
(with Maria de la Salut), Artà (with Capdepera and Son
Servera), Manacor (with Sant Llorenç des Cardassar),
Felanitx, Santanyí (with Ses Salines), Campos, and Llucmajor.
Within the generalized poverty, the Pla district played a key role as supplier of primary staple products. Thus, lands such as Petra, Sineu, Sant
Joan, or Montuïri became the largest wheat production zone, complemented by vineyards, fig trees, as well as pig and sheep ranching.
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and its surrounding area specialized in an economy based on olive
oil production, organized around the trading centre of Inca which
opened its market every Thursday, and on the other hand, it had a
cereal-based economy, predominantly in Pla with its trading centre in
Sineu which celebrated their market every Wednesday.
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For his part, King Sanç of Mallorca promoted the
autonomous rural organization as opposed to the city,
granting the villages a one-third representation in the
Kingdom’s Assembly of Mallorca, also called the Great or
General Council.
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Geography
The Pla District includes the municipalities of the central depression
of Mallorca and occupies approximately 600 km2, 21.56% of the
island’s surface area.
The most central section has a significant geological complexity
with overlapping folds of soil with different ages and lithology,
mountains and valleys. The majority of the zone’s land oscillates
between heights from 50 to 150 metres, while the Mountain
heights usually do not exceed 300 metres. The highest peak in the
district is the Randa Hill (Puig de Randa), which has a height of 548
metres.
In reference to the Pla Hydrology, the district is crossed by diverse
streams and tributaries which flow towards the Bay of Alcúdia
(the streams of Son Bauló, Son Real, and na Borges), towards the
Albufera (fresh water lake) of Alcúdia (the streams of Muro and
Sant Miquel), towards the Bay of Palma (by means of the riverbed
system of Punxuat – Canyon (barranc) of Sa Talaia, the Canyon of
Son Gual and others), or from the Campos depression (a series of
waterways that flow into the Son Barbut stream, a tributary of the
Son Xorc stream). There are also two major subterranean aquifers:
The one in the Sa Pobla – Muro plain (which extends in the district
of Raiguer and the Western part of Pla de Mallorca), and the one
in Sa Marineta (in the Southeastern part of the Bay of Alcúdia,
which has now become difficult for human usage since it is easily
salinated).
Climate
It has a typical Mediterranean climate, with a hot dry period during
the Summer and cold wet Winters. The rainfall primarily appears
in Autumn, the same as in the rest of Mallorca. Nevertheless,
Pla has several specific characteristics: The thermal oscillation is
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Flora
The effects of the Summer drought in the Pla lands make it
extremely difficult for plants with tender leaves to survive. The
typical plant communities of the zone which comprise its natural
landscape are the holm-oak, the kermes oak, or the wild olive trees.
We highlight several zones where the Pla’s natural vegetation
can be found: The mountains of Randa, Son Seguí, Bonany, Sant
Miquel, and Sant Nofre, as well as the Comuna of Lloret or the
na Borges zone. All these areas have a major natural beauty and
are currently protected by the Law of Natural Spaces which has
classified them as Natural Areas of Special Interest (ANEI).
Population
Although it is true that the Pla District is one of Mallorca’s least
populated zones, the demographic data shows that it has
experienced a small population growth in recent years. Based
on the data collected by the Statistics Institute of the Balearic
Islands, the population of the Pla de Mallorca has grown from
approximately 28,000 inhabitants in 1996 to around 32,600
inhabitants which were officially recorded in 2005.
To a certain degree, the population has increased due to the arrival
of people from other Autonomous Communities of Spain and even
from other countries. In addition, the demographic figures have
risen due to the trend, especially in recent years, to flee from the
cities in search of peace and quiet and a better quality of life.
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considerable since the interior layout of the district diminishes the
moderating effects of the sea, hence fogs are common and intense
precipitation can take place (as in other points of the island) which
can exceed 200 mm in a few hours.
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Weekly Markets
One of the most outstanding socioeconomic features
is the weekly markets which are held in the towns that
comprise the Pla de Mallorca. Among them, the most
relevant is undoubtedly the Sineu Market which is
celebrated every Wednesday in the Plaça d’es Fossar and
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the town’s major streets. It is Mallorca’s only live animal
market. It has a very ancient origin; records show it dates
back to the year 1252, and it enjoyed the privilege of a
Royal Market (Mercadal) issued by King Jaume II in 1306.
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Tuesday:
· Llubí (in the Plaça de la Carretera)
· Pina (in sa Plaça)
· Porreres (in the Plaça de la Vila)
Wednesday: · Petra (location: carrer Ample)
· Sencelles (in the Plaça Nova)
· Sineu (in the Plaça des Fossar)
· Vilafranca de Bonany (in the Plaça Major, on
Wednesdays, except for holidays).)
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>> Santa Eugènia Fair
· Ariany (in sa Plaça)
· Sant Joan (location: carrer des Mestre Mas)
Friday:
· Algaida (in the Plaça d’Algaida)
· Maria de la Salut (in the Plaça des Pou)
Saturday:
· Costitx (in the Plaça de la Mare de Déu)
· Santa Eugènia (location: carrer Escoles)
Fairs and Holidays
There are numerous fairs and local holidays which take place in
the Pla de Mallorca Municipalities throughout the entire year. We
highlight the Patron Saint Holidays of Saint Bartomeu in Montuïri
(24th of August) and Saint Honorat (16th of January), the Patron
Saint of Algaida. The most renowned tourist attraction of both
festivities is the cossiers which forms part of an ancient tradition
that dates back to the 14th Century in Mallorca. The dancers are
three pairs of men and a lady, all dressed in white. The traditional
cossiers costumes feature dangling images of saints, wide skirt, and
sashes. They carry silk handkerchiefs and branches of basil in their
hands. Correspondingly, the lady carries small bells in her hands.
They are accompanied by musicians that play the flageolet (flabiol)
and small drum (tamborí). On the other hand, the Demon provides a
delightfully festive and humorous element, especially for children.
The Melon Festival has been celebrated in Vilafranca de Bonany on
the first Saturday of September since 1994. The purpose of this fair
is to promote the local products made in the Municipality, such as
handicrafts and the products made with melons. In recent years, it
also celebrates the largest melon competition.
Since 2000, the Sunday before the traditional Saint Catalina Fair (on
the 25th of November, if it falls on Tuesday or the following Tuesday),
the Honey Fair of Llubí is celebrated. It serves as a marketplace and
showcase for all the products and equipment related to apiculture.
This Honey Fair of Llubí attracts the participation of the majority of
beekeepers from Mallorca, Menorca and the Pitiusas. It includes
delicious foods, information stands, and/or the sale of products
related to the honey-bee sector.
>> Calendar of Fairs and Holidays:
January:
· 16/01 Saint Honorat: Algaida
· 17/01 Saint Antoni: Ariany, Lloret, Llubí, Maria,
Montuïri, Petra, Pina, Porreres, Sant Joan, Santa
Eugènia, Sencelles, Sineu and Vilafranca
· Saturday after Saint Antoni, Blessing of the
Animals: Biniali, Porreres and Sencelles
· 20/01 Saint Sebastià: Costitx
· Lloret de Vistalegre (in the Plaça de l’Església)
· Montuïri (in the Plaça Major)
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· 11/02 La Mare de Déu de Lourdes
(Our Lady of Lourdes): Santa Eugènia
· 27/02 Sor Francinaina Cirer: Sencelles
· Holy Week, Processions: Sineu
· Holy Friday, descent to Consolació Sanctuary:
Sant Joan
· Easter Sunday, Procesión de l’Encontre
(Procession): Maria, Montuïri and Santa Eugènia
· 3rd Easter Holiday (Tuesday),
Carnival: · Carnival Saturday Sa Rua: Algaida, Lloret,
Porreres, Sant Joan, Santa Eugènia, Sencelles
and Villafranca
- Visit to the Pau de Castellitx Chapel: Algaida
· Festa des Siurell (Holiday): Llubí
· Carnival Sunday, Sa Rua: Vilafranca
- Visit to the Chapel Ermita de la Verge
Poderosa: Sineu
· Tuesday after Carnival, Burial of the Sardine:
Vilafranca
· Cataracta – Mundi: Porreres
- Pancaridad in the Caseta de ses Monges:
Sencelles
March:
· One Sunday in Spring Nature Holiday: Lloret
· 4th Sunday of Lent, Festa des Pa i es Peix
(Bread and Fish Holiday): Sant Joan
- Pancaridad in the Chapel of Son Seguí:
Santa Eugènia
· Mascarada del Jai Carnal (Masquerade)
and la Jaia Quaresma (Lent): Porreres
· Fair: Porreres
- Visit to the Chapel of Saint Miquel: Montuïri
- Visit to Bonany: Ariany, Maria de la Salud,
Manacor, Petra ,Sant Joan and Vilafranca
- Festa de l’Ermita (Chapel Holiday):
Llubí
· Sunday after Easter,
Visit to the Chapel of Monti-sion: Porreres
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February: · 05/02 Saint Àgueda: Sencelles
Easter: Pla de Mallorca
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July:
· 1st Weekend: Pina’s Festes d’Estiu
(Summer Holidays): Pina
· 10/07 Saint Cristòfol: Biniali and Sant Joan
April:
· 3rd Sunday, Agriculture and Cattle Trade Fair:
Santa Eugènia
· 25/04 Saint Marc: Sineu
· 16/07 La Verge del Carme
(Our Lady of Carmen): Ruberts-Sencelles
· Last sunday paellas in Es Fossar: Sineu
· 21/07 Saint Pràxedes: Petra
May:
· 01/05 Fair of Costitx: Costitx
· 25/07 Saint Jaume: Algaida
· 03/05 Blessing of Fruits in Cura: Algaida
· 1st Sunday, Fira de Maig (May Fair): Sineu
· Last Sunday, Festa de la Independència
Municipal (Municipal Independence Holiday):
Ariany
· 2nd Sunday, Religious Pilgrimage:
Romería de Sa Casa Blanca: Sencelles
· Late July or Early August:
- La Beata: Vilafranca
· 2nd Sunday, Fair: Lloret
August: · 01/08 Saint Feliu: Llubí
· 3rd Sunday, Fair: Sencelles
· Musical May: Petra
· 02/08 Virgin Mary Holiday: Festa de la Mare
de Déu dels Àngels (Festa des Convent): Petra
June:
· Tast de la Confitura (Jam Tasting) Porreres
· 1st Sunday, Festas Patronals
(Patron Saint Holidays): Santa Eugènia
· 24/06 Saint Joan, es Sol que Balla
(Summer Solstice: Night of St. John): Saint Joan
Sant Joan: Porreres
· 08/08 Saint Domingo: Lloret
· 08/08 Traditional Peasant-Farmer Trades Fair:
Maria de la Salut
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· 3rd Sunday, Visit to Son Serra in carriage: Petra
· 15/08 La Mare de Déu d’Agost (The Virgin Mary
of August Holiday): Sencelles and Sineu
· 16/08 Saint Roc: Porreres
· 22/08 Pla de Mallorca Products Trade Fair:
Maria de la Salut
· 24/08 Saint Bartomeu: Jornets-Sencelles and Montuïri
· 29/08 Sant Joan Degollat: Sant Joan
· Last Sunday of August: Randa
· Mare de Déu d’Atotxa (Our Lady of Atocha): Ariany
September:· First Weekend, Melon Festival: Vilafranca
· First Saturday, Festa des Sequer (Sequer Holiday):
Lloret
· 08/09 La Mare de Déu (Virgin Mary Holiday):
Costitx and Maria
· 3rd Weekend, Homage to Father Serra and fair:
Petra
· 27/09 Saint Cosme and Saint Damià: Pina
· 4th Saturday, Culture and Sports Festival:
Santa Eugènia
· 1st Sunday, Festa des Botifarró: Sant Joan
· 4th Sunday, Mostra d’Art i Empresa
(Art and Company Exhibit): Petra
· Week of 12/10 approx., Fira del Teatre
(Theatre Fair): Vilafranca
· 1st Saturday before Saint Lluc, Fair: Algaida
· 20/10 Ses Verges: Porreres
· Last Sunday, Fair: Porreres
November:· Saturday nearest to St. Catalina,
Festa Payesa (Peasant Holiday) Porreres
· Tuesday 25/11 or following Tuesday,
Honey Fair: Llubí
December: · 01/12 Fair: Llubí
· 04/12 Saint Bàrbara: Vilafranca
· 1st Sunday
- Fira de sa Perdiu (Fair) Montuïri
- Fira Sant Tomàs (Fair), matances (slaughter
feasts): Sineu
· 10/12 Virgin Mary Holiday:
Festa de la Mare Déu of Loreto: Lloret
Another outstanding event in the Pla district is the International
Music Festival of the Pla de Mallorca. This is a music festival
which hosts a series of classical music concerts, all free of charge,
in the Churches and Temples of the Pla District towns throughout
the months of July, August, and September. Its origins date back
to 1988 and it was formerly known as the Music Festival of the
Cura Sanctuary and it is currently celebrated in seven of the district’s
municipalities every year.
The Festival is a first-class artistic experience which has become
a solid tradition in the towns of Pla de Mallorca, whose musical
programme assembles the world’s most renowned and prestigious
choirs, solo artists, and orchestras in the island.
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The Hotel Establishments of the Pla District of Mallorca
have experienced significant growth in recent years. This
phenomenon is directly related to the promotion of rural/
interior tourism, focused on those who seek something more
than the “sun” and “sand” of the islands. In this sense, the
establishments that we find in this zone are almost all Rural
Tourism or Interior Hotel types.
Many of these lodgings are located in old farm houses or
refurbished village houses, a factor which makes them even
more charming and special.
Below, there is a list of several hotels and rural houses which
we can find in el Pla of Mallorca:
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Possessió Binicomprat
Finca de Binicomprat, s/n
(Algaida). Tel. 971 125 028
www.fincabinicomprat.com
This rural farm house is an ideal
spot for nature lovers who seek a
peaceful setting. It has 150 hectares
of land, one third of which is forest
and the rest is dedicated to various
crops, above all vineyard cultivation
which they use to elaborate their
own wines.
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Es Recó de Randa
Hotel – Restaurant
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Finca Raïms –
Hotel de Interior
C/ Font, 21. (Randa - Algaida)
Tel. 971 660 997
www.esrecoderanda.com
C/. de la Ribera, 26 (Algaida)
Tel. 971 665 157
www.finca-raims.com
The Recó de Randa Hotel is a
typical peasant farm house located
at the foot of the Puig de Randa
(the Randa Hill). It has 14 rooms
with all major conveniences.
A small and cozy hotel located
inside a seventeenth-century
warehouse that has preserved
virtually intact the character of the
traditional Mallorca. Finca Raims
friendly service combines a quiet
and relaxing hotel with the charm
of rural life.
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Agroturismo
Sa Rota d’en Palerm
Ctra. Lloret – Montuïri km. 0,8
(Lloret de Vistalegre)
Tel. 971 521 100
www.sa-rota.com
Sa Rota is an elegant Estate from
the 18th Century located on a
mountain with splendid views.
It has been refurbished and
transformed into a lovely rural
hotel.
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Finca Son Bauló
Camí de Son Bauló, 1
(Lloret de Vistalegre)
Tel. 971 524 206.
www.son-baulo.com
In Son Bauló, there is a perfect
blend of culture and cuisine. This
rural hotel is a comfortable space
which features apartments with
the traditional Mallorcan style. In
Son Bauló, they place a special
emphasis on cuisine and ecological
gardening.
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Can Pericó Restaurant i Petit Hotel
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Hotel Ca´n Bagot
C/ Farinera, 7 (Llubí)
Tel. 971 857 138
www.canperico.com
Passeig de la Riba, 6 (Llubí)
Tel. 971 522 611/ 645 862 687
www.canbagot.com
Can Pericó is a traditional Mallorcan
house located in the centre of the
Llubí village. In 1947, it became a
home-made sausage and cured meats
shop and for over two decades, it
was one of the most renowned family
businesses. At present, the family has
refurbished the house, and converted
it into a small 3-room hotel and a
restaurant, where you may sample
Mallorca’s delicious cuisine.
Our small hotel is an old Mallorcan
house located in a very peaceful
area in the historical city centre
of Llubí. Recently refurbished, it
combines its traditional character
with today‘s premium comfort.
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Sa Casa Rotja-Agroturisme
(Llubí)
Tel. 971 185 290
600 606 842
www.sacasarotja.com
Sa Casa Rotja is an elegant Estate
from the 19th Century which is
located 4 km from Sineu. It was
refurbished in 1989 and its old
Mallorcan style has been respected.
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Hotel Casa
Girasol
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Petit Hotel Son Fogueró
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Finca Roqueta
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Hotel Casa Girasol
Finca 7519
(Maria de la Salut)
Tel. 971 525 343
www.sonfoguero.com
C/ Pedro Roqueta, s/n
(Maria de la Salut)
Tel. 636 739 927
www.agroroqueta.com
C/. Font i Roig, 1
(Maria de la Salut)
Tel. 971 85 80 07
www.casagirasol.biz
Son Fogueró is an old Mallorcan
farm house which has been
transformed by its owners (the
interior designer, Mª Antònia
Carbonell and the painter, Pere
Alemany) into a serene hotel. In
the home of these artists, Nature is
easily confused with Art.
The Houses of Roqueta, which date
back to the 13th Century, form part of
one of the Chivalry Orders which King
Jaume I granted to his collaborators
in the Conquest of Mallorca in 1229.
They have been refurbished, conserving the elegant architectural beauty, to
accommodate four apartments above
the former wine-cellar (bodega) which
jointly with the garden, comprise its
rural tourism lodging.
This was a fourteenth century farm
converted into a hotel by the German family Fels. Its charm meets
every demand for comfort. A hotel
to relax and enjoy at the center of
the island. Its terraces and gardens
invite you to stay and enjoy the best
day of the year in an elegant setting.
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Hotel Rural
Es Figueral Nou
Ctra. Montuïri – Sant Joan km. 0,7
(Montuïri). Tel. 971 646 764
www.esfigueralnou.com
This old Mallorcan farm house
dates back to the 15th Century.
In 1879, it was transformed into
a wine-cellar, and its arched vaults
can still be seen in the restaurant.
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Hotel Rural Puig Moltó
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Hotel Rural Son Manera
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Son Torrat Casa Rural
Ctra. Pina – Montuïri km. 3
(Montuïri)
Tel. 971 181 758
www.espuigmolto.com
Ctra. Montuïri – Lloret km. 0,3
(Montuïri)
Tel. 971 161 530
www.sonmanera.com
Camí de Bonany km. 2
(Petra)
Tel. 630 017 858
www.agroturplaya.com
This farm house is one of the
oldest in Mallorca. It is located
among olive trees, fig trees, and
carob trees. Due to the discovery
of archaeological ruins in this site,
it is considered to be a zone with a
long history.
The Son Manera rural hotel has
25 rooms fully equipped with all
major conveniences. The decoration
reflects a 19th Century Country
Estate style.
This completely refurbished farm
house dates back to the 15th
Century and offers 6 cozy and
comfortable residences.
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Hotel de Interior
Sa Plaça de Petra
Plaça Ramon Llull, 4
(Petra)
Tel. 971 561 646
Located in the heart of the town
of Petra in the interior of the island
of Mallorca, we found this little
hotel-restaurant housed in a former
manor house, where time stops
and evokes the nostalgia of the
past.
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Agroturismo Son Santandreu
Ctra. Petra – Felanitx, Km. 2 (Petra)
Tel. 971 561 128 / 629 370 023
www.sonsantandreu.com
Son Sant Andreu, a former seventeenth century Majorcan house and
a good taste of What life was like in
rural Majorca of our ancestors, which
combined peace and tranquility with
livestock farming which continues to
this day. Now, we celebrate all sorts
of events and agro-tourism just like
an additional office task.
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Can Feliu Ecoagroturisme
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Finca Son Roig
Finca Son Dagueta
Camí de sa Serra, s/n (Porreres)
Tel. 609 613 213
www.sondagueta.com
Camí de sa Torre, s/n
(Porreres)
Tel. 971 168 189
www.fincasonroig.com
The Son Dagueta House is an old rural
building which dates back to the 17th
Century and it has fully conserved its
century-old structures and features. It
has been meticulously restored to recover its original architectural elements,
with traditional and ecological materials. The house harmoniously blends the
comfort of modern installations with
the ancient rural atmosphere.
The Houses of Son Roig were
formerly a major agricultural
farming and cattle centre of the
village lands. This rural tourist
lodging has been built based on the
detailed and respectful restoration
of the building which concluded
in 2005.
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Sa Bassa Rotja Hotel Rural
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Finca Son Jorbo
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Agroturismo Son Mercadal
Finca Son Orell. Camí Sa Pedrera s/n
(Porreres) Tel. 971 168 225
www.sabassarotja.com
Camí de s’Olivar (Porreres)
Tel. 971 181 251 / 647 711 106
www.fincasonjorbo.com
Camí Son Pau s/n. (Porreres)
Tel. 971 181 307 / 610 758 332
www.son-mercadal.com
Sa Bassa Rotja is an old Mallorcan
building-property from the 13th
Century, which has been currently
refurbished and converted into a
rural hotel, which still conserves
its original structures and features.
Its installations are equipped with
25 rooms, spacious halls, a library,
restaurant, etc.
17th Century house with two floors,
now transformed into a small hotel.
Located beside a hill with views of
the country, the nearby villages, and
the mountains in the distance. The
house has been divided into apartments, each with a different style,
which blends the rustic charm of a
traditional Mallorcan house with the
comforts of contemporary life.
Splendid 19th Century building
completely refurbished and adapted
to the needs of its guests. Its thick
stone walls contain cozy rooms,
which combine a taste for antique
style with a practical design to create the desired comfort.
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Agroturismo Sa Torre
de Santa Eugènia
C/ Alqueries, 70 (Santa Eugènia)
Tel. 971 144 011. www.sa-torre.com
The history of this farm house,
linked to the Ribas de Pina, dates
back to the 16th Century, which
already belonged to this family in
1560. Currently, the heirs have
reused the building to adapt it to
their present business: agriculture,
rural tourism, and restaurant.
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Hotel Rural Son Jordà
Ruberts (Ruberts – Sencelles)
Tel. 971 872 279
www.sonjorda.com
This rural tourism farm house consists
of 21 rooms, distributed in 3 houses
from the 16th Century (Lords House,
Peasant House, and the WineCellar) which in that age, were the
main houses of the Ruberts village.
Attached, it has a small 18th Century
Church, which can be directly
accessed from the hotel.
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Hotel Rural
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Hotel Rural Son Xotano
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Hotel León de Sineu
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Can Joan Capó Hotel d’Interior
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Hotel Celler de Ca’n Font
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Son Cleda Hotel d’Interior
Judí (Judí – Sencelles)
Tel. 971 872 500.
www.sonxotano.es
C/ dels Bous, 129 (Sineu)
Tel. 971 520 211
www.hotel-leondesineu.com
C/ Degà Joan Rotger, 4
(Sineu). Tel. 971 855 075
www.canjoancapo.com
Sa Plaça, 18 (Sineu)
Tel. 971 520 295
www.canfont.com
Plaça Es Fossar, 7
(Sineu). Tel. 971 521 038
www.hotelsoncleda.com
This sixteenth century manor house
has a total of 16 rooms including
8 suites. It is also equipped with a
lobby with 24-hour reception, safe,
bar and a restaurant. The hotel also
has a conference room and Internet
connection.
The house was built in the 15th
Century and has been renewed in
every detail. The Family Owners of
the Hotel provide the best possible
service to their customers, by
meticulous attention and care in
the smallest details.
In can Joan Capó, they have
merged avant-garde design, tradition, and modernity, maintaining
the typical elements of the Pla de
Mallorca residence and providing all
the 21st Century conveniences. The
hotel features 8 rooms, which each
have their own unique personality.
The Celler de Ca’n Font is an
elegant building from the 16th
Century, which has conserved the
original structure and has been
restored and fitted with the most
modern conveniences. Likewise, the
cuisine from Celler Ca’n Font offers
an excellent variety of Mallorcan
dishes.
This is a small house whose construction began in the 16th Century in
the heart of the Sineu village. It is a
family hotel with 8 different rooms
and each has its own particular charm.
In reference to gastronomy, the house
mother or “Mama” is in charge of
preparing the dishes which are served
in the restaurant, which is an excellent
sample of good Mallorcan, Mediterranean, and vegetarian cuisine.
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Agroturismo
Sa Franquesa Vella
Ctra. Petra – Felanitx, intersección
con Ses Basses, km. 3,8 (Vilafranca
de Bonany). Tel. 629 834 452
www.safranquesavellamallorca.com
This old farm house from the 15th
Century has been tastefully restored,
to conserve the charm of the typical
Mallorcan rural houses. It is located on
a mountain surrounded by farm lands,
which are dedicated above all to cereal
crops. This rural tourism building has
9 apartments which all provide maximum comfort for their customers.
On the other hand, it is fitting to mention that for decades, religious
and spiritual tourism has gained many devoted fans. Consequently,
it represents a major opportunity for tourist activity, since unlike what
frequently occurs with traditional tourism, these tourists usually return
to the same place within a short period of time, and thus, it produces a
tourism which is faithful to the location which they visit. In this sense, the
Pla de Mallorca district has several sanctuaries and chapels which offer
accommodation services:
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Cura Sanctuary
(Santuari de Cura)
(Randa - Algaida). Tel. 971 662 052
reservas@santuariodecura.com
Mt. Zion Sanctuary
(Santuari de Monti-sion)
(Porreres)
Tel. 971 647 185
St. Honoratus Chapel
(Ermita de Sant Honorat)
(Randa – Algaida). Tel. 971 660 998
Bonany Sanctuary
(Santuari de Bonany)
(Petra). Tel. 971 561 101
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Pla de Mallorca_Routes
Routes
Mystic route
We begin the itinerary in Algaida, in the antiga Parròquia
de Castellitx (Tel. 971 665 022), it is also called la Mare de
Déu de la Bona Pau, located between Algaida and the Puig
de Randa (Randa Hill). It corresponds to the Early Christian
Gothic style and we have found records of it in 1244, but
under the Patron Saint of Sant Pere (St. Peter). It has a single
nave with three sections and diaphragm arch roof which
buttress the beams. According to legend, the image of the
Virgin, a sculpture made in 1230, was found near the current
hermitage.
>> Petra Street
In this same path, we find the Hermitage: Ermita de Sant
Honorat (Tel. 971 660 998). The Philosopher and Beatified
Ramon Llull was the first to seek spiritual retreat in this zone.
In the mid 14th Century, other knights also selected Randa
to begin a religious life and they requested authorization
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We continue our ascent towards Puig de Randa and on the
right, we find a detour sign which points the way to the
Santuari de Gràcia (Tel. 971 180 479), which forms a part
of the Municipality of Llucmajor. Its origin can be found in the
cave, cova d’Aresta, the place where the Franciscan Monks
swore their vows of poverty and austerity in the 15th Century.
The first Hermitage became a pilgrimage centre under the
Patron Saint of Nostra Senyora de Gràcia (Our Lady of Grace).
In the Church interior, we highlight the floor tiles of the
Chapel of Santa Anna, the first Chapel on the left side from
the 18th Century, which also conserves the Apse of the Early
Christian Oratory, and the Image of the Virgin.
Pla de Mallorca
As we have seen earlier, the Pla de Mallorca district has a
priceless architectural wealth and heritage. In this sense,
below, we propose a series of routes or itineraries to explore
several of these points of historical interest.
Routes
Cultural Routes
>> Routes_Mystic
>> The Sanctuary of la Mare de Déu de Bonany
Near the Randa rock mass, but located in the Municipality of
Porreres, we find the Santuari de Monti-sion (Tel. 971 647
185) which was already documented as a Hermitage in the 14th
Century. The current Oratory dates from the 15th Century with
several subsequent refurbishments. In the 16th Century, it housed
the first Latin Grammar School with classrooms and cells for over
100 students. It has an astonishing pentagonal cloister as well as a
NeoGothic altar piece located above the main altar with a Gothic
image of the Virgin. The Sanctuary has a guest quarters service and
restaurant.
>> Oratory of Mt. Zion
>> The Sanctuary of Nostra Senyora de Cura
In the summit of Puig de Bonany (Bonany Hill), between the Municipalities of Petra, Vilafranca de Bonany, and Sant Joan, we find the Santuari de la Mare de Déu de Bonany (Tel. 971 826 568), in the Municipality of Petra. The origin of this Sanctuary is a small Oratory from
the 17th Century, built to venerate the Gothic sculpture of the Virgin,
which according to one legend, was concealed in a cave by the Christians to save it from destruction at the hands of the Muslim invasion; it
was later rescued from its hiding place after the Christian Conquest in
1229. The Sanctuary style is a combination of NeoBaroque and NeoClassical elements which resulted from the refurbishments carried out
in the 19th Century. Bonany has been considered as the last temple in
which Friar Juníper Serra, resident of Petra and evangelist of California,
preached his last sermon. It also has a guest quarters service.
Windmills route
Due to its historical dedication to agriculture, cattle-raising, and in
general, all activities related to the land, the Pla de Mallorca district
has many buildings to use and/or exploit its natural resources. Among
these buildings, we especially highlight the windmills.
Routes
On the summit of the Puig de Randa, we find the Santuari de
Nostra Senyora de Cura (Tel. 971 660 994), a building which
began in the 15th Century. Ramon Llull had a spiritual retreat in one
of its caves, and legend states that a mission was revealed to him
here: To write a book which would refute all the false beliefs of the
infidels. The revelation was in the Hebrew and Arabic languages
written on the leaves of a mastic shrub. Here, he founded the first
Latin Grammar School which was active until 1826. The initial chapel
from the 15th Century was refurbished and converted into a Temple
in the 17th Century. This Sanctuary also has a guest quarters service
with 22 cells, in one of the most privileged locations to behold a
spectacular panoramic view of the island.
One kilometre from Sant Joan, climbing up a steep slope, we find
the Santuari de Consolació (Tel. 971 526 041), built in the 13th
Century, subsequently renovated and restored between the years
1959 and 1966. It is presided by the Image of the Virgin of the
Sanctuary’s Patron Saint.
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to build the Hermitage. Today, it belongs to the order of the
Missioners dels Sagrats Cors (Sacred Heart Missionaries) and it has
guest quarters.
Pla de Mallorca
>>
Mystic Route
6
Molí de can Sinto
26
Molí Nou
5
7
Molí d’en Nina
27
Casa Museu
Fra Juníper Serra
Antiga Parròquia
de Castellitx
8
Molí d’en Beato
Molins de sa
Pleta de Sant Martí
6
9
Molí d’en Poleo
28
Molí d’en Tòfol
2
Santuari de Gràcia
10
Molí d’en Bubo
29
Molí des Recó
Museu i fons artístic
de l’Ajuntament de
Porreres
3
Ermita de Sant Honorat
11
Molí d’en Romaguera
30
7
4
Santuari de
Nostra Senyora de Cura
12
Molí d’en Pep Gomila
Molí de Son Porquer
Museu Arqueològic
de Son Fornés
13
Molí d’en Pau
31
Molí d’en Gospet
Santuari de Monti-sion
14
Molí d’en Gaspar
32
Molí des Fraret
33
Molí de sa Torre
1
6
5
4
4
18
12
3
9
7
2
2
1
14
13
8
7
24
6 25
33
7 32
7
26
27
1
6 28
29
5 30
21
20
23 22
5
31
4
1
3
2
19
5
6
Santuari de Consolació
15
Molí de Son Rafal
7
Santuari de la Mare
de Déu de Bonany
16
Molí de can Suau
17
Molí des Cós
Museums Route
18
Molí fariner
de can Nepto
1
Museu del Santuari
de Cura
2
Museu de Vidre
de Gordiola
3
4
Windmills Route
19
Molí de can Cotó
1
Molí d’en Xina
20
Molí d’en Marinero
2
Molí d’en Pau
21
Molí d’en Rigo
3
Molins des Puget
22
Molí d’en Tromper
4
Molins de Son Pau
i can Joan
23
Molí d’en Font
24
Molí d’en Tronca
5
Molins de can Mascaró
25
Molí d’en Carritxó
8
Archaeological Route
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1
10
3
4 11
2
5
3
1
Talaiot Son Fred
2
Poblat d’Es Turassot
3
Santuari de Son Corró
4
Talaiot de Cascanar
5
Talaiot de Binifat
6
El poblat talaiòtic de
Es Racons
Observatori Astronòmic
de Mallorca
7
El poblat talaiòtic
de Son Fornés
Museu de Ciències
Naturals
8
Poblat talaiòtic
d’Es Pou Celat (Salat)
Pla de Mallorca
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15 6
Routes
>> Routes_Cultural
>> Routes_Windmills
In Sencelles, we find the windmills: molins de can Mascaró, (C/
del Capità y C/ Rector Molines), documented by Jeroni de Berard
as flour windmills in 1789. Likewise, note the windmill: molí de
can Sinto (C/ dels Molins), a windmill tower with base, built with
ordinary stonemasonry and constructed with irregular stones and
cement roof.
>> Windmill: Molí d’en Pau
In Lloret de Vistalegre, we recommend the molí d’en Nina, located
reside the Font Figuera (Fig Tree fountain), in the Southern zone
of the city centre. Part of the enclosure and the intersecting wood
sections are conserved as well as the old machinery and support
structure. We also highlight the windmill, molí d’en Beato, which
jointly with the one in d’en Poleo and the now disappeared one in
d’en Mino, comprised one level of the city centre in the East section
of the village known as Es Molins.
In the Municipality of Sineu, we highlight molí d’en Pep Gomila
(Motorway of Lloret de Vistalegre), molí d’en Pau (Motorway
of Santa Margalida) a flour windmill formerly called: molí d’en
Ros. It was restored in 1992, and now functions as a restaurant.
Likewise, in ses Cases Noves, we find the windmill: molí d’en
Gaspar.
In Llubí, there is the molí de Son Rafal (beside the plaza with
the same name), a tower-windmill with a round base, the molí
de C’an Suau (C/ de la Creu) and the molí des Cós (C/ de la
Carretera), also a windmill tower with an arch centre.
In Maria de la Salut, there are ruins of the windmill tower: molí
fariner de can Nepto , located in Son Puig, and the windmill:
molí de can Cotó which date back to the second half of the 19th
Century.
In Ariany, we recommend the molí d’en Marinero or d’en Sureda,
located very near the town, in the road to Maria; and the windmill:
molí d’en Rigo (C/ Vista Alegre), possibly one of the village’s oldest
windmills.
Rutes
In the Municipality of Santa Eugènia, specifically the village of
Ses Alqueries, we may visit the windmills: molins de Son Pau,
whose enclosure has been conserved in excellent condition with a
completely refurbished interior and the windmill of can Joan. It is
also interesting to visit the three windmills which are conserved in
the des Puget zone in Santa Eugènia.
Costitx has conserved the windmill: molí d’en Bubo (C/ de la Pau),
which underwent numerous interventions over time and it was
used for different activities. In the street: carrer dels Molins, we find
the windmill: molí d’en Romaguera, which conserves a tower
with a circular base.
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Let’s begin the route in Algaida, where we can find many windmills.
We highlight the following: molí d’en Xina (C/ de la Ribera), built
in 1738, restored in 1979 and converted into an artist’s Studio; and
the molí d’en Pau, (C/ de can Carrintà), dated in 1792.
Pla de Mallorca
>>
>> Routes_Windmills
In Vilafranca de Bonany, there is the windmill called molí Nou,
which is currently the only urban windmill which remains in the
village since the others have vanished. It is located at the village
exit, on the corner of the streets: carrer de Sant Martí and carrer
des Molí Nou. We also highlight the molins de sa Pleta de Sant
Martí, located outside of the town, heading towards Felanitx and
Porreres.
In Porreres, we recommend the windmills: molí d’en Tòfol (C/
del Molí d’en Donzell), which is currently the Central Office of
the Confraria d’Amics del Vi (Wine Friendship Association); with
windmill molí des Recó and with windmill, molí de Son Porquer.
>> Windmill: Molins de sa Pleta de Sant Martí
In Montuïri, we find the molí d’en Gospet, located in Molinar
d’en Gospet, and the windmill: es molí des Fraret which jointly
with those of de sa Torre, d’en Xigala, and el d’en Fideuer - the
latter two missing- comprise another windmill in the North of the
village.
>> The Sanctuary of Cura Museum
We begin the museum route of the Pla de Mallorca district in the
Municipality of Algaida, where in the first stop, we can explore
the Museu del Santuari de Cura (Cura Sanctuary Museum)
(Tel. 971 660 994). In the premises of the former Llullian School
where the Latin Grammar School was founded, which reported
to the Llullian School which was established in Estudi General de
Palma (General Studies School of Palma). The Grammar Classroom
now conserves religious objects and books related to worship in
the Sanctuary as well as printed books and manuscripts in Ramon
Llull topics. The Classroom also has a collection of religious type
paintings, engravings of the image of Ramon Llull and a small
collection of dishes and utensils. Other objects which we can
contemplate are diverse architecture plans and projects, a collection
of Randa liquor bottles manufactured many years ago in the
Porciúncula de Palma and in the Sanctuary, as well as a valuable
copy of the Map of Mallorca by Cardinal Despuig.
El Museo de Vidre de Gordiola (Glass Museum) (Tel. 971
665 046), also in Algaida, it is located in the Palma – Manacor
motorway at km. 19. The Gordiola family has followed this artistic
glass-making tradition for almost three centuries.
In the Municipality of Costitx, the first stop is the Observatori
Astronòmic de Mallorca (Astronomical Observatory of
Mallorca) (Tel. 971 876 019), located in the street: Camí de
Routes
In the Municipality of Sant Joan, we highlight the molí d’en Tronca
(C/ dels Molins), which was built jointly with the windmill: molí
d’en Carritxó and those that once existed: d’en Peixerí and d’en
Perdut which provided the name for this village’s zone.
Museums route
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In Petra, the molí d’en Tromper is located also known as: ca sa
Fideuera, built in 1919; and the windmill: molí d’en Font, located
in the street: carrer dels Molins.
Pla de Mallorca
>>
>> Routes_Museums
Located in Petra, on carrer Barracar nº 6, we find the Casa Museu
Fra Juníper Serra (Friar Juníper Serra House Museum) (Tel.
971 561 166), where you may make scheduled visits to see the
two permanent exhibits: The Museum of the life and works of this
Beatified Friar who founded the missions in Upper California and
the Visit to the House where Friar Juníper Serra (1713 – 1784) was
born.
>> Son Fred Talayot
In the Municipality of Porreres, there is the Museu i fons artístic
de l’Ajuntament de Porreres (Museum and Art Collection of
the Town Council of Porreres (Tel. 971166 617), located on the
street: carrer Reverend Agustí Font, in the former Hospital building.
Since 1982, during the holidays of Sant Roc, it has received artworks
donated by artists, galleries, and individuals. In spite of this, it was
not until 1985 when the consultancy commission was created
Finally, we conclude in the Municipality of Montuïri where there
is the Museu Arqueològic de Son Forners (Son Fornés
Archaeological Museum) (Tel. 971 644 169), located on the
street: carrer Emili Pou s/n (Molí d’en Fraret). This is a monographic
Museum which exhibits the discoveries that have been made in the
archaeological site of Son Fornés, located in km 2.4 of the city centre
of Montuïri in the direction of Pina. The current exhibit displays the
discoveries of the first 8 excavation campaigns which are on exhibit
in three rooms.
Archaeological Route
The Pla de Mallorca territory has an immense wealth of
archaeological ruins which provide evidence of human presence
since very ancient times. You may explore several of these
Archaeological sites in this route.
We start the itinerary in the Sencelles – Inca motorway, past the
cemetery of Sencelles, where on the right, we find an asphault
path (200 metres) with the sign: “Talaiot Son Fred”. This building,
with a circular plan with 12 metre diameter, formed part of the
settlement, where there is another talayot and a wall section.
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Also in Costitx, you will find the Museu de Ciències Naturals
(Natural Sciences Museum) (Tel. 971 876 070), located in the
first floor of the Casa de Cultura (Cultural Centre) of the village of
Costitx, in the street: carrer Rafael Horrach, 2. It was inaugurated in
1987 and it has a permanent exhibit of one of the Balearic Islands’
most important collections in the subject of Natural Sciences.
and the following year, the Museum was officially inaugurated. It
currently has approximately 265 artworks which include paintings,
sculptures, ceramics, drawings, and graphic works.
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l’Observatori s/n, it was inaugurated in 1991 and represents the first
Observatory of the Balearic Islands. Its primary aims are to promote
astronomic research, communication, and also the teaching of
Astronomy.
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metre diameter which conserves its entrance and it has height
of approximately 4 metres. It formed part of a settlement which
now has hardly any ruins. Very near and not very visible, there is a
ceremonial centre with one circular and one square talayot.
In the motorway which exits from Costitx towards Sencelles, at
approximately km. 2.8, we see the sign for the archaeological site
of Son Corró, on the right. A recent controversial reconstruction
represents it as a building with a rectangular floor plan and three
naves separated by columns, however other researchers believe
that these columns did not exist and were monolithic ritual pillars
which were scattered and not aligned like their present state. It
was discovered by a pagès (peasant farmer), in 1894, who was
plowing the soil when he discovered three bronze bull heads, which
are currently conserved in the National Archaeological Museum of
Madrid.
Half a km from Llubí on the Sineu motorway, we find the Es Racons
settlement, which is one of the best conserved sites on the island,
where we can clearly appreciate the existing relation between the
villages and their nearby ceremonial centres, which were comprised
by square and circular talayots and burial mounds, to which
Sanctuaries and other buildings were later added.
Two km from Sencelles by the Sineu motorway, we find the village
of Cascanar, which is the location of talayots with the same name.
It is a ceremonial centre formed by two square talayots and several
nearby burial caves, all related to the settlement located below the
houses of the village, and the stone wall, whose traces can still be
seen in the wall which runs along side the access road.
After that, we now move on to the talayot of Binifat, in the
Municipality of Sencelles, a circular talayot circular with a 15
>> Cascanar Talayot
>> The Sanctuary of Son Corró
The Talayotic village of Son Fornés is located on the Montuïri – Pina
motorway on the right at km. 2.4. At present, it is in the process
of excavation, thus it is very probable that soon there will be new
structures visible; at this time, it is possible to see three circular
Talayots joined by different houses and a wall. It represents a
Talayotic village complex with various stages of growth.
The Porreres motorway to Felanitx provides access to the wall of the
Talayotic settlement of Es Pou Celat (Salat). After a little over two
km, we exit on the right onto the motorway to head towards Son
Mesquida. The wall is built with large slabs, and near its end, we can
see the ruins of a circular Talayot.
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Beside the Astronomic Observatory of Costitx, we can see the
settlement of Es Turassot. This site has not been excavated and is
comprised by a dozen naviformes, each with an enclosure for the
cattle.
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>> Wall: Murada d’Es Pou Celat (Salat)
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Sineu- Sant Joan- Petra
(Ermita de Bonany) - Ariany
Maria de la Salut- Sineu
Lloret de Vistalegre- Pina- Algaida
Santa Eugènia- Biniali- Sencelles
Costitx- Lloret de Vistalegre
Sineu- Lloret de Vistalegre- Ruberts
Sencelles- Biniali- Ses Alqueries
Santa Eugènia- Algaida- Pina- Lloret
de Vistalegre- Sineu
Llubí- Sineu- Sant Joan- Montuïri
Randa- Cura- Randa- Algaida
Bicycle Tourist Routes
Algaida >> Castellitx >> Randa >> Montuïri >>
Porreres >> Vilafranca >> Es Calderers >>
Sant Joan >> Algaida. 55 km approx.
We depart from Algaida in the direction of Llucmajor (Ma-5010),
after 3km, we turn to the left on the Castellitx road, we follow it and
at the junction, we turn left and continue straight on to Castellitx.
Having arrived here, we then head back following this road straight
on until we reach the Algaida-Llucmajor motorway. Once there,
we turn left on the first road that we encounter which has a steep
ascent. At the end of this road, we turn left and continue in the
direction of Randa. We cross the village heading towards Montuïri
(Ma-5017) and continue straight. After travelling 5.5 km, at the
road junction, we turn right to take the Camí Vell de Porreres road.
At the roundabout, we take the second exit and continue straight
on to Porreres (Ma-5030). In the town, we ride straight towards
the church and then turn left towards Vilafranca. We depart from
Porreres to Vilafranca in a route of about 5 km (Ma-5101). At the
roundabout, we take the third exit in the direction of Vilafranca and,
prior to ascending the bridge which crosses the motorway, we take
the detour on the left on the Vial de Servei (Service Road) parallel
to the motorway and continue our advance. At the roundabout,
we take the first exit in the direction of Vilafranca/Es Calderers. At
250 metres, we turn left towards Es Calderers and we follow it
until the end of the road (optional visit). When we reach the road
junction, we turn right towards Sant Joan (Ma-3222) and once in
the village, we continue to go straight at the first junction and then
turn left at the second junction. We then leave the village, and at the
roundabout, we take the second exit in the direction of Algaida (Ma3230). We continue straight in the direction of the junction of the
Lloret motorway (Ma-3231), and at the next junction, we turn right
towards Palma/Pina/Sencelles (Ma-3200). We advance forward and
after 4 km, we take the detour on the left which goes to Algaida
(Ma-3130). End of the route.
Sineu >> Sant Joan >> Petra >> Ermita de Bonany
>> Ariany >> Maria de la Salut >> Sineu.
26/30 km approx.
We depart from Sineu (de la Plaza d’es Fossar) in the direction Sant
Joan (Ma-3232). At the roundabout, we exit towards the village and
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Algaida - Castellitx - Randa
Montuïri - Porreres - Vilafranca
Es Calderers - Sant Joan- Algaida
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cross it heading towards Petra on the road: Ma-3230 (optionally, in
Petra, we can ascend to the hermitage, ermita de Bonany, which
is located 4 km. from the village, following the signs that we
encounter along the way). We cross the village in a straight line and
at the cemetery level, we turn on the third right at the roundabout
towards the Petra-Santa Margalida motorway. After one km, we
turn to the right towards the Ariany bypass. Once in the village, we
exit on the right onto the motorway of Sta. Margalida and, once on
this road, we pass the bridge and turn left in the direction of Maria
de la Salut (Ma-3342). When we arrive at the village, we cross it to
take the calle de Sineu and we depart following this same motorway
(Ma-3510) towards Sineu. End of the route.
the same motorway). Approximately 3 km, we reach the junction
with the Sencelles motorway and take a right towards Biniali, where
we may visit the village and then continue our route on the same
motorway to Sencelles. We cross through the entire village and head
towards Costitx on the Ma-3121. There, we have to option to visit
the Observatorio Astronómico (Astronomic Observatory) located 2.5
Km. from the village, following the road signs that we find along the
way. We exit the village by taking a right towards Lloret by means
of the street: carrer de la Garriga. After we have travelled around 5
km, we reach the Palma- Sineu motorway, (Ma-3141), we turn right
and after about 300 metres, we turn to the left towards Lloret End
of the route.
Lloret de Vistalegre >> Pina >> Algaida >>
Santa Eugènia >> Biniali >> Sencelles >> Costitx
>> Lloret de Vistalegre. 36/40 km approx.
Sineu >> Lloret de Vistalegre >> Ruberts >>
Sencelles >> Biniali >> Ses Alqueries >>
Santa Eugènia >> Algaida >> Pina >>
Lloret de Vistalegre >> Sineu. 45 km approx.
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We depart from Lloret de Vistalegre towards Algaida on the
motorway Ma-3130. We pass through Pina and arrive in Algaida.
We then take a left on the Vial de Servei (Service Road) of the
Manacor- Palma motorway until a roundabout, where we pass
under the motorway in the direction of Sta. Eugènia and continue
on the Ma- 3100. When we reach the Palma- Sineu motorway,
we exit on the left, and in the first exit on the right we take the
motorway towards Santa Eugènia (Ma-3040). We pass through
the entire town and continue in the direction of Santa Maria (on
We depart from Sineu in the direction of Lloret (Ma-3130). We
cross the village and at the cemetery, we turn right. We arrive at
a junction, where we turn left, and shortly after 1 km, we take
the bypass to the left towards Ruberts and continue straight. We
cross Ruberts and upon reaching the junction with the old Sineu
motorway, we turn to the right. At 200 metres, we turn right
towards Sencelles (Ma-3140). We pass by Cas Canar and continue
on to Sencelles. In the village, we follow the signs to exit from the
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village in the direction of Santa Maria (Ma-3020). We arrive at
Biniali and at the roundabout, we take the second exit towards
Santa Eugènia. We continue straight, and at the next roundabout,
we take the third exit in the direction of Ses Alqueries on the road:
Camí de Muntanya At the junction that is in the village, we turn
left (following the road: Camí de Muntanya). At the cemetery,
we continue on the left until the junction with the Palma-Sineu
motorway, where we cross in a straight line in the direction of
Algaida on the Ma-3100. When the Ma-3100 motorway ends, we
take the old Palma-Manacor motorway (parallel to the motorway)
and at the roundabout of los Hostals, we take the third exit towards
Pina. We follow the motorway (Ma-3131), pass underneath the
motorway and at the second junction, we turn to the left onto the
Ma-3130 motorway in the direction of Pina. After travelling 4 km,
we arrive to the village on the street: carrer de Sineu and we follow
it towards Lloret (it is the same motorway). In Lloret, we also cross
the village and continue on the same motorway towards Sineu. End
of the route.
Llubí >> Sineu >> Sant Joan >> Montuïri >>
Randa >> Cura >> Randa >> Algaida.
40 km approx.
We depart from Llubí in the direction of Inca (Ma-3440), and at
500 metres, we turn left at the junction towards Sineu (Ma-3511).
At the end of this motorway, we arrive at the junction with the
Inca-Sineu motorway (Ma-3240), we cross it in a straight line
and continue towards Sineu. We arrive at the junction with train
tracks, and turn left on the street: carrer de la Tramuntana. We
continue straight on the street: carrer de la Estació, we pass the
bypass to the Ma-3300 motorway and continue on the road until
we find a bypass to the left in the direction of Sant Joan (Ma3232). At the end of the motorway, we arrive at a roundabout
next to Sant Joan. Optionally at this point, we can ascend to the
Hermitage Nostra Senyora de la Consolació, located 2 km from
the village. To do this, we take the third exit at the roundabout
in the direction of Sant Joan, when we arrive at the village, we
take the first street on the right and follow the signs. In order to
continue the route, at the aforementioned roundabout and take
the second exit in the direction of Montuïri on the Ma-3230.
When we arrive to Montuïri, we turn left at the first street and
follow it to a roundabout where we exit towards the Vial de
Servei (Service Road), which will take us (on a winding road) to
another large roundabout. Here, we take the second exit towards
Randa. At 500 metres, we turn to the right in the direction of
Randa and follow the Ma-5017. In the village, at the first junction
that we encounter, we turn left and ascend in the direction of
Cura (4 km), where we may visit the Monastery and Church.
We then descend towards Randa and cross the village heading
towards Algaida. At 500 metres from the exit of the village, we
descend on a narrow road located on the right. At the end of this
road, we turn right towards Algaida on the main motorway (Ma5010). End of the route.
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Bodega Son Dagueta
Bodegues Jaume Mesquida
Bodegues Miquel Oliver
Bodegues can Coleto
Bodegues Galmés i Ferrer
Bodega Vinya Taujana
>> Cellers (Wine-
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Es Celler de Petra
Celler Es Palau
Celler de can Font
Celler Es Grop
Celler Son Torelló
Celler Sa Bòveda
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Cal Dimoni
Gastronomic Routes
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15 Es Pou
16 Finca Son Bauló
17 Can Pericó
18 Sa Taparera
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The zone comprised within the Denomination of Origin: Pla i Llevant
de Mallorca, created in 1999, is the region with the most extensive
viticulture tradition which dates back to the Roman age: Algaida,
Ariany, Artà, Campos, Capdepera, Felanitx, Llucmajor, Manacor,
Maria de la Salut, Montuïri, Muro, Petra, Porreres, Sant Joan, Sant
Llorenç des Cardassar, Santa Margalida, Sineu and Vilafranca. Its
elaboration combines traditional practices with modern technology
which is permanently designed to improve the quality of the wines.
Thus, we start the route in Algaida, in the Winery: can Majoral (C/
Campanar, s/n), a family winery which began 20 years ago and they
have been pioneers in ecological agriculture. They use cutting-edge
technology to make their wines and they offer two trademarks: can
Majoral and Butibalausí. Among their wines, we recommend the
red wine: can Majoral Son Roig and the white wine: Butibalausí.
We now move on to Porreres to visit the winery: Jaume Mesquida
(C/ Vileta, 7), a family winery founded in 1945 by Jaume Mesquida
Barceló (great-grandparents of the current owners), although
there are documents which link this family to wine-making since
the beginning of the 16th Century. Don’t miss the opportunity to
sample the Cabernet Sauvignon. We also highlight the winery: Son
Dagueta (C/ Parientes, 4), which was documented at the end of
the 18th Century and resumed its activity in 2004. In 2007, one of
its wines, “Alè de cabernet 2005” obtained the Gold medal in the
International Brussels Competition.
Finally, we travel to Petra, where we can explore three more wineries. First, we visit the winery: Miquel Oliver (C/ Font, 26, www.
miqueloliver.com), which was founded approximately a century ago.
This was the first Island company in Mallorca to win major prizes
at the national level. It produces the Island’s most prestigious wines
and names such as Ses Ferritges, Original Muskat, or Aia can be
found in the wine cellars of the leading wine experts. We now visit
Ca’n Coleto (C/ Convent, 10 and Camí de Son Reixach, first road
on the left), a family company founded in 2000 which elaborates
an ecological wine. Several of its fine wines include: Negre Virat,
el Llàgrimes Blanques or el Summum. We conclude our visit at the
winery: Galmés i Ferrer (C/ Ordines 19 and C/ del Barracar Alt,
56), which began to produce wine in 1940. Since 1993, they have
elaborated a single product line with red, white and rose wines.
These three wines are young wines and are commercialized in the
same year of their production. Santa Eugènia also has several wineries which elaborate wines, however in this case, they are registered
within the Denomination of Origin: D.O. Binissalem. We highlight
the winery: Vinya Taujana (C/ Balanguera, 40), a Family Business
which elaborates wines which are almost entirely from their own
vinyards and provides arranged visits to its wine-cellar.
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Several examples may be:
>> Jaume Mesquida Winery
>> Can Majoral Winery
Celler de Randa (C/ Església, 24. Randa – Algaida)
Es Celler de Petra (C/ Hospital, 46. Petra)
Celler Es Palau (C/ Esperança, 28. Sineu)
Celler de can Font (C/ Rosa, 1. Sineu)
Celler Es Grop (C/ Major,14. Sineu)
Celler Son Torelló (C/ Son Torelló, 1. Sineu)
Celler Sa Bòveda (C/ Bous, 129. Sineu)
On the other hand, we highlight the major presence of numerous
restaurants in the district, where you may sample a wide range of
traditional Mallorcan dishes as well as a major variety of cuisine
options: Gourmet chefs, creative dishes, specialities or other cultures.
We highlight this small selection:
>> Miquel Oliver Winery
>> Can Coleto Winery
>> Vinya Taujana Winery
S’Hostal d’Algaida (Ctra. de Manacor km. 20,5. Algaida)
Ca’l Dimoni (Ctra. Manacor km. 21. Algaida)
Es 4 vents (Cra. De Manacor Km.21,7. Algaida)
Binicomprat (Ctra. de Manacor km. 22,7. Algaida)
Ca’s Beato (C/ Tanqueta, 1. Randa – Algaida)
Es Recó de Randa (C/ Font, 21. Randa - Algaida)
Ses Torres (Ctra. Petra – Maria de la Salut s/n. Ariany)
Es Pou (Ctra. Ciutat, 1. Lloret de Vistalegre)
Restaurante Son Bauló (Camí de Son Bauló, 1. Lloret de Vistalegre)
Can Pericó (C/ Farinera, 7. Llubí)
Sa Taperera (C/ Dr. Fleming, 5-7. Llubí)
Ca’s Metge Monjo (C/ Antoni Monjo, 18. Maria de la Salut)
Cas Padrí Toni (C/ Villalonga, 9. Maria de la Salut)
S’Hostal (C/ Contitució,59. Montuïri)
Son Bascos (Ctra. Manacor, km. 29. Montuïri)
Es Molí de’n Perons (C/ Es molinar, 51. Montuïri)
Sa Creu (Ctra. Manacor-Inca km. 9. Petra)
Ca’n Puceta (Ctra. Palma-Sineu km. 15,300. Santa Eugènia)
Sa Torre de Santa Eugènia
(C/ Ctra. Sta. Eugènia-Sencelles. Sta. Eugènia)
Sa Cuina de n’Aina (C/ Rafal, 31. Sencelles)
Molí d’en Pau (C/ Santa Margalida, 25. Sineu)
Can Joan Capó (C/ Degà Joan Rotger, 4. Sineu)
S’Estanc Vell (Ctra. Palma, 29. Vilafranca de Bonany)
Es Cruce (Ctra. Palma-Manacor km 40. Vilafranca de Bonany).
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The cellers (name inspired by the “wine-cellars”) restaurants
represent the most typical gastronomy in the Pla de Mallorca zone
and they are an excellent option to enjoy typical dishes of Mallorcan
cuisine (both “racions” [individual servings] and “variats” [assorted
dishes]). These cellers usually have rural decoration and it is common
to find old objects related to agricultural life or the elaboration of
wine, such as cart wheels or wine vats.
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Algaida
>> Scenic Overview of Algaida
The Royal Property Distribution Book (“Llibre del
Repartiment”) of 1232 provides the first reference to two
farmhouses with the name of Algaida, whose etymological
meaning is “forest”. Likewise, we also find a reference
to three farmhouses with the name of Pina. According
to Coromines, this place name probably originates from
the Roman term “Pinna” (“penya”or “crag”), or “Pinella”
(“water tank”). Both meanings are possible and correspond
to the geomorphologic reality of the land. “Randa” is also
mentioned in this same book, with the name of “Arrenda”,
which is an Arab word which means “laurel”.
In the Muslim Age, Algaida consisted of two farmhouses
which approximately occupied the location which today
comprises the urban city centre and its surroundings. It seems
that each Municipality had its own Castle and the Juz’ de
Muntuy Castle was located on the hill, Puig de Randa, where
the buildings of the Sanctuary of Nostra Senyora de Cura now
stand. In the land distribution subsequent to the Catalonian
conquest, the Castle corresponded to the Order of the
Templar Knights.
The pre-Talayotic tombs of the Puig de Son Reus (Puig) are the
first archaeological ruins which indicate man’s existence in the
Renowned as great hydraulic engineers, the Muslims placed
major emphasis on this task and created major irrigation
zones, which were vitally important for the development of
the local agriculture. In this sense, Algaida is the zone with the
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Algaida municipality. The Archaeological sites of the Talayotic
Age (1400 – 123 B.C.) are relatively numerous and important,
where we highlight Sa Serra – Punxuat, sa Casa Nova de Pina,
can Felet, and Son Coll.
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The Municipality of Algaida, with an extension of 87.61 km2
and a population of 4.943 inhabitants (2008 census data),
is bordered by Palma, Santa Eugènia, Sencelles, Lloret, and
Montuïri.
Algaida
Historical References
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>> Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
>> Algaida_Points of Interest
During the 16th – 17th Centuries, the population basically
consisted of day labourers who worked other people’s lands.
The most valuable possessions were Rafalet, Albenya, Punxuat,
Castellitx, Formiguera (Son Mesquida), etc. The segregation process
of these large land possessions was very important because this
facilitated the creation of many small land-owners.
Since the end of the 18th Century to date, the municipality
has undergone a profound transformation in reference to its
demographic structure, property, economy, political power,
mentality, and the urban layout.
>> Gordiolas Glass
>> Glass-Making Process
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As a result of the Catalonian conquest, the new settlers quickly
built a church, which in 1249, is already mentioned as the Church
of Castellitx in the Papal Bull by Pope Innocence IV; today it is one
of the three Churches of the repopulation which is conserved in
Mallorca. Since the end of the 13th Century, the municipality’s
scattered population began to concentrate in diverse points and
Algaida became the main city centre. While some locations such as
Pina and Randa maintained concentrated populations others such
as Castellitx and es Rafalet disappeared.
Algaida
greatest density of “qanats” (irrigation tunnels) and this is due to
the shallow water capture depth in the solid rock zone of Randa.
With its subterranean route of 299.89 metres, the tunnel of Son
Reus de Randa is the longest Qanat in Mallorca.
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Creu del Colomer
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Molí d’en Xina
Molí d’en Pau
Molí d’en Bosso
Molí d’en Falconer
Molí d’en Boi
Molí de n’Andreu
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Antiga Parròquia de Castellitx
Bodega can Majoral
S’Hostal d’Algaida
Restaurant Ca’l Dimoni
Restaurant Es 4 vents
Restaurant Binicomprat
Agroturisme Binicomprat
Finca Raïms Hotel de interior
Museu de Vidre
de Gordiola
Points of Interest
Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
(Església Parroquial de Sant Pere i Sant Pau)
The origins of the Parish Church are due to the transfer of the
administrative and religious capital which was carried out around
1435, from Catellitx to the old farmhouse of Algaida. The current
temple with its Gothic style and Baroque touches was built on a
previous site in the 16th and 17th centuries. In the 18th Century,
other major works were executed such as the construction of the
chapel, Capella del Roser, promoted by the Rector of Algaida,
Francesc Togores (1742 – 1771).
The main façade has a wall divided by three lines of voussoir; the
large Gothic doorway has an Ogive arch with two archivolts which
enclose the tympanum and it contains an image of the Virgin Mary.
Higher up, there is a rectangular window and a Rose window. The
façade’s crown is a multi-lined church wall in a Baroque style topped
with a Cross. The belfry ascends on the façade’s right side, with a
square shape, five sections, and crown; the fifth section has two
semi-circular arches on each side.
The interior has a single nave divided into six sections, with groined
vault roof and gallery in the access zone, with a segmental arch and
groined vault roof, with the coat of arms of Algaida (a tower) in the
keystone. There are six chapels on the sides with semi-circular arch
and groined vault ceiling. The transversal arch which separates the
nave’s presbytery is a round vault and has two coats of arms. The
lower section of the nave’s vertical wall has a baseboard with floor
tiles which dates back to the refurbishment in 1788 and the upper
section has six Gothic semi-circular arch windows, the third and
fourth on the right with stained glass. The major altarpiece is a large
scale Baroque work with five levels and three sections, four paintings
in the predella and thirteen images in the remainder. The image of
the Mare de Déu de la Mamella (in the centre of the second section)
is a Gothic marble sculpture and she is the Patron Saint of stone
masons. There is an image of Christ in the attic.
The chapels on the left (or the Gospel) side are: dedicated
respectively to Santa Catalina Tomás, to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
the deep Chapel (dedicated to the Mare de Déu del Roser), Sant
Crist de la Sang, and l’Assumpta. The chapels on the right (or the
Epistles) side are: the first Chapel contains a large entrance door with
segmental arch which is connected to the belfry and has a Baptism
font. It is followed by the chapels of the Immaculate Virgin Mary,
Sant Sebastián, the fourth space corresponds to the side doorway,
the chapels of Sant Antoni Abat and Sant Joan Bautista.
Since recent years, it conserves the Gothic Altarpiece of Sant Pere
and Sant Pau from the Church of Castellitx.
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The windmill, molí d’en Xina, was built in 1738 and is a typical flour
windmill. It has a base with barrel vault roof and circular tower with a
conical canopy and antennas, and has a lintel doorway.
>> The Colomer Cross
Other flour windmills include: Molí de s’Aljub (C/ de la Tanqueta),
Molí de n’Andreu (C/ dels Cavallers), Molí d’en Boi (C/ Nou),
Molí d’en Bosso (C/ de Cabrit i Bassa – C/ del Sol), and Molí d’en
Falconer or can Mulet (C/ de Colomar).
The Colomer Cross (Creu del Colomer) (C/ del Colomer, 3)
This cross was built in 1578 and 1579 and has a Renaissance style.
It is made of sandstone and has an octagonal base with five steps.
The stem is cylindrical and two sections can be distinguished in
the capital: There is floral decoration in the lower section, and it
is possible to distinguish images of different Saints and the town’s
Coat of Arms in the upper octagonal section. On one side, the
Cross displays the relief sculpture of a crucified Christ with the
representation of Mary Magdalena at his feet, two Saints at the ends
of his arms, and a pelican, a Eucharistic symbol in the column head;
on the other side, there is a relief sculpture of the Virgin Mary.
>> Parish Church of la Immaculada i del Beat Ramon Llull
>> The Xina Windmill
The well, Pou del Colomer, is next to the Cross; it is also made of
sandstone with a rectangular curbstone and four square sections
which support a pyramidal roof.
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Parish Church of la Inmaculada Ramon Llull
(Església Parroquial de la Immaculada i del Beat Ramon Llull)
It was built in the years from 1765 to 1770 and became a Parish
Church in 1913. The façade has a lintel doorway and a niche with
the image of the Beatified Ramon Llull in the entablature and a
Rose window with multi-coloured stained glass. The Belfry is on the
right, with five sections, balcony, and tower with windows and a
dome crown. The interior with a barrel vault roof has four chapels
on the left side and three chapels on the right. Note the splendid
Sant Josep chapel with its late Baroque altarpiece thanks to the
patronage of the Sastre d’Estahacar family. The Capella del Sagrari
(Tabernacle Chapel) with the Morell d’Albenya coat of arms has an
image of the Inmaculada (Immaculate Virgin Mary) from the 16th
Century. The main altar with its Baroque style is presided by the
image of Ramon Llull.
The Sacristy, a groined vault ceiling, conserves the canvass which
formerly presided the main altar with scenes from the life of Ramon
Llull as well as the portrait of the chronicler and provost, Guillem
Terrassa.
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The Xina Windmill (Molí d’en Xina)
The Algaida town conserves a total of seventeen flour windmills; they
represent the village’s typical image as expressed by the Archduke
Luis Salvador: «Algaida se’ns mostra envoltada de molins (Algaida is
enclosed by windmills)». These buildings normally have a base which
serves as the windmill terrace and the antennas have been lost.
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(Lent Preacher) dates back to 1846. The obverse upper section of the
cross portrays a sculpted Christ facing Southwest, while the reverse
side, facing Northeast, is a relief of the Immaculate Virgin Mary with
the figure of Ramon Llull who worships her; there are also reliefs that
depict the Passion of Christ. It has a base in the form of four steps
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The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Cura
(Santuari de la Nostra Senyora de Cura)
In 1449, the Catalonian Llull follower, Pere Joan Llobet, restored the
Chapel of the Mare de Déu de Randa, established by Ramon Llull,
and founded the Llullian Art School which disappeared in 1460
following his death. Around 1502 within the environment created
based on General Study, which founded the School of Mt. Randa,
subsequently the School of Cura (which was active until 1826),
jointly with the ancient Chapel of the Mare de Déu de Randa (due to
its fame for healing diseases which the image had acquired, which
was known as the Mare de Déu de Cura or the “Virgin of Healing”
since the 16th Century). At the beginning of the 20th Century, the
Bishop Pere Joan Campins restored the old Sanctuary and in 1913, it
was occupied by the Franciscan Tertiary order. In 1955, the image of
the Virgin was officially crowned by the Pope.
A large lintel doorway provides access to the Sanctuary premises.
The lintel head has an inscription of a verse from Ramon Llull’s
work, Blanquerna. “Amable fill, saluda Nostra Dona, qui és salut e
benedicció nostra”(Beloved son, greet our Holy Virgin, who is our
health and blessing.). The portal arch displays the initials IHS (Jesus,
the Saviour of Men) and the inscription, “Omnia in nomine Dni Iesus
Chisti facite”(Do everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ).
Inside the temple, we find a large platform. Monk cells enclose
the patio on the left side, while the religious buildings have been
erected on the right: Church, Monastery, and School; there is a barrestaurant further inside.
The Grammar classroom is located beyond the Monastery doorway,
which now serves as the Sanctuary Museum. Several floor tiles
indicate that it dates back to the beginning of the 17th century and
housed the Grammar School which was called the Cura School.
At present, it contains the Sanctuary’s bibliographic collection with
manuscript works, valuable museum objects which include paintings,
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The Randa Fountain and the Municipal Cross
(Font de Randa i Creu de Terme)
The fountain consists of a qanat from the Islamic era. It is found on
the road which ascends to Cura (with sections of the old stone path),
with the village washing places on the side. These washing places
have a porch with three semi-circular arches and the washer’s slabs
enclose the entire perimeter. Outside the porch, a large basin collects
the water from the fountain. A document dated 1551 has been
conserved about it, signed by the Deputy Lieutenant of the Kingdom
of Mallorca which regulates the water distribution turns among the
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The Church has a façade with an angular church wall, crowned by a
steeple with a semi-circular arch and three buttresses crowned by a
cross on the South side. Located to the right of the presbytery, there
is the entrance to the chapel of the Mare de Déu de Cura, where
the first room houses the Christ image, from the Sant Domingo
Monastery of Palma dated in the 17th Century; it was conserved in
the Albenya housing estates until 1861, when Josep Morell i Esteva,
owner of the possession, donated it to the Sanctuary of Cura. The
image of the Virgin Mary has a late Gothic style which has been
dated in early 16th century, made of Santanyí stone and she is
shown with the Baby Jesus in one hand and a flower in the other.
>> Ramon Llull
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>> The Randa Fountain and Wash-basins
>> The Sanctuary of St. Honoratus
The Corb Summit (Cocó del Corb)
Since 1491 (when it was first documented) and until 1616, the
blessing of the Mallorquin agricultural fields was performed on this
mountain summit, a site locally known as “Cocó del Corb” (currently
next to the telecommunication installations). This ceremony was
carried out in accordance with the Jurats de la Ciutat (Sworn Oaths
of the City) and the Kingdom of Mallorca with the Capítol de la Seu,
on the third Easter Sunday with the aim to assure that all the fruit
and vegetable crops planted in Mallorca would have a good harvest.
The Beatified Ramon Llull Cave (Cova del Beat Ramon Llull)
is located nearby the Sanctuary doorway. According to tradition,
Ramon Llull spent his spiritual retreats in this humble cave. This
is how the “Mata Escrita” (Writing Bush) legend was created,
according to which the Illuminated Doctor’s philosophical system
was supernaturally revealed to him by means of a bush with
written characters on its leaves. Another tradition has recorded the
appearance of a crucified Jesus in this site. In 1275, Ramon Llull
placed an altar dedicated to the Virgin Mary in this cave which was
later named Nostra Senyora de Randa (Our Lady of Randa). The cave
was partially destroyed in the 18th century. A stone marker and the
image of Ramon Llull were placed here in 1933, but it was savagely
mutilated a few years ago.
The Sanctuary of St. Honoratus (Santuari de Sant Honorat)
This Sanctuary was founded by the hermit and priest, Arnau
Desbrull, in 1394 and three years later, its hermitage chapel had
already been blessed. In 1763, its ownership was transferred to
the Hermitages of Sant Pau and Sant Antoni. In 1890, the priest,
Joaquim Rosselló, retired there, who a few months later founded
the congregation of the Missioners dels Sagrats Cors (Sacred Heart
Missionaries). Since 1915, this congregation has established its
novitiates there.
The platform which configures the entrance is spacious and
asphalted. On the Western side, there is a vertical façade which seals
the Sanctuary, dated in 1888, with two doorways with semi-circular
vaulted arches, a small water-break moulding as an archivolt and a
cross which crowns the two doorways. The left doorway leads to
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furniture, and liturgical items, as well as a collection of “goigs”
(religious Couplets) dedicated to Ramon Llull.
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The Church was concluded in 1661. The main façade has a moulded
lintel doorway crowned by a niche with the image of Sant Honorat,
two lateral Coats of Arms of the Tagamanent and Amar families, and
a Gothic inscription, recovered from the Early Christian Church dated
in 1397. The Temple has a rectangular floor plan with three sections,
barrel vault ceiling with half-moon windows, three lateral chapels,
and a gallery with a groined vault ceiling in the entry zone, as well as
a Presbytery with square floor plan. To the left, there is the confessional, the Mare de Déu del Roser and the image of the Christ of the
Hermits, from the 14th century, while on the right, there is the Mare
de Déu de Lorda, the chapel of Santa Margalida Maria d’Alacoque
and the Chapel of the Sacred Hearts. The main altarpiece, dated in
1928, has disappeared and currently a stone wall houses three niches
with the images of Sant Honorat, Ramon Llull, and the Beatified
Francesc Palau. To the left of the Presbytery, there is a small chapel
with a segmental arch which contains the image of the Mare de Déu
de Lluc.
Its interior contains the congregation rooms and the “oratori”
(oratory) of the Beatified Francesc Palau, a small chapel with the
>> Franciscan Convent
>> Parish Church of St. Cosmas and St. Damian
image of the Mare de Déu del Carmen and the Mare de Déu de la
Empanada, a work from the mid 20th Century. Higher up, there is
an impressive viewpoint, with spectacular panoramic scenery.
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Parish Church of St. Cosmas and St. Damian
(Església Parroquial de Sant Cosme i Sant Damià)
The works began in 1853 with the collaboration of the property
developer and the citizens of Pina, the “piners”. The new Church
was blessed in 1858, and placed under the divine protection of
the Holy Doctors: Sant Cosme and Sant Damián and the Mare
de Déu de la Salut (Virgin of Health). From 1859 to 1875, the
Temple’s interior was decorated according to the iconographic
program designed and supervised by the Priest Gabriel Mariano
Ribes de Pina. The Temple has had the category of Parish Church
since 1935.
The façade has a lintel doorway with a triangular pediment, a Rose
window above, and as church wall, a pediment topped with a cross;
on the sides, two belfries have been erected, respectively crowned
by Sant Cosme and Sant Damián.
The Classic style interior, inspired by Italian models, is a single nave
with three sections, and a barrel vault ceiling with half-moon windows. It has two interconnected lateral chapels, a transept with
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the Church and the right doorway provides access to the Sanctuary
Caretaker office, with the image of Ramon Llull in the tympanum.
We can also observe four small windows with semi-circular arch
and a blind arcade with semi-circular arches in the upper section.
Between the doorways, there is a ceramic ceiling dated in 1976,
which represents the Church’s Patron Saint.
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A lintel doorway connects to a small foyer where there are three
doorways; the left one provides access to the Entrance Hall, with an
outstanding pictorial decoration, such as a portrait of the Founder,
Monsignor Gabriel M. Ribes. On the right, a rectangular patio
contains the sculpture of Sant Francesc blessing Friar Lleó.
>> The Pina Fountain
The Pina Fountain (Font de Pina) (C/ de Sineu)
This fountain was probably excavated during the Islamic period
and played a major role in the creation of this city centre. Next to
it, under a porch with arches, there are several washing places with
ten stone basins. The fountain is a “qanat” or irrigation tunnel,
which still fully conserves a dry stone gallery and the flat slab roof
which shelters the route. Following the Catalonian conquest, a direct
access was made to the mother well with a large stairway which
reaches the two basins into which the well water flows. The excess
water from the basins spills through a lateral conduit until it rejoins
the original drainage canal of the qanat. Outside, the system is
completed by a series of basins, which must have served as a trough
and several ponds. The surplus water flows along a semi-circular
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Franciscan Convent (Convent de les Franciscanes)
(C/ Germans Fundadors, 1)
In 1856, the Priest Marià Ribes de Pina and his sister, Josepa
Maria, founded the Congregation: Filles de la Misericòrdia
(Sisters of Mercy), which quickly spread to other locations in
Mallorca. The Early Christian Convent was located inside the
islet of the Church and in 1891, a new building was built which
was connected to the old convent by means of a bridge. The
Chapel was inaugurated in 1924; it was designed by the architect,
Francesc Ferrer Moragues. The Convent is considered to be the
Congregation’s headquarters and was a novitiate’s house from
1862 until the 1980’s decade.
The chapel has a façade with an Ogive arch doorway, with the
Franciscan Coat of Arms in the typanum, a Rose window, three small
windows, and crowned with a steeple. The interior defines a nave
with a rectangular floor plan, with a coffered wood ceiling in the
nave, and extending beams in the Presbytery and gallery buttressed
by a skene arch. The Presbytery has an entrance by means of a semicircular transversal arch, and in the background, a niche contains
the “Sagrari” (Tabernacle), with a sculptured relief of the “Sagrada
Familia” (Holy Family) and Sant Francesc by the sculptor, Oliver. To
the right, there is a sculpture of the Mare de Déu de la Inmaculada,
and on two sides, Ogive arch stained glass windows; to the left, the
Sacristy doorway opens with a NeoGothic convex moulding. Below
the gallery, there is a sculpture of Sant Francesc.
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dome and quadrangular Apse in the Presbytery. The pictorial decoration is primarily inspired by the Virgin Mary, with a clearly didactic
intention, with paintings on the walls, the vault, the dome, and the
arms of the transept, where the chapels also portray monographic
subjects (Christ, Sant Francesc, Santa Catalina Tomás, Sant Antoni
Abad, Sant Josep, and the Puríssima). The majority of the frescos are
works by Vicenç Mates, although other artists also collaborated such
as Salvador Torres, Melcior Umbert, and Bartomeu Bordoy.
Algaida
Next to the entrance to the fountain premises, there is the “Creu
de Terme” or Pina Municipal Border Cross, dated in 1903 with a
NeoGothic Style made of sandstone and limestone. There are two
inscriptions of Christ (IHS and PX) and the Coat of Arms of Pina
(a pine tree and the letters, “NA”); beside it, there is a hackberry
tree and the entrance to the gardens has a segmental arch and an
ornamental homage to Dr. W. Mendel dated 1988; a path with a
pergola provides access to this patio.
Castellitx
The Latin origin with the Mozarabic suffix with the place name
“Castellitx” suggests a city centre or defense fortification (castellum)
in the age of Roman domination. During the Muslim period, a
farmhouse was established and in the distribution of the island
lands, it corresponded to the Knight, Ferran Peris de Pina. In 1300,
Castellitx was proclaimed a village by the Ordinances of King Jaume
II, however, during the 15th Century, the better geographic location
of the neighbouring town, Algaida, determined the population’s
migration to Algaida, as well as its category of a municipality. In
the 17th Century, we have documented records that the Pujol de
>> Castellitx
>> Oratory of Castellitx
Castellitx family were the main land-owners in this village. At the end
of the 19th century, the Coll family, from can Barra d’Or, acquired the
majority of its area, and gave their name to this possession, which is
currently known by its traditional name and its nickname, Castellitx
d’en Barra d’Or.
Oratory of Castellitx (Oratori de Castellitx)
The Church of the Mare de Déu de la Pau of Castellitx dates back
to the 13th Century and it appears as a Parish Church in the Papal
Bull by Pope Innocence IV in 1248, although its patron Saint is Sant
Pere (St. Peter). Upon the population’s migration to Algaida, it lost
the category of Parish Church, and in 1466, it appears as a Suffragan
Church of the Parish Church of Algaida.
The Oratory has a segmental doorway which provides access to a
rectangular porch with a wood roof supported by a polygonal pillar.
The access to the interior is carried out by a semi-circular vaulted arch
with a diamond-point archivolt in the Romanic tradition. The Temple
has nave with a rectangular floor plan divided into two sections by
a diaphragm arch and transversal wood beam roof supported by a
large longitudinal main beam. The third section houses the presbytery
built in the 18th century, with a barrel vault ceiling. The old Gothic
Altarpiece dedicated to Sant Pere and Sant Pau from the 14th-15th
Century is conserved in the Parish Church of Algaida. Currently, the
Presbytery is presided by the seated image of the Mare de Déu de la
Pau dated approx. 1430, with a Baby Jesus in her arms. A steeple with
a bell extends from the exterior roof with its two layers of roof tiles.
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vaulted sewer made of fitted stone which also drains the floods from
the Torrentera (rainwater) channel. The entire complex conserves
the stone road. The moisture from this fountain has populated the
environment of this village with lush vegetation.
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>> Scenic overview of Ariany
The Municipality of Ariany has an extension of 24 km2 and
a population of 810 inhabitants (2008 census data). It is
bordered by the Municipalities of Maria de la Salut, Santa
Margalida, Petra, and Sineu.
Book (“Llibre del Repartiment”) of Mallorca (1232), with the
name of Arian. The origin of the place name is unknown,
nevertheless, the philologist, Joan Coromines, defends the
theory that it involves some Pre-Roman name.
Ariany adopted the name of an Arabic farmhouse which
appeared documented in the Royal Property Distribution
Agriculture and cattle have practically been the only main
economic activities of the village. This secular dedication is the
The Municipality has catalogued approximately thirty archaeological
sites, which were declared Assets of Cultural Interest in 1966.
Among others, we highlight the Cave of Sa Canova, discovered
after the detonation of an explosive charge. Dated in the Bronze
Age, the Talayotic village of Calderitx was used as a place of
residence and defence and the funeral cave of Son Nivorra from
the PreTalayotic Age. Likewise in Son Bacs, we can also mention the
existence of series of archaeological ruins as well as a set of caves
from the PreTalayotic Age and in ses Comunes, there is a manmade funeral cave from the same period as the others.
>> Windmill: Molí d’en Marinero
There are no building ruins from the Roman period, despite the fact
that ceramic fragments have been found in the Talayot sites. There
are also no ruins or buildings from the Muslim age, but there is
evidence of their population in these locations due to the numerous
ceramic artefacts discovered, above all in Calderitx.
The plot divisions began in the 14th Century. Due to the ownership
changes, the recognized rights of the settlers of Ariany were
eliminated and they initiated persistent demands.
The references to Ariany in the 15th Century continue to
mention establishments, sales, executions of wills, etc. Here,
>> The Good Well
we can highlight the grant which King Alfons from Barcelona
granted to his loyal subject, Jordi de Sant Joan, who awarded
him with the civil jurisdiction of honour over Ariany, which he
already possessed in an Allodial Title. In 1518, the Knights of
Ariany were the Magnificent Berenguer Vivot and his wife, Joana
de Sant Joan. In 1647, the Knights were Lady Francisca Sureda i
Vivot, the wife of Jeroni de Sant Joan. It subsequently passed to
Jordi de Sant Joan and in 1669, to Magdalena Sureda by cession
from Lady Francesca de Sant Joan i Fuster, the wife of Jordi de
Sant Joan. From her, it passed to the Contoner family due to
her marriage with Francesc Cotoner. In 1717, King Felip V de
Borbó (King Philip V) granted the title of Marquis of Ariany to
Marc Antoni Cotoner i Sureda, the successor of his mother, who
brought the image of the Mare de Déu de Atotxa from Madrid
(1744) which became the Patron Saint of the temple upon its
arrival.
On 12th of August 1980, an enactment proposal was submitted
concerning the potential segregation of the Petra Municipality
in relation to Ariany. The response from the Town Council was
favourable and it requested the Town Council of Petra to create
a mixed commission to establish the grounds of an agreement.
The project was approved in the Town Council of Petra on the 7th
of July 1981. The definitive approval of the independence was
published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado (Official Gazette of the
Spanish State) on the date of 30th of July 1982.
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key to this landscape and the life of this village, with large cultivated
areas, wells, and windmills.
Ariany
>> Ariany_Historical References
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Parish Church of the Virgin Mary of Atocha
(Església Parroquial de la Mare de Déu d’Atotxa)
The first Oratory of Ariany, which was already built in 1570 in the
possession of Pere de Vivot, Lord of Ariany, was dedicated to the
Mare de Déu de les Neus (Virgin of Snow). In 1717, following the
appointment of Marc Antoni Cotoner as Marquis of Ariany, he
arranged the construction of a new church which was completed in
1737. They had to destroy the old chapel in order to build the new
temple in the same plot. This new Church was an imitation of the
San Antonio de los Portugueses Church in Madrid with an oval floor
plan. The image which presides the temple is dedicated to the Mare
de Déu de Atotxa from Madrid, which arrived in the village 1744, as
a gift from the Marquis. However, the building had many defects as
witnessed by Jeroni de Berard in 1789 and shortly after was in danger
of falling into ruins. The current temple was built in the beginning of
the 19th Century and consecrated in 1818. The transept, presbytery,
and belfry were added between 1908 and 1911. The Choir and
Atrium were built in 1917. For decades, the church had the category
of a Vicarage, Suffragan Church of the Parish of Petra, until it
obtained the category of Parish Church in 1935.
The Façade has a portico with three Ogive arches and above them,
a Rose window and balustrade. There is a main lintel doorway
with grooved doorposts at the end of the Atrium. On the left, a
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The interior has a Latin Cross floor plan, with three lateral chapels
and a transept with two transversal arms, as well as the Presbytery.
It has a barrel vault ceiling in the nave, arms, and presbytery, and we
can also see an unlit solid dome in the centre of the transept.
The main altarpiece is located in the Presbytery; it was brought from
the old Church of Manacor and modified for its new location with
three levels and two sections. The image of the Mare de Déu de
Atotxa presides in the centre, flanked by the image of Sant Joan
Baptista (St. John the Baptist) and Sant Sebastià (St. Sebastian). In the
upper section, the most modern, there is an image of Sant Gaietà
(St. Cajetan), one of the town’s Patron Saints. The main altar is not
located in the Presbytery but in the vertical wall of the dome, where a
large forged iron lamp is hung. The doorway of the Sacristy is located
on the right of the Presbytery.
On the right of the transept, an image of Christ has been conserved,
a wood sculpture by the sculptor, Gayà (in 1985), with stairs for
the veneration of the image and a stained glass window of the
Ascension. To the left, we see a lateral doorway and a stained glass
which represents the Carpentry of Sant Josep (St. Joseph). The three
chapels on the right are respectively dedicated to the Mare de Déu
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stone marker records Monsignor Martí Truyols, the Parish vicar and
ecclesiastical administrator (1905-1942). On the left, there is a small
undecorated lintel doorway, and a belfry with five square sections,
the last one with two semi-circular arches per side.
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with one floor, a large semi-circular vaulted arch doorway opens. To
the left of it, there is a wall with a doorway which connects to the
interior in the form of a corral. On the left of the corral, there are the
ruins of an old winepress and a wine cellar with a barrel vault ceiling.
The main doorway with stone doorjambs is connected to an old patio
space, which practically no longer exists with a small house that was
subsequently added
The Rectory and the Church Square (Rectoria i Plaça de l’Església)
The Rectory located on the right of the Temple has a façade with
two floors and a lintel doorway. On the right, at the beginning of the
street: carrer de la Pietat, there is vaulted arch doorway with an image
of the Virgin in the upper doorway.
Part of the Camí dels Marquessos d’Ariany (Marchioness Road)
crosses in front of the house, which, according to tradition, extended
to Son Sureda de Manacor; it now connects the Son Gibert road or
the Petra motorway.
In front of the Rectory and the Temple, there is a beautiful Plaça in
the form of a landscaped platform with a splendid view over the Pla
area to the mountain of Randa. It is called the Mirador de Sa Creu
(viewpoint) due to the Neo-Romanic type Cross that was built here
with a sculpted relief of Christ and capitals decorated with Angels.
The cross was donated by Gabriel Mateu in 1970. In front of it, there
is a rebuilt semi-circular arch doorway.
>> L’Alberg Farm House
>> The Rectory and the Church Square
L’Alberg
This house, which today has been heavily modified, was the centre
of the old farmhouse of Ariany. The main façade, located near the
Church Plaça, has one section on the right with two floors with a
lintel doorway, a small buttress on the left of the doorway, and two
windows with sills on the first floor. Further to the left, in the section
The Cistern (S’Aljub)
Located in the Village square, it is a 19th Century building which
collected the water from the majority of the village streets. It is made
of sandstone with a rectangular floor plan and a large vault roof. The
troughs for cattle were conserved until the mid 20th Century and a
curbstone where the water was extracted for human consumption. It
has an 80,000 litre capacity.
The Good Well (Pou Bo)
This is a perfect example of the traditional hydraulic system, located
on the right of the Petra Motorway, when departing from Ariany.
Built in the middle of a small platform, the curbstone is made of
sandstone and has a rectangular section with doorjambs that form a
design with four semi-circular arches, one on each side. It has a deep
interior with masonry walls.
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>> Parish Church of the Virgin Mary of Atocha
del Roser, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Puríssima Concepció. On
the left, there is the Mare de Déu del Carme, Sant Josep, and Sant
Antoni Abat. In the angle located between the last chapel and the
left side of the transept, there is a stone pulpit. The Baptism font is
located to the left of the main doorway and there is an organ built in
the section above the atrium in the choir which was built by Antoni
Cardell in 1927.
Ariany
>> Ariany_Points of Interest
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Pla de Mallorca_Costitx
The place name of Costitx was already documented in the
Royal Property Distribution Book (“Llibre del Repartiment”)
of Mallorca (1232): it is derived from the Latin word: “costa”
and the suffix: “-icium” (pronounced “ic” by the Arabs), and
indicated the geographical location of the ancient farmhouse,
attached to the mountainside.
The Costitx Municipality has always been devoted to
agriculture on a practically exclusive basis. There are many
>> Scenic overview of Costitx
valuable architectural ruins from this activity, such as
the buildings used to collect or use water, windmills, or
possessions’ estate houses
On the other hand, Costitx is also famous due to the bull
head sculptures discovered over one hundred years ago in
Son Corró. These bronze sculptures, which represent the
maximum expression of bull worship in Mallorca during
the final Talayotic period, were subsequently transferred to
the Archaeological Museum of Madrid. Nevertheless, the
“costitxers” citizens have demanded these archaeological
jewels to be returned to their place of origin. Additional
archaeological ruins have also been found, since
proportionally, it is one of the villages of Mallorca with the
greatest number of archaeological sites per square kilometre.
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Costitx is one of the smallest Municipalities of Pla de
Mallorca; it has an extension of 15.4 km2 and a population
of 1,035 inhabitants (2008 census data). It is bordered by
the Municipalities of Inca, Sineu, Lloret de Vistalegre, and
Sencelles.
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Costitx
Costitx
>> Costitx_Historical
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There is a lack of information about the Muslim age, but we can
highlight the discoveries of ceramic artefacts, the construction of
wells, as well as extensive cultivation and cattle-raising lands. In the
Repartiment (Royal Property Distribution) following the Conquest, it
corresponded to Viscount of Bearn, Gastó de Montcada, who ceded
the farmhouse of Costitx to the Knight, Arnau de Santacília.
In the 17th Century, the urban development of the town was
perfectly defined. In 1789, Jeroni de Berard mentions that it had
more than 13 streets, several of them discontinuous, and two large
Plaças with a total of 219 houses.
Based on the Constitution of Cadiz in 1812, the village achieved
its first independence in relation to Sencelles and Joan Vallespir
–Dalmau- was the first Constitutional mayor. However, upon the
Constitution’s abolition in 1814, Costitx lost its independence and
again depended on Sencelles. On 4th of February 1858, Queen
Isabel II dictated a Royal Order in which she granted municipal
independence to the town of Costitx. In the religious sphere, the full
independence of Costitx took place in 1913, when the old vicarage
became a Parish church.
>> Costitx Square
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>> Windmill: Molí d’en Romaguera
Costitx
They are scattered in different sites and surround the current city
centre and permit the study of different typologies. We highlight the
Sanctuary of Son Corró, the navetes (megalithic stone monuments)
of Turassot des Metge or the Talayot ruins of Son Vispó.
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Molí d’en Bubó
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L’Observatori Astronòmic
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Museu de Ciències Naturals
Parish Church of the Nativity of Our Lady
(Església Parroquial de la Nativitat de Nostra Senyora)
In 1236, the Parish Church of Santa Maria de Canarrossa was
built in the farmhouse of Costitx, next to the houses of Arnau de
Santacília. However, since it was located in the Northeast end of
the district, in 1238, it lost the Parish category in benefit of the Sant
Pere Church of Sencelles. Even so, Arnau de Santacília managed to
maintain the temple of Costitx as an Oratory with religious services
twice a week.
In 1672, the Vicarage in capite of Costitx was created. The current
temple was begun in 1696 and finished in 1772. Between 1775
and 1779, the sculptor Bartomeu Picornell created the old major
altarpiece. In 1913, the Vicarage achieved the category of Parish
church.
The façade is a smooth wall with large lintel doorway and
doorjambs in the form of grooved pilasters. In the arcade, there is
a niche which houses an image of the Virgin Mary. Higher up, we
see a sundial and a bell-shaped skylight. The Church wall has no
decoration and marks the drop of the corridors. The belfry extends
in the top on the left or Gospel (Evangeli) side in two square
sections as well as a crown with a lancet arch on each side and
finished with three pyramidal sections.
The interior has a nave with a rectangular floor plan divided
into five sections with barrel vault ceiling with sealed half-moon
windows. The Presbytery has a barrel vault ceiling in the first section
and a quarter sphere ceiling in the second section. The main
altarpiece, dated 1961, has a classical style and four Mallorcan
Jasp columns and a pediment on a semi-circular arch which opens
into a chapel which contains the image of the Mare de Déu de
Costitx, a seated multi-coloured Gothic sculpture. On the left of
the Presbytery, there is also the tomb of Margalida Amengual
Campaner (1888-1919). Above, there is a canvas of the Flight to
Egypt and on the right wall, another painting of Santa Rosa and the
Virgin. In the upper section of the transversal arch which separates
the nave’s presbytery, there is a cornice with a sculptured relief of
the Virgin and the date 1701, the arch’s construction date.
The Sacristy is located on the right of the Presbytery; it has two
sections of groin vaulted ceiling and helicoidal ribs, while on the
left, a room serves as the entry for the chapel stairway. It contains
a small Mannerist altarpiece of the Mare de Déu del Roser by
Francesc Vallespir, with a painting of the Patron Saint Virgin
delivering the Rosary to Sant Domingo and Santa Catalina de
Sena; surrounding this scene, there are twelve medallions with the
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The Choir contains an organ from the Church of Sant Jaume (St.
James) de Palma which was installed in this location in 1835 and
restored in 1987.
The chapels on the left or the Gospel (Evangeli) side are: The
Baptism chapel, with the stone baptism font with pyramidal
wood font-cover; the Sacred Heart of Jesus chapel; the third
space contains the lateral doorway, with an altarpiece relocated
in the upper section, and a medallion of a Bishop Saint; the
Sant Llop chapel with a reused altarpiece with an anagram
of the Virgin Mary and symbols of Immaculada (Immaculate
Conception); the Sant Josep Chapel, in a Baroque altarpiece with
an image of the Assumption of the Virgin, from the 18th Century
in the predella and a scene from Sant Jaume in the Battle of
Clavijo in the attic.
The chapels on the right or Epistles side are: the first contains the
Choir stairway; the Sant Antoni Abat chapel; the Sant Crist chapel
without altarpiece and a Rose window with the date 1967; the
Sant Sebastià chapel with an image of the Patron Saint in a niche;
and the Mare de Déu del Roser chapel with its image.
>> Old Arnau de Santacília House
>> Parish Church of the Nativity of Our Lady
Margalida Cativa House (Casa de na Margalida Cativa)
Behind the church, in the street with the same name, there is the
house where Margalida Amengual Campaner –Cativa- (18881919), where this venerable woman of Costitx lived and died. The
Town Council declared her to be an Illustrious Daughter of the
Town in 1988. (To visit this house, contact Ca ses Monges). C/ Sol,
3. Tel. 971 513 142).
Through the one-piece lintel gate, one enters a small patio where
we find the main façade with two floors and lintel doorway. In
the small scale interior, we view a room where keepsakes and
photographs of Margalida are conserved. To the left, there is the
stairway to the first floor and a small doorway which leads to her
room, with a bed with marquetry inlay work and a small niche in
the wall which conserves the image of the Immaculate Conception.
To the left of the door, there is stone marker with the following
inscription: “Aquí visqué la servent de Déu Margalida Amengual
Cativa de l’edat de cinc anys (1893) fins a morir (1919)” [Here lived
God’s Servant, Margalida Amengual Cativa from the age of five
(1893) until her death (1919)]. There is also a bust of Margalida
Cativa, who died with the fame of sainthood.
Old Arnau de Santacília House (Antiga casa d’Arnau de
Santacília) (C/ d’Arnau de Santacilia, 23)
This house is located at num. 23 of the street dedicated to this
person and the neighbouring houses. The centre of the Farmhouse
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mysteries of the Rosary, completed with three from the predella.
It also conserves a Baroque canvass with the episode from the
Trobada de la Mare de Déu (Encounter with the Virgin), which
formerly covered the rotation of the niche with the Virgin Mary
image.
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Possession
>> The Cistern: S’Aljub
Can Alenyar (Plaça des Jardí, 21)
This house has a height of two floors and a main lintel door, with
two windows on each side. On the first floor, there is a total of five
arches with a balcony over the doorway. In the upper section, there
is a large entrance door with an upper balustrade.
Son Vispó Inn (Posada de Son Vispó) (C/ de Jaume I, 8)
This inn has a façade with three floors and main door has a semicircular arch with three spans on each floor. In 1865, it was the
property of Miquel Amengual; Son Vispó, a possession in which
this house was an inn, it had a surface area of 98 “quarterades”,
the largest possession of the Municipality.
Ca s’Hereu (Plaça des Jardí, 23)
The house has a height of three floors with three lintel doorways
on the ground floor. In the first floor, there are also three arches,
two balcony windows on the sides and a balcony in the centre,
and in the attic on the second floor, there are three rectangular
windows.
Son Jordi
Son Jordi was originally a house from a possession located South
of the village and which is now integrated in the urban city centre,
near the Inca and Sineu motorway. Jordi was the nickname of
the property owners, the Ferragut family. The Estims (Property
Estimates) of 1685 recognized the possessió (possession) of Son
Jordi, property of Bartomeu Ferragut and was valued at 2,200
sterling pounds. In 1865, it was the property of Francesc Cabot and
the property had a surface area of 42 “quarterades”.
Town Council Building (Casa Consistorial)
Built in the Plaça de la Mare de Déu, it has three floors and a lintel
doorway. It was purchased by the Town Council by María Gil for a
price of 1,000 sterling pounds in 1866.
The Cistern (S’Aljub) (C/ Major)
This water tank with rectangular section and barrel vault roof
dates back to 1886. It served as the water supply for human
consumption and also as a trough for animals. In the upper section,
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The façade with two floors has a platform in front of it decorated
with a mulberry tree. There are two modern lintel doorways in
it, with a curbstone attached to a wall with semi-circular section
and a niche on top, between them. There is a balcony with two
doors on the first floor. The interior, recently refurbished, has a
patio with another square curbstone, with a cornice with the date
1642.
Convent (Ca ses Monges) (C/ del Sol, 3)
It is located at the end of the street near the Convent alley.
The façade has three floors, a doorway with segmental arch,
quadrangular windows, and a steeple.
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of Costitx was located here during the Islamic Age, and was
purchased in 1458 by Bernat de Berga.
The chapel, built in 1913, has a square section with a stone pedestal
which contains the inscription: “Arrom alcalde, Vidal vicario, 1913”
(Arrom was Mayor, Vidal was Vicar, 1913). The upper section made
of sandstone contains a niche with an image of the Virgin Mary. The
church wall is a moulding with two slopes crowned by a cross.
The “Processó de la Trobada” (The Procession of the Encounter),
which celebrates the “Diumenge de l’Àngel” (Sunday after Easter),
takes place at night and consists in transferring the image of the
Mare de Déu de Costitx from the Parish temple to the location
where tradition states that the appearance took place in the 13th
>> Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca
According to Víctor Guerrero: “The Sanctuary is one of the typical
buildings of religious architecture from the Talayotic culture (Late
Bronze /Iron Age) of Mallorca. It involves a building with a square
or slightly rectangular floor plan, with slightly differentiated axis,
without internal subdivisions, which means it was a single room”.
The rear wall can be of diverse types, which may be an apse or
straight wall. It involved isolated buildings without additions,
which were located in the villages or near their ceremonial areas.
The sanctuaries may seem isolated, “without the company of
other prestigious buildings, although naturally, they are territorially
related with the nearby inhabited population centres. This was the
case of Son Mas and the neighbouring village of Son Ferrandell
Based on the re-excavation, new bronze artefacts have been
discovered and they have consolidated the walls that comprised
the rectangular floor plan in the North/Northeast zone. Six columns
in two parallel rows of three each have been rebuilt; this was one
of the main points of controversy, since the archaelogists failed to
agree as to whether the site was a roofed or unroofed structure
and whether the columns where distributed in a regular or irregular
way (as shown in the sketch by B. Ferro in 1895). The interior space
of the Sanctuary has a surface area of 84.5 m2.
The Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca
(Observatori Astronòmic de Mallorca)
The Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca (OAM), located in the
street: Carrer de l’Observatori s/n, was inaugurated in 1991 and
aims to promote astronomic research. This Centre is integrated
within the network of observatories of the Astrophysicist Studies
Group and follows the guidelines of the observation processes of
the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Astrophysics Institute of the
Canary Islands). It also has the objectives of communication and
education of Astronomy among students and interested people.
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Talayotic Sanctuary of Son Corró
(Santuari Talaiòtic de Son Corró)
The sanctuary is located at the height of Km 2.800 of the Sencelles
motorway to Costitx. In 1894, Joan Vallespir de can Pere Pina,
the owner of the Son Corró property, discovered two bronze bull
heads. The Societat Arqueològica Lul·liana (Llullian Archaeological
Society) attempted to excavate the site and requested the purchase
of these artefacts by the local institutions, however they were
acquired and taken to the National Archaeological Museum of
Madrid. In 1995, the monument was excavated again and the
central pillars were rebuilt; a very controversial operation.
(Valldemossa), or Son Corró… which was assuredly related to
the nearby village of Pujol… The Holy Places were not arbitrarily
selected. Man was limited to ‘discovering them’ based on revealing
signs or omens, which according to different cultures, could
adopt many diverse forms” (Guerrero, V.: Revista de Arqueología
(Archaeology Magazine), num. 178. February 1996).
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>> Chapel of the Virgin Mary
Chapel of the Virgin Mary (Capelleta de la Mare de Déu)
(C/ Major)
Located at the end of the street, there is the place which tradition
records as the site where the image of the Virgin was discovered.
According to this legend, several boys with a priest discovered the
image in a pomegranate tree shortly after 1229. The Costitxer
citizens decided to build a chapel which later became the first Parish
Church of Canarrossa. Several years later, due to the Parish’s transfer
to Sencelles, the image was also transferred, but like all Virgin Mary
legends in Mallorca, it disappeared to return to its original chapel in
Costitx.
Century. The image is carried by the young men who will get
married during that year.
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there are two square curbstones and sandstone branches. Two stone
channels exit from the lower zone of the doorjambs which convey
water to a corresponding basin, also made of stone.
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Lloret de Vistalegre
Lloret de
Vistalegre
The Municipality of Lloret de Vistalegre, located in the central
part of the Pla district, has an extension of 17.4 km2 and
a population of 1,366 inhabitants (2008 census data). It is
bordered by Costitx, Sineu, Sant Joan, Montuïri, Algaida, and
Sencelles.
The Municipality’s place name is the result of an evolution
and substitution process of names which were already
documented in the 13th Century. After the Catalonian
conquest (1229), the Islamic name of the Benigalip farmhouse
was replaced by the Catalan name of Manresa. Between
1578 and 1600, this name was substituted by the name of
“Llorito” (derived from the Italian “Loreto”), implanted by the
>> Scenic overview of Lloret de Vistalegre
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founding of a Franciscan Monastery with a Chapel dedicated
to the Mare de Déu de Loreto, and its official place name until
1924. In 1925, with the definitive municipal segregation of
Sineu, it adopted the name of Lloret de Vista Alegre and in
2000, it approved its official name of Vistalegre. Although
even nowadays, the name of Llorito is still alive among the
local population.
The dedication to agriculture has historically been Lloret’s
primary activity, although it is currently undergoing the same
recession in this sector as other locations. In homage to the
people who work the fields and the most abundant fruit from
the Lloret lands, the Festa del Sequer (Fig-Drying Festival) is
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In the 18th century, the population was approximately 500
inhabitants. In 1924, the long process of the municipal separation
from Sineu, which had begun the previous century, finally concluded.
This coincided with the maximum population period of Llorito (1,200
inhabitants).
>> Parish Church of the Virgin Mary of Loreto
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The different Arabic farmhouses which were located inside the
current Municipality of Lloret were distributed by King Jaume I among
his collaborators, conserving the allodial titles. One of them was
Benigalip, which corresponded to Ponç Olzet and to five knights
from Manresa, which has been called Manresa since then. In the
14th Century, it began to be divided and to stand out among the
neighbouring farmhouses. In the 16th Century, it consisted of 20
families and the city centre continued to grow with the establishment
of the Monastery, Nostra Senyora de Loreto (Our Lady of Loreto).
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In Lloret, a continual occupation has been documented since the
ancient Bronze Age (1700 – 1300 B.C.), with evidence of occupation
in funeral caves such as the ones in d’en Deinat, can Brines or the
forest of Son Joan Arnau. During the Talayotic period (1300 – 123
B.C.), the enduring structural ruins allow us to consider an intense
occupation. We highlight the following sites: sa Pleta de Son Gelabert
d’Alt, ses Talaies, and es Clapers.
celebrated (first Saturday of September). The figs and the ethnological
elements which encompass the agricultural production are the star
components of this holiday.
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Parish Church of the Virgin Mary of Loreto
(Esglèsia Parroquial de la Mare de Déu de Loreto)
The origin of the current temple comes from the Franciscan
Monastery which was founded in the old farmhouse of Manresa
in 1551, who initiated the worship of the Mare de Déu de Loreto.
The Franciscan Monastery was consolidated and in 1566, it passed
to the Dominican Order, who placed the first stone of the current
church in the year 1591. In 1757, work began on the present-day
belfry.
As a result of the “Desamortizació” (seizure and sale of church
property) of 1835, the Dominican Order was expelled and
abandoned the Monastery; the Monastery premises became State
property, and starting from 1924, they became Town Council
Buildings. The Church passed to the Bishopric and in 1913, it
became a Parish church.
The façade is located in front of an elevated embankment in relation
to the street level. It is divided into three sections based on two
lines of horizontal voussoir. The doorway has a large semi-circular
arch, which contains the insertion properly speaking of the lintel
with entablature joined with the cornice and the branches in the
form of grooved pilasters; the tympanum shows the Coat of Arms
of the Dominicans, and there are pyramids with balls on the sides.
In the upper section, there is a circular skylight and further left, a
mechanical clock. The church wall is a straight-lined moulding.
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The interior consists of one floor with a single nave with four
sections of barrel vault ceiling and four lateral chapels. The core
galley is at the foot of the temple, buttressed by a segmental arch
and groined vault, which contains the organ, enlarged by the Cardell
brothers in 1892. The Presbytery has a rectangular floor plan, with
the Mesquida Coat of Arms in the middle of the vault. The main
altarpiece is Baroque from the beginning of the 17th Century, with
three levels, centralized by the image of the Mare de Déu de Loreto,
and a sculpture of Sant Domingo in the upper section. The lateral
levels display canvasses with various saints. The predella features
paintings of Sant Tomàs and Sant Robert.
The chapels on the left or the Gospel side are: The Chapel of Sant
Sebastià, under the gallery, with an altarpiece without gold finish
with the image of the Patron Saint and the Coat of Arms of Font i
Roig in the vault keystone; Chapel of Sant Antoni, within a Baroque
altarpiece; the third space houses the lateral doorway; the Chapel of
Crist, with the image of a small Baroque altarpiece, with a little open
chapel in the right wall, where there is a helicoidal moulding and an
octagonal baptism font, with a very prominent pyramidal cover.
>> Windmill: Molí d’en Beato
The chapels on the right or Epistles side are: Chapel of Sant Josep,
with a profusely decorated Baroque altarpiece; Chapel of the
Mare de Déu del Roser, with a Baroque image of the Patron Saint,
created by Gregori Herrera Mateu; the deep chapel, dedicated
to the Puríssima Concepció within a Neo-Rococo altarpiece
expanded in the year 1900, with the first section of barrel vault
roof and the second section of dome roof with lantern; Chapel
of Sacred Heart of Jesus, with the Predella of the old altarpiece of
Sant Joan.
The Sacristy, on the right of the Presbytery, has a rectangular
antechamber with a barrel vault ceiling and lintel doorway on the
right which connects to a patio, which contains two segmental
arches with traditional Ionic style columns which are the ruins of
an old Dominican cloister. The Sacristy specifically speaking has
an intersecting barrel vault roof, whose vault keystone has the
Dominican Coat of Arms; it contains diverse objects such as the
remains of a Gothic altarpiece and basin for washing hands.
Town Council Building (Old Dominican Monastery)
[Casa Consistorial] (Antic Convent dels Dominics)
On the right side of the Church, there is the building which is the
current Town Council; it originates from a section of the former
Dominican Monastery buildings, which were seized and sold in
1835. This intensively refurbished building has a façade with four
floors. The main lintel doorway opens on the left side into a small
space located next to the Church Belfry.
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Located on the right of the façade, the belfry has a square design
and five sections, two of which extend from the Temple façade.
The fourth section has a sealed semi-circular arch on each side and
the fifth has a terrace with balustrade and an opening with a semicircular arch on each side. The finish has the form of a Baroque
canopy, with mouldings and skylights.
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The cross built in 1884 was rebuilt with the remains of a previous
cross from the 16th Century. The arms of the cross and the zone
between them have floral decorations. Beside it, there is a sculpture
relief of the Crucifixion, while the Mare de Déu de Loreto is visible on
the reverse side.
The Windmill (Es Molins)
Like many of the villages in the Pla district, the flour windmills
represent one of the most important elements in the surroundings
of the city centre. The zone called Es Molins contain the village’s
two major windmills: can Beato and the can Poleo or can Gomila.
Both date back to the 17th Century, they have a tower; there is
not a base-residence but there is a platform, and they conserve a
>> The Well
Lower Well (Pou de Jurà)
It is located in the old road of Inca or Son Gelabert, next to the
intersection with the Son Joan Arnau road. Its name is derived
from the word: “jussà”, which means “inferior or lower”. The
interior is an elliptic section with wall. The curbstone is a rectangular
section with sandstone and solid stone, and the doorjambs are two
sandstone pillars. On the side, there is a total of six basins which
were formerly used as a water trough for animals.
Son Joan Arnau
This possessió (possession) was the former Benidurri farmhouse,
documented in the Royal Property Distribution Book, Llibre del
Repartiment, (1232), and corresponded to Guillem Arnau, whose
descendant gave the property its name. A Joan Arnau appears in
1451, during the Revolt called “Aixecament Forà” as a Government
delegate in Sineu. According to J.M. Bover, the first member of
the Arnau family to establish residence in the Sineu town was
Ponç Arnau, who participated in the Conquest of 1229. In the 5th
generation, Pere Arnau executed his will in 1473 and founded a
feudal estate on the Son Marrón property. At the beginning of the
16th Century, the Arnau estate was divided into three parts: One
part of Son Joan Arnau, a property which passed to the Despuig
family in the 17th Century; one part of Arnau de Binitareg, which
was passed on to Joan Arnau de Pacs (succeeded by the Costa
family and Joan Trujols del Mercat family); and the part of the Arnau
de Son Marrón, which passed to the Figueres family and the Ferrer
de Sant Jordi family.
In the first half of the 17th Century, Joan Despuig i Despuig
purchased the property of Son Joan Arnau from the last land-owner
of the Arnau lineage. In 1656, this new owner left the property
as a dowry to the Dominican Nuns Convent of Santa Catalina de
Sena, founded in Palma in 1658. Shortly before in 1652, the houses
were used as a “llatzaret” (Leper’s Hospital) for the plague victims.
In 1818, it belonged to the Convent of Santa Catalina de Sena; it
then had large houses, with chapel, wine cellar, and animal-driven
mill. The seizure and sale laws of Mendizábal expelled the nuns
from the Convent and expropriated their property, which included
the possession of Son Joan Arnau. In 1862, it belonged to the Shipowner and Merchant, Ignasi Fuster. The Fuster estate was inherited
by the Aguiló “Cera” (Wax) family. In 1900, it belonged to Joan
Aguiló Valentí and in 1953, it was owned by Joan Aguiló Aguiló. At
present, it belongs to the Coll family which was purchased by Josep
Coll in 1987.
In the houses of Son Joan Arnau in 1706, Jacint Montserrat Fontanet
Llabrés was born when his parents were tenants of the property;
he was an exemplary “payés” (peasant), author of a work titled
>> Town Council Building
The Well and the Well Cross (Pou and Creu des Pou)
They are located in the confluence of the Sineu and the Costa des
Pou motorways. Es Pou (Public Well in the centre of the village)
possibly dates back to the Islamic Age, although it was documented
for the first time in 1581. It has a square curbstone and a roof in the
form of a small tiled porch buttressed by four pillars. An inscription
records its restoration in 1999: “In medio majoricae adestis. Anno
Sancto MXCXCIX”.
sandstone spiral staircase. The first was documented in 1627; it has a
lintel doorway with the cross of Sant Antoni and the date 1797. The
can Poleo windmill is documented in 1675 and was the property of
Pere Picornell. There was a third windmill, can Company (C/ Major,
58), but it was demolished.
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The Monastery building dates back to the second half of the 17th
Century, when the Dominicans expanded the existing premises; a
cloister was added in the 18th Century. In 1835, the building was
sold except for one wing and the hallway adjacent to the cloister.
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The main doorway connects to the entrance hall, with beam roof;
on the right, there is a moulded lintel doorway which connects to
the Chapel with a groined vault roof, which contains a metal image
of the Immaculada (Virgin of Immaculate Conception), a reliquary
of Sant Josep and a painting of the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family).
From the Entrance Hall, a segmental arch provides entry to the patio
or “clastra” with square floor plan, enclosed by segmental arches
buttressed by rectangular pillars and slab floor; in the first floor,
>> Lower Well
To the left of the houses, there is a curious Casa de les Nines (Doll
House) with miniatures, built in 1884.
The façade of the houses were built in front of a platform and have
three floors, with two different construction blocks, the highest on
the right, which constitutes an authentic fortified tower. In the block
on the left, a visitor’s doorway opens with segmental arch, with the
Despuig Coat of Arms on the right, which was transferred from
the sleeping quarters. The right block, the tower has a square floor
plan; it has a front vertical wall grooved by three lines of voussoir
and a crown in the form of a balustrade. In its ground floor, there is
a doorway with semi-circular arch, enclosed by a dust-cover, which
was formerly the entrance to the Chapel. In the first floor, above the
doorway, there is the Arnau Coat of Arms, a boat or ship, with an
inscription which displays the monogram for Jesus (IHS). In the first
and second floor, there is a restored mullioned window, protected by
a small cornice.
there are rows of windows with semi-circular arches. The centre is
occupied by two octagonal well curbstones, once which bears an
iron plaque with the date 1873, with the initials: IF (Ignasi Fuster).
On the right, a semi-circular arch provides access to the grain-barn,
divided in six sections, the last of which is located under the tower,
with entry by a diaphragm arch.
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L’art de Conró (1747), designer of the Massanella channel (1750)
and according to tradition, the inventor of the “carretó de batre”, a
threshing machine. He died in Mancor in 1762.
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Llubí
Based on the interpretations of Joan Coromines and Josep
Mascaró Passarius, the place name of Castell-Llubí (which
subsequently evolved into Llubí), arose from the abbreviation
of rahal Aben-Lubi, which is mentioned in the Royal Property
Distribution Book, Llibre del Repartiment de Mallorca (1232).
Consequently, it involves a place name with a Mozarabic or
Arabic place name.
In the Islamic Age, it formed a part of the Muruh district and the
current village occupied the lands of the Aben-Lubi farmhouse.
In the Royal Distribution or Repartiment, it corresponded to
Count Hugo de Ampurias, who ceded the current Llubí territory
to the Sant Feliu Abbey of Guíxols, Bernat de Riparia. The place
>> Scenic overview of Llubí
In 1836, Llubí obtained its definitive separation from Muro. The
“Arxiduc” (Archduke Luis Salvador of Austria) briefly described
the village around 1885: “Llubí has 1,676 inhabitants and
511 houses, 18 of them deserted, 18 with two floors and the
remainder with one, all modest, with semi-circular arch and
small windows with sills. In the small Plaça de la Constitució
(Constitution Square), note the presence of a new building with
two floors which is attached to the Church”.
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name, Castel Llubí, was documented for the first time in 1389.
In reference to this name, tradition records the existence of an
Islamic castle in the village, however, the word, aben, can also
be confused with the term hasn or hisn which means castle. In
1789, Jeroni de Berard says: “The Muro village, 3000 steps to
the West, has a suffragan location called Castell Llubí, divided
into two portions of population which is only divided by a small
valley, and the other village is distinguished with the name of
Son Ramis which contains 122 houses”.
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The Municipality of Llubí has an 35 km2 extension and a
population of 2,356 inhabitants (2008 census data). It is
bordered by the Municipalities of Sa Pobla, Muro, Santa
Margalida, Maria de la Salut, Sineu, and Inca.
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Agroturisme Sa Casa Rotja
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Parish Church of St. Felix of Llubí
(Església Parroquial de Sant Feliu de Llubí)
The first news of a Chapel in Llubí date back to 1297, under the
jurisdiction of the Benedictine Abbey of Sant Feliu de Guíxols and
with Sant Feliu and Sant Pere as the Patron Saints. Starting from the
14th Century, Sant Feliu became its sole Patron Saint. The current
temple was built between 1570 and 1650, and expanded between
1870 and 1896. In 1629, the Oratory was built in the Vicarage in
capite, the Suffragan Church of the Muro Parish. The Eucharistic
reserve was installed in 1660. Around 1885, according to the
“Arxiduc” (Archduke Luis Salvador of Austria), expansion works
were executed with the addition of the Presbytery and the two
chapels near it. They were concluded in 1895, when the Sacristy was
finished. In 1913, it achieved the category of Parish, with Monsignor
Gabriel Tomàs Siquier as the first rector. In 1934, the Chapel Capella
del Roser was expanded.
The façade has an undecorated wall, with lintel doorway and upper
skylight. The gable has a flat finish with straight-lined moulding. We
observe a Coat of Arms of the Descatlar, Alvarez de Zamudio, and
Pont i Campfullós families, which were located in the interior in the
transversal arch of the Presbytery until the end of the 19th Century.
To the left of the façade, there is a belfry with square section and
six floors, the fifth with a semi-circular arch on each side, and the
sixth with a lancet arch window on each side and a pinnacle in each
angle. It is crowned by a pyramidal structure with a NeoGothic style
from the early 20th Century.
The interior has a floor plan with a single nave with barrel vault roof
with seven lateral chapels. At the foot, the choir gallery is located
with segmental arch, groined vault ceiling, and balustrade. The
Baroque main altarpiece is located in the Presbytery with three levels
separated by Corinthian columns with the image of the Patron Saint,
Sant Feliu, in the central level, the image of Sant Pau on the left and
Sant Antoni on the right, both dated in 1790. In the upper section,
there is a painting of Sant Pere.
The chapels on the left or the Gospel side are: the Baptism chapel,
under the gallery; the chapel of Mare de Déu de l’Amor Diví, with
an image of Sant Andreu in the attic (Patron Saint of this chapel in
1789) and the Virgin of Assumption in a lower urn which can be
dated in the 18th Century; the deep chapel with hexagonal floor
plan and dome, without lantern dedicated to the Mare de Déu del
Roser, with four small altarpieces and San Dominguito de Val (a Boy
crucified by the Jews, with a Holy Trinity Cross) to the right of the
entrance; the Chapel of Sant Josep, in a classical style; Chapel of
the Mare de Déu de la Salut, with the Coat of Arms of Sureda (or
the Moragues, according to Berard) in the ceiling; the Chapel of the
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The chapels on the right or Epistles (or Epístola) side are: Chapel of
Sant Antoni de Padua, under the gallery; Chapel de les Ànimes, with
a Christ figure; Chapel of the Mare de Déu del Carme, a classical
work with a painting of Sant Bonaventura (1221-74); the Chapel
of the Mare de Déu dels Àngels, with the Ramis Coat of Arms
in the vault keystone and two lateral paintings; the Chapel de la
Immaculada, with a Neo-Baroque style; the lateral doorway; and
the last chapel is Sant Marçal in a Baroque style with the image of
the Patron Saint, a Solomonic column on each side with a medallion
with the Presentation in the attic.
>> Can Suau
Windmill
On the right of the Presbytery, a lintel doorway leads to the
Sacristy with a square floor plan, with two sections of segmental
groined vault ceiling and a central arch with the date of 1895. In its
interior, we can observe different elements such as a wash basin,
a monstrance, and diverse bowls, or several paintings. The organ
located in the choir gallery dates back to the 17th Century and is
indistinctly attributed to the organists, Sebastià Caimari and Gabriel
Tomàs.
>> Son Rafal
Windmill
Son Rafal Cross and Windmill (Creu i molí de Son Rafal)
(Plaça de Son Rafal)
The Cross has a Baroque style made of sandstone with an octagonal
stem, and we can still observe the date 1680. The capital, also
>> l’Arraval Street
>> Parish Church of St. Felix of Llubí
octagonal, has eight figures of Saints in a poorly conserved state. In
ancient times, this site was used for the blessing of the crops and
fruits; its site was changed in 1957.
The flour windmill of Son Rafal has a base-residence, which is still in
use and a circular-section tower. It has been used most recently as a
mill for noodles.
Can Suau Windmill (Molí de can Suau) (C/ de la Creu)
The windmill of can Suau (or d’en Suau) is a flour windmill type,
with a square base-residence, with two floors, an interior spiral
stairway, and the main doorway with a semi-circular vaulted
arch. In the façade above the doorway, there is a stairway with
27 steps fitted with completely irregular stones, which served as
access to the windmill terrace. The tower has a lintel doorway and
sandstone doorjambs; old machinery has been conserved in its
interior.
In December 2000, the Govern de les Illes Balears (Regional
Government of the Balearic Islands) purchased the windmill from
Antoni Perelló and recently refurbished it to host cultural activities,
tourist information office, and indigenous local products.
Other flour windmills in the Llubí municipality are the windmills
of can Corbera (in the Son Barquet road), the windmill: des Cós,
located on the Inca motorway, and the windmills: can Ferragut, d’en
Moronell, can Serra, can Jovet, can Riera, and can Mareu.
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Sacred Heart; and the Chapel of the Mare de Déu dels Dolors, with
Sant Miquel in the attic.
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In the house known as can Bo (C/de sa Costa, 80), it conserves the
Ramis family Coat of Arms. This may have been the Family’s Ancestral
Home which has given its name to the neighbourhood. In Carrer des
Born street, we also highlight the house called Son Esquerrà. The
house known as can Ramis, is located in the street: carrer des Born;
it has two floors and a doorway with semi-circular arch.
>> Son Ramis Cross
Son Torrens
Behind Son Ramis, the s’Arraval neighbourhood is located, and on
the right, there are the Houses of Son Torrens which have now been
integrated in the city centre.
In 1865, Son Torrens was the property of the Isabel and Margalida
Torrens sisters, and it had a surface area of 211 “quarterades”. The
houses of this possession had a façade with two floors, a semi-circular
vaulted doorway and a large entry doorway to the left. We can highlight the sundial on the left side of the second floor and the curbstone
>> Son Torrens Possession
>> Des Racons Talayot
of the well. In the interior with two corridors separated by a segmental
arch, it conserves a niche with an image of the Virgin Mary of August.
Racons Talayot Site (Talaiot des Racons)
By the carrer de Sineu, we reach the old road from Llubí to Sineu. Just
over a kilometre outside the village, we can perfectly see on the right,
a Talayot site behind a hill, partially covered by a holm-oak wood,
and crowned by Indian Fig Opuntia cactus and wild olive trees. This
talayot represents one of the island’s most fascinating sites. It has
a doorway in good condition which faces 160º Southeast, with an
enormous lintel and interior corridor. In the holm-oak wood zone, the
exterior vertical wall extends to a height of 5 metres with large stone
blocks which create a magnificent effect viewed from the shade of
the forest. Its interior is full of small stones.
Another talayot can be seen on the left of the road, which in this case
is also covered by wild olive trees and only partially visible.
Approximately 100 metres, there is the windmill house: d’en Blanc,
with its windmill tower. Shortly prior to arriving, one can see another
set of ruins in a small depression which extends to the right. In the
stone walls, you can view several Talayotic walls and further to the
rear and covered by vegetation, the ruins of two other Talayots, one
with a circular floor plan and the other with a square floor plan. The
latter has a perfectly square fitted stones, which are highly uniform. It
is possible that this complex and the first two Talayots formed part of
the same city, which consisted of a village and its religious temple.
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Son Ramis
The Son Ramis neighbourhood represents the oldest city centre of
Llubí, with narrow streets and traditional houses. From the historical
city centre, we highlight the streets: Arraval and de sa Costa. In
the streets: carrer del Born and passeig de la Riba, we highlight the
Cross of Son Ramis, dated in 1686, with a circular conical-trunk
base, octagonal stem, and the Ramis Coat of Arms. The capital, also
octagonal, has little chapels with Saints. The Cross itself has images of
Christ on the Cross and the Virgin Mary.
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>> Holy Christ Hermitage
Holy Christ Hermitage (Ermita del Sant Crist del Remei)
The Oratory’s complete name is Sant Crist de la Salut i del Remei and
it is located 1 kilometer from the Llubí city centre, near the road to
the Station and the Municipality of Inca. It was built in 1896 at the
initiative of the Priest Antoni Cladera Fornés, and supervised by the
Master of Work, Gaspar Reynés Coll (1845-1911). It was blessed in
September of that same year and sheltered hermits between 1897
and 1900. In the mid 20th Century, the dome was refurbished and
the Sacristy became a Chapel with a Christ image.
Architecturally, the building has a Neo-Gothic style with hexagonal
floor plan and quadrangular apse. The roof is a dome with ribs,
crowned by a lantern, also hexagonal; the roof exterior is tile and the
lantern is crowned by a stone cross. The main doorway is a segmental
arch, with a NeoGothic dust-cover crowed by a Cross and a circular
skylight above it. This scheme is repeated in the two lateral segments.
>> Vinagrella Possession
The Patron Saint of the Oratory is well represented in a sculpture
by Guillem Galmés. An image of Nostra Senyora dels Àngels is also
venerated; it was sculpted in the 1970’s decade and replaced the
Mare de Déu del Sagrari image which disappeared in the 1950’s.
The Chapel is located in a landscaped space where the Pan-caridad
(Charity Bread) ritual is celebrated on Easter Tuesday.
Vinagrella
The possession road starts from km 2 of the Llubí motorway to Muro.
It is a wide road between stone walls. The entrance of the houses
has a pyramidal-shaped crown with a ball on top, the one on the left
with the Coat of Arms of the Safortesa Family and on the right, the
Berga Coat of Arms, behind them, the date 1838 is visible.
The Vinagrella possession was originally an Islamic farmhouse. The
Vinagrella road was documented in 1247. At the end of the 13th
Century, the property belonged to the Cerdà family. In 1435, Antoni
Cerdà –de Vinagrella- ceded it to his son-in-law, Ramon Sot; at that
time, in addition to the cultivation of cereal, grain, and pulse crops, it
had also extensive holm-oak woods. In 1582, it was inheirited by Rafel
de Olesa: It had houses, a wine cellar, three wine presses, and seven
wine vats; it had fig, almond, and mulberry trees, vineyards, cereal,
grain, and pulse crops. It also had 500 sheep and other work animals.
In 1651, it belonged to the Lord Tomàs Zaforteza, a knight of the
Sant Jaume de Spata Order; it had houses and an animal driven mill.
Llubí
The “Arxiduc” (Archduke Luis Salvador of Austria), who described the
old Llubí road from Sineu, states the following: “On the right of the
road, beside the house of Miquel Ramis alias Roig, there are another
two talayots in bad condition. A little beyond this location, there is
a fertile plain called “es Racons”, in one of its hills, sa Tanca Nova,
the remains of a large amount of bones and fire fragments were
discovered; and next to the aforementioned house, there are again
two large burial mounds, one with large volume stone blocks with
a rectangular section...Two of their sides remain in a well-conserved
condition. A short distance away, there is a solitary windmill”.
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The façade is located in front of a large platform with a very large holmoak. It faces Southeast and has three floors. The main doorway has
semi-circular stone arch, with spandrels and crowned by a shield with the
Coat of Arms of Zaforteza, Olesa, Verí and Sureda families, with a lien of
arms, in the middle of the Burgues and Olesa family. Above it, there is a
sundial. On the left, there is a large tower with square floor plan and a
hip roof; in each floor of the tower, there is a balcony window. On the
left of the doorway, there is a circular skylight and two windows; there
are also three windows on the right. The six windows of the first floor are
balcony windows and the porch has rectangular windows.
>> Son Ramon Possession
The foyer has a first section with groined vault roof, with
the chapel doorway on the left; its doorjambs have a floral
decoration and the Zaforteza Coat of Arms; the interior has a
groined vaulted ceiling and another Zaforteza Coat of Arms.
Following the stairway, we ascend to the main floor. Starting
with a segmental arch, there is a second section with two
groined vault segments; two segmental arches buttressed
by a Tuscan column, with angular base, they connect to the
rectangular stone patio. In the centre, there is an octagonal
curbstone crowned with forged iron. In front of the entrance,
two doorways with semi-circular arch provide access to the
house of the Peasant Farm-Owners, located in the North wing
and dated in 1844. The wine cellar is semi-subterranean; it has
a large nave with a roof buttressed by semi-circular diaphragm
arches. Above it, there are several large rooms which were used
to store grain. In the Northeast wing, we can see a sundial
with the date of 1812. In the rear, there are two stables with
segmental arches and the date of 1846.
Son Ramon
The possession road starts approximately from km 8.700 of the Inca
motorway to Muro, on the right coming from Inca.
In the main floor, we highlight the “Sala dels Tomassos” (Hall), in
honour of the first Marquis: Marqués del Verger, Tomàs Zaforteza,
and his successors with the same name; it conserves his portrait
and his riding saddle. Other portraits include Pere de Santacília,
leader of the Canamunt faction and Gabriel de Berga i Santacília,
a Bourbon Monarchy supporter who died in the Port: porta
del Moll de Ciutat in 1706 when fighting against the Austrian
Monarchy supporters.
The façade has two floors. It has a main lintel doorway and above
it, there is a window with balustrade with five isolated columns and
two attached pillars. The Coat of Arms has the date of 1649. Several
door knockers are on four Mallorcan tiles. In its interior, we highlight
the wine cellar, with five slightly buttressed diaphragm arches. It also
conserves a chapel.
Son Ramon was documented as Son Genovard in the 16th and
17th centuries. In the 18th Century, it also appears as Son Ramon
Martorell. In 1648, Nicolau Güells bought the possession, jointly with
es Caülls for the Cúria del batle de Ciutat (Curia of the Mayor of the
City). En 1670, it belonged to Joan Güells and in 1720, it appears
under the allodial title of Lord Francesc Gual Desmur. En 1725, it
belonged to Ramon Güells Muntaner, who established one section
of the property into plots with two and four “quarterades”. In
1731, the field called “Camp d’en Ramon” was segregated, which
was subsequently known as Son Ramonet. En 1762, it belonged
to Ramon Güells Mir and in 1792, his widow, Eufrasina Dameto
Gual, sold the possession to Claudi Marcel Ripoll, who proceeded to
restore the houses, in which there was a large wine cellar. In 1995, it
was the property of Claudi Ferrer Marcel.
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>> Son Mulet Possession
It had olive and fig trees, vineyards, cereal/grain crops, and a garden
dedicated to alfalfa, pulse, and vegetable production. It 1685, jointly
with Son Sastre, its value was estimated at 16,400 sterling pounds.
In 1722, it belonged to Lord Tomàs Burgues Zaforteza, Knight of the
Alcàntara Order. The houses had a chapel and animal driven mill. It had
a wine cellar with 11 vats and three wine presses, two made of stone
and another made of wood. They had mulberry trees which fed the silk
worms which were raised in the houses. As novelties in the production,
we highlight the introduction of almond and caper. In 1862, it belonged
to Josep Zaforteza Orlandis and with its 436 “quarterades”, it was the
municipality’s most extensive possession. In 1891, Pere de Alcántara
Peña made this observation: “This rural land property is notable for
its country house and the crops of its various parts which make it one
of the model rural land properties of the island” (Peña: Guía de la
Baleares (Guide of the Balearic Islands, 293). In 1997, it belonged to the
Zaforteza family.
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>> Scenic overview of Maria de la Salut
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Maria de la Salut
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The Municipality of Maria de la Salut has a surface area of 30
km2 and a population of 2,174 inhabitants (2008 Census data).
It is located between the municipalities of Santa Margalida,
Muro, Llubí, Sineu, and Ariany.
The Municipal’s economy like the rest of Pla de Mallorca, has
evolved from an exclusively agricultural activity (until the 1960’s)
to a dependence on other sectors, such as construction and
services.
The original place name, Maria, comes from an Arab
Farmhouse which appears documented as a Knight’s estate in
1259. In reference to its etymology, the most accepted theory is
from Joan Coromines, according to whom, it is derived from an
Arab word which means “see, look”.
The oldest archaeological sites discovered in Maria de la Salut
date from the PreTalayotic Age. They include the Funeral Cave
of Set Pilars and the cave of Caseta des Garriguer, both in Montblanc. On the other hand, the best conserved ruins are located
in es Pujolet, which is the complex of Velar and ses Rotes Noves.
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Between 1813 and 1836, a legislative upheaval caused María to
become an independent Municipality and then it was annexed
yet again to Santa Margalida, depending on the different
changes in Government. Finally, it was definitively constituted as
a Municipality in 1836.
By Royal Decree on the date of 27th of June 1916, the words
“de la Salut” were added to the name of Maria to differentiate
this village from other Spanish towns.
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Following the Conquesta (Conquest), the María Municipality
was marked by the importance of two Knights –Maria i
Roqueta-, by the Barony of the conde de Ampúrias (Count of
Ampurias), the Ecclesiastical portion of Bisbal and the Allodial
Lord’s Estate: d’en Figuera.
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From the Roman Age, we highlight the discovery of ruins
from a rural settlement in sa Torre de na Gil. The ceramic
artefacts from the Islamic Age is evidence of its subsequent
reoccupation. Although there is not a lot of documentation
about the settlements from the Muslim period, the abundant
mine wells or irrigation tunnels (qanats), such as sa Gruta de
Roqueta, s’hort d’en Vico or the mine spring of Son Roig, are
also testimony of their presence.
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Parish Church of Maria (Església Parroquial de Maria)
The first news about the Church of Maria is dated in 1592, when
an Oratory was built in the property of Son Puig; it appears that this
Chapel was located in the current Rectory building. Located on the
side of the temple, its cemetery or Fossar was blessed in 1677; it was
active until the mid 19th Century, and its Eucharistic Reserve and
Baptism font were installed in 1696. In 1740, the Church became
vicarage in capite (Vicarage status), Suffragan Church of the Parish
of Santa Margalida. The building of the current temple began in
the second half of the 18th Century and it was concluded in 1786.
Between 1856 and 1881, major expansion works were executed,
based on the project by Antoni Sureda Villalonga. The Church was
elevated into a Parish Church in 1913. The Virgin’s Chapel was built
in 1928.
The façade is a smooth wall with large lintel doorway on five steps.
In the lintel, there is a niche which contains an image of the Virgin
Mary by Marc Llinàs, with a sculptured relief of a cross above it and
an inscription from 1876:”Nom est hic aliud ince Domini Deus Porta
Coeli”. Higher up, there is a Rose Window and a smooth horizontal
cornice. There is an octagonal curbstone and a rectangular basin in
front of the façade platform.
The lateral doorway has a moulded lintel and plant motifs, with
a triangular pediment crowned by a cross; above it, there is a
mechanical clock also with triangular pediment dated in 1878.
Located on the left of the lintel, there is a square section Belfry and it
has a crown in the shape of a bulb with an octagonal section, with
an Oriental inspired style.
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The chapels on the left or the Gospel side are: the first, under the
gallery, contains an empty niche, located between two access
doors to the choir; Chapel of the Mare de Déu del Carme; the
>> Son Roig Possession (can Fontirroig)
The chapels on the right or Epistles (or Epístola) side are: The Baptism
Chapel, under the gallery with the Baptism Font and at the end, a
canvass which depicts the Baptism of Christ; Chapel of Sant Antoni
Abat; Chapel of the Mare de Déu dels Dolors, with an image of the
Virgin Mary at the foot of the Cross in a Neo-Classical altarpiece;
Chapel of the Mare de Déu del Roser, presided by an image of
the Patron Saint Virgin Mary; Chapel de la Puríssima, included in
a Neo-Classical altarpiece, with the Fontirroig Coat of Arms in the
entablature; Chapel of Sant Josep, with a Baroque altarpiece with
an image of the Patron Saint. On the left wall of this chapel, there is
a lintel doorway to the Virgin Mary Chapel with a medallion of Sant
Faust above it, where a small inscription reads: “patrón de los casados
que desean tener hijos” (The Patron Saint of those who desire to
have children). The doorway leads to a spacious foyer at the end of
which there is the Chapel stairway; on the left, there is a painting of
the Nativity and on the right, another painting of Sant Josep, as well
as the image of a Friar which could be Sant Domingo, which was
previously in the Chapel of the Puríssima. On the stairway landing,
there is a painting of Sant Bernat with the Virgin’s milk.
The Sacristy is a rectangular space with a section of barrel vault
ceiling.
The Deep Chapel (Capella Fonda)
Originally it was the deep chapel of the Parish temple to which it
was attached, however since 1990, it has been separate from the
church and serves as a Meeting Room and Exhibition Hall. It was
built in 1898 with a square floor plan, dome and lantern; the exterior
has a circular section and appears crowned by a cross. The entrance
from the outside is by means of a semi-circular arch doorway located
beside the lateral door of the church, which was reopened in the
refurbishment of 1990. There are two windows higher up.
The Rectory (Rectoria)
The Rectory is located on the right of the temple in a small Plaça. It
has two floors with lintel doorway which has an anagram of Maria
with the inscription “Añy 1760” (Year 1760). A small stone platform
frames the exterior entrance in front of the doorway. The ground
floor has a window on each side, while the first floor also has two
windows with sill. The title of Rectory dates back to 1913, when the
Church was elevated to a Parish, previously, it had the title of Vicarage
Ca l’Amo en Gaspar (Plaça de Dalt, 11)
Located near the Church, Ca l’Amo en Gaspar has a façade with two
floors. The ground floor has a semi-circular vaulted arch doorway
on three steps and a flared window on the right; on the first floor,
there are two windows with sills. On the right, a wood grille connects
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The Presbytery, restored in 1952, is built on four steps and contains
the Baroque style main altarpiece from the end of the 18th
Century. It has three levels separated by four Corinthian columns,
the central section presided by the image of the Mare de Déu de
la Salut, installed in a rotating niche which allows her veneration in
the rear chapel. The image is a multi-coloured wood sculpture from
the first half of the 17th Century. On the left, we can see a painting
of Sant Pere and on the right a painting of Sant Jaume. In the attic,
there is canvass of Santa Margalida, crowned by the dates of 1788
and 1952, the year of its conclusion and restoration respectively.
In the left wall, we highlight the ornamental tombstone of Antoni
Desbrull i Sureda, who died in 1780, with its multi-coloured
Coat of arms. The chapel is spacious with three windows and
hand-crafted wood ceiling. On the side, there is a canvas which
represents the revelation to Sant Josep. On the right wall, another
painting depicts the death of Sant Josep, and there is also the
ornamental tombstone of Joaquim Font de Roqueta Desbrull,
previously Villalonga, Truyols i Boïl d’Arenós, who died in 1860.
lateral door; Christ Chapel, without altarpiece, with a portrait of the
Dominican Julià Fontiroig (1545-1613), honoured citizen of the village
and co-founder of the Dominican Convent of Manacor, on the left;
the pulpit is between the fourth and fifth chapel; the fifth chapel has
no patron saint, only an ancient access to the deep chapel, currently
separated from the nave; the Chapel del Sagrari. The Sacristy
doorway is on the right with a medallion of Sant Mateu above it.
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The Temple interior has a nave with six lateral chapels, barrel vault
ceiling with lunettes and choir gallery at the foot of the temple,
buttressed by a segmental arch which contains the 19th Century
organ, in the middle of the balustrade.
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>> Ca l’Amo en Gaspar House
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The main façade with two floors has been built at the end of an
open patio. The main doorway is a semi-circular arch, with the
Fontirroig Family Coat of Arms (the curbstone of a well and a
fish) above it; on the first floor there is a balcony over the door, a
window on the right and two windows on the right. On the left,
>> Cas Metge Monjo House
Cas Metge Monjo (C/ Doctor Antoni Monjo)
This house, which is now a restaurant, was the residence of the
famous doctor, Antoni Lluc Monjo Bunyola, who was appointed
illustrious citizen of Maria de la Salut. Among other achievements,
in 1928, he promoted the construction of the Public School which
bears his name.
The main façade has two floors, lintel doorway, and three
windows on the first floor. The interior conserves traditional
elements and other innovative items such as a narrow stairway.
The nearby Public School, which bears the name of Antoni Lluc
Monjo, and also known as s’Escola de Baix or Escola de Nines,
was built in 1928, based on the project by Guillem Forteza. It has
one floor and a semi-circular arch doorway sheltered by a porch
buttressed by two columns and two Ionic pilasters. At the end of
the foyer, there is a circular well curbstone.
Cotó Windmill (Molí d’en Cotó) (C/ de ses Corbates, 27)
This is a flour windmill located in the West zone of the city centre. It
has a base-residence with rectangular floor plan, with embankment,
masonry, and sandstone arches. The main doorway is a semi-circular
arch on two steps with vaults split by a water channel. The tower
has a circular section and a slightly conical-trunk vertical wall. It has
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Son Roig (can Fontirroig) (C/ del Venerable Font i Roig)
This house was formerly the centre of a property called Son Roig,
owned by a wealthy Peasant family with the Roig surname, which
is a branch of the “Font” family which joined the two surnames:
“Fontirroig”. The Dominican Julià Fontirroig Gibert, was born in
1545 and died in the Convent of Sant Domingo de Palma in 1613,
with the fame of sainthood. In 1677, the property belonged to
Joan Fontirroig i Riera de Conilles, who was appointed as a military
citizen. In 1714, the house possessed a large wine cellar with
stone wine vat, animal driven mill, patio, and garden. The property
passed to the son, Mateu Fontirroig Sureda-Sanglada; in the next
generation, it belonged to Joaquim Fontirroig i Vila del Pujol (17231781) who later passed it on to his son, Mateu Fontirroig i Nebot
del Puig. The Fontirroig family subsequently vanished. At present,
Son Roig belongs to the German family, Fels, who has refurbished
it for its new use as an interior rural hotel. The works concluded in
2005.
there is one block with two floors and a lintel doorway. The interior
conserves a private chapel.
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to the house patio. The refurbished interior conserves traditional
items such as the stable mangers. It is designated for municipal use
to celebrate cultural events.
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At the beginning of the 19th Century, major construction works
were executed. At that time, it added its current doorway and
the large stairway to the patio in a Palladian style. Subsequently,
the property suffered from the effects of segregation. The first
>> Roqueta Possession
The third block of the façade further to the right has two floors
and a flat layout; it houses the main lintel doorway, with austere
mouldings, crowned by a NeoClassical triangular pediment from
the early 19th Century. The fourth volume of the façade on the
right end is separated from the previous ones by a wall, which
The main doorway connects to a foyer which has a stone floor and
a refurbished wood roof as well as a segmental arch which provides
access to the patio. Inside it, we highlight the monumental stairway
which is partially conserved with two sections of balustrade which
occupies the entire left wing; the stairway space has a segmental
arch with two small groined vault sections, at the end of which
there is a lintel doorway and a flared window above it. In front of
the foyer arch on the other side of the patio, there is a segmental
arch and in the right angle, a small stairway ascends to another
lintel doorway.
The house conserves a private chapel with entrance from a semicircular arch doorway located on the left of the façade. The interior
has two groined vault ceiling sections and a vertical wall with six
pilasters in a Corinthian style; the altar piece is Baroque presided by
a painting of the Mare de Déu del Roser in the process of delivering
a robe to Sant Domingo and Santa Catalina de Sena; on the left,
we can see Sant Francesc and Santa Bàrbara on the right. At the
end of the garden, there is an interesting scenic viewpoint with a
spiral road which provides the access to it.
Part of the houses are currently used as a zone of holiday residences
dedicated to rural tourism.
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The façade is in front of a platform which directly joins the road
which originates from the village. It has a complex irregular wall
with a block to the left with three floors and a roof with two
longitudinal slopes; the first volume contains a segmental doorway
erected on a landing with an access from several steps. On the
right, there is a window, and there are two large-sized windows on
the first floor; in the upper left angle, we highlight the exceptional
belfry, with a semi-circular arch and a pyramidal crown with a cross.
The second volume of the façade further to the right and lower
than the first, there is one floor and a flat crown, with a semicircular vaulted arch doorway, currently sealed, with a Medieval
origin; on the lintel there is a very ancient and highly deteriorated
Coat of Arms, perhaps from the Font de Roqueta family; on the
right, there is a flared window, the same as the one in the side wall
which seals the doorway.
marks another property; it has a vertical wall with three floors and
flat crown; it has a lintel doorway with a window on the first floor.
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>> Windmill: Molí d’en Cotó
The Roqueta Houses (Casas de Roqueta)
Les casas de Roqueta (Roqueta houses) probably constitute the
most important architectural element of the María Municipality.
They have a structural foundation from the 16th Century and
from this period; it conserves a Gothic style semi-circular arch
doorway. In 1234, there is record of the Roqueta farmhouse,
where the Count of Ampurias granted it to Pere Esteve. In 1323,
it became a Knight Estate centre with its name, where King Sanç
granted the minor jurisdiction of Knight’s Estate to Berenguer
de Sant Joan. In 1464, Pere Font purchased the property and
Knight’s estate of Roqueta from Práxedis, the wife of the young
Nobleman, Simó de Sant Joan. Consequently the Font family,
the landowners of Roqueta acquired the surname of Font de
Roqueta. This surname concluded with Margalida Font de
Roqueta i Gual, who was married to Francesc Desbrull i Villalonga
in 1637, and whose heirs owned the land possession with the lien
of arms and surname.
landowner of the Jordà family was the Priest Bartomeu Jordà, in the
19th Century, who bequeathed it to a nephew (oral information
from Guillem Jordà). In 1929, Arthur Byne and Mildred Stapley
visited the house and they were still able to describe and photograph
the monumental stairway which today is only partially conserved.
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three floors and a sandstone spiral stairway. The windmill terrace is
accessed from the tower interior. To the right of the doorway, there
are three basins and on the other side of the platform, a square
section curbstone with flat roof.
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Montuïri
Jointly with agriculture and cattle raising, other artisan activities
have also played a major role: (ceramics craftsmen, “margers”
(stone masons), “selleters” (saddle-makers), weavers, embroidery
workers, or paper-makers among other artisans).
>> Scenic overview of Montuïri
Towards the end of the 18th Century, famine, diseases, and debts
were the main problems that were handled by the Sworn officers
and Councillors of the Town. The predominant crops were dryland farming and the vineyards became increasingly important at
the end of the century.
In 1867, the Monges de la Caritat (Sisters of Charity) arrived in
Montuïri and worked in the education field until their departure
in 1984.
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The place name of Montuïri, which was documented in the Llibre
del Repartiment de Mallorca (Royal Property Distribution Book)
(1232), has a vaguely defined origin and has been interpreted by
diverse authors. The first authors, Joan Binimelis, Jeroni de Berard,
and Gabriel Llabrés believed it was derived from Montecatano,
Mons Ire, and Mont Thiberi, respectively. The most recent interpretations are by Joan Coromines (it comes from the Mozarabic term:
montorium, derivative of promontorium “land elevation”) and
Joan Miralles (it is derived from montuari “little mountain”).
It was a heavily populated territory in the Talayotic age, as shown
by the settlement of Son Fornés and the archaeological ruins
called Campanar des Moros. In the Islamic period, it belonged
to the juz’ (district) of Muntuy. Following the Conquest in 1229,
it corresponded to the Royal part. Between 1236 and 1244,
the Parish Church of Montuïri was founded and in 1300, it was
constituted as a Royal city.
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The Municipality of Montuïri has a surface area of 41 km2 and a
population of 2,780 inhabitants (2008 census data). It is bordered
by the Municipalities of Lloret de Vistalegre, Sant Joan, Porreres,
Llucmajor, and Algaida.
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Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
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The old Parish Church of Montuïri, as mentioned in the Papal Bull
of Innocence IV in 1248, was dedicated to Santa Maria and Sant
Pere, jointly mentioned along with Castellitx. The first building from
the 13th Century was located beside can Millordies, in the windmill
district: el Molinar. The current temple dates from the 14th Century
and was dedicated to Sant Bartomeu (St. Bartholomew). In 1515,
the roof was rebuilt and in 1552, work began to refurbish the
Belfry. At the end of the 16th Century, the temple was expanded
and between 1750 and 1773, the presbytery’s vault ceiling was
refurbished. In 1813, the stairway called “es Graons” was built. A
refurbishment in the 1950’s made it possible to recover the Gothic
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The temple was built in front of an elevated stone-paved platform
which was accessed by the “es Graons” stairway with twelve steps.
The main façade is very simple: There is the main lintel doorway with
a Baroque pediment which contains the image of a female Saint; a
tile roof protects it and higher above, there is a Rose window. The
lateral doorway in front of the “es Graons” stairway, has doorjambs
with spirals and a pediment with the Town Coat of Arms and the
date 1643; higher up, note the modern clock. The belfry to the left
of the façade has a square section with five floors and a crown (the
fifth with two lancet arches on each side). To the left of the belfry, a
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The interior has a nave with a barrel vault roof divided in six sections
with lunettes and six lateral chapels on each side, with entry by a lancet arch. The nave roof is decorated with six pictorial medallions, one
in each section, beside them, the different dates of the roof’s construction can also be seen. The lunettes contain an oculus in each section, with 20th Century stained glass windows which represent the
Saints. The foot of the temple has a gallery buttressed by a segmental
arch with a groined vault roof centralized by the vault keystone with
the village Coat of arms; it contains an organ from the 17th Century,
several paintings of Prophets by Jaume Martorell in 1775.
The Presbytery with a quarter sphere apse roof contains the main
altarpiece by Josep Sastre Tamorer in 1789, divided in three levels
and two floors. In the central level in the first section, there is an
expository and higher up in the second, an image of the Temple’s
Patron Saint, Sant Bartomeu. The lateral levels are occupied by
various images of Saints. On the left wall of the Presbytery, there is a
painting of the Mare de Déu del Pilar, while on the right, there is the
Sacristy door which contains a rectangular room with two sections of
groined vault roof, and a stone washbasin with the Montuïri Coat of
Arms from 1642.
The chapels on the left or the Gospel side are: Baptismal Chapel,
under the gallery, with Baptism font in a Renaissance style and
hexagonal section, with wood pyramidal font-covers and a stained
glass window which represents the Baptism of Jesus; Chapel of Sant
Antoni, with a Baroque altarpiece presided by an image of the Patron
Saint; the deep Chapel (or del Roser), dated in 1698, with a cruciform
floor plan, divided in two sections, transept with two lateral Chapels
and Presbytery, the first roof section is groined vault, the second is
barrel vault, a transept centralized by a dome, an apse and a main
altarpiece dated 1805 with the image of the Mare de Déu del Roser
in the centre; Chapel of Sant Crist; Chapel of Sant Josep, with
an early Baroque altarpiece by the Blanquer school; Chapel de la
Immaculada.
The chapels on the right or Epistles side are: The first Chapel under
the gallery, has two Baroque arches, the one on the right serves as
the start of the gallery stairway; Chapel of Nom de Jesús, with a Mannerist style altarpiece from the early 17th Century, and the Villalonga
family Coat of Arms on the vault keystone; the lateral doorway with
vaulted ceiling with two lunettes; Chapel of the Sacred Hearts, with
a NeoBaroque altar piece and Images of Jesus and Maria; the fifth
Chapel contains fragments of the Renaissance altar of Sant Bartomeu
by Mateu Llopis from the 16th Century and the sculptured relief of
a soul from Purgatory in the keystone of the roof; Chapel of Santa
Catalina de Sena, with a painting of the Patron Saint.
The Rectory (Rectoria) (Plaça Major, 14)
It is a building with Gothic Construction elements with two floors
and a two-slope roof. The ground floor has semi-circular vaulted arch
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descending steps.
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The interior has a Medieval Ogive arch which separates two
corridors; in the first on the left, there is a Skene arch discovered
in a recent repair; on the right, there is a Baroque canvass which
represents the Nazareth Workshop. In the second corridor
under the stair, there is well curbstone with octagonal section;
it includes a coat of arms with a bull and the date 1630; this
space conserves an old coffered wood ceiling with beams and
interlacing sections. Further right, there is a Baroque washbasin
dated 1754. A lintel doorway leads to the room, which conserves
an interesting library. The building conserves paintings and
liturgical objects from the Parish temple. The corral contains a
well with a pyramidal roof.
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In front of the main façade of the church, on the other side
of the platform, there is a house known as Ca s’Escolà; it
is currently used as the central office of the Senior Citizen’s
Association. Its austere façade has two floors and a main doorway
with semi-circular arch. This was the former funeral home, since the
platform was the old “fossar” (cemetery).
Can Socies de Tagamanent (C/ Major)
This was an old inn from the possession with the same name. The
façade has an irregular vertical wall, since the left has three floors
and the right only has two. The main door is a semi-circular vaulted
arch doorway, with sandstone spandrels and doorjambs and in the
base, there is a stone step and border. The doorway is crowned
with the Coat of Arms of Socies de Tagamanent, with the date
1817, possibly of Miquel Socies de Tagamanent Miralles (i Bosch
i Fiol) (1761- 19th Century). On Easter Sunday, the image of the
Virgin Mary departs from this house to participate in the Encounter
Procession.
Medieval urban development
Montuïri has an old city centre which is typical of villages from
the 14th and 15th Centuries. The “pobla reial” or royal city of
Montuïri, founded by the Ordinances of King Jaume II in 1300,
has a rectangle design which comprised the Main street (Carrer
Major) as the central axis, and narrow alleys with houses that have
semi-circular arch doorways. As a whole, the city’s historical centre
represents an excellent example of Medieval urban development.
Characteristic elements of this urban design are the three Plaças
which house public buildings: the Plaça Major (Main Square),
location of the Church and the Cort Reial (Royal Court) or Universitat
local (University), it is now the Casa Consistorial (Town Council
building); the Plaça del Molinar (Windmill square) or Plaça de las
Tres Creus (Square of the Three Crosses), previously, the Plaça de la
“Quartera” (Grain storeroom) where grain was sold and the Plaça
Vella, where the Carnisseria (Butcher shop) was located. Among the
old Municipality Crosses, we highlight the remarkable Cross: Creu
de Son Rafel Mas from the 15th Century.
As complementary data, we mention that the urban planning of
the “pobles reials” (royal cities) was set up for 100 settlers with
their respective families. A portion of land corresponded to each
family in order to build a house and corral, a tiny section was also
ceded to leave space for the carreres comunes or common streets,
which were each 6.32 m wide. The settlers also had to contribute
to the construction of the public buildings: The Church, Royal
Court, the Grain market, the Bakery, Butcher Shop, wells and
water tanks.
Can Manera de la Costa (C/ Sant Antoni, 1)
This was the Ancestral Home of the Manera de la Costa family,
pagesos (peasant land-owners) of the “mà major” (major estate)
of Montuïri. It is a 15th Century building; it has a façade with two
floors and the main doorway with a semi-circular vaulted arch; on
the first floor to the left of the door, we highlight the Renaissance
window from the 16th Century with the Manera Coat of Arms.
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doorway with two windows on the right, the first, a balcony
window and a Coat of Arms which represents a hand, symbol
of the Rector Manera, with the inscription “als 24 maig 1693”
(24th of May 1693). To the left of the Coat of Arms, there are
multi-colour floor tiles of the twelfth station of Vía Crucis (12th
Station of the Cross). In the first floor, above the doorway, there
is a small balcony with a small tile porch, while on the right there
is a balcony window and another two quadrangular windows.
The right side, located above the Plaça Major (Main Square) has a
crown with an Ogee arch niche, which contains a sundial.
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This is the highest and oldest part of the town, where the first Church
was built as documented in 1248. Its urban structure is from the 13th
Century, but subsequently, taking advantage of the hill, this area became a typical flour windmill district; a total of eight were built and
several date back to the 16th Century. This area starts in the Plaça de les
Tres Creus (Plaça of Three Crosses), which has been named for the three
wood crosses that were integrated in a niche in a house wall and which
represent the Calvary (they are currently missing). In the middle of the
Plaça, there is a Municipal cross, called the Creu del Calvari (Calvary
Cross), made of stone and built on a base of circular steps. The stem is
octagonal and crowned by a capital and cross, without decoration.
Beside the Plaça, we find the windmill: can Vermell (C/ del Calvari),
documented in 1644, when it belonged to Socies -Vermell, with a
residential base with lintel doorway on three steps and the exterior
stairway which continues to the windmill terrace. The tower was
lowered around 1928.
On the street: carrer del Molinar, to the right, we see the house called
can Marc, built in front of a triangular platform; it has a façade with
two floors and the main semi-circular vaulted arch doorway. The Early
Christian Church from the 13th century was located in this site; today,
only a holy water basin has been conserved. Next, on the left side of
the street, there are four windmills: can Nofre, can Serra, can Ferrando,
and can Perons.
>> Windmill: Molí de can Nofre
The can Nofre windmill consists of two floors and forms a
complex with three naves. The floor in the upper section has a
sandstone vault roof and the lower floor has a wood beam roof.
The tower was trimmed and rebuilt with sandstone pieces. The
tower has a doorway with semi-circular arch. It was the property
of the Gomila -Nofre- family.
The can Serra windmill has a base with two floors, which
remain unfinished. The tower conserves a stone spiral stairway. In
1922, the millstones were sold to the paper factory of Esporles.
The can Ferrando windmill has a tower without a base or
central arch. It was restored in 1999, however, a subsequent
storm destroyed the antennas.
The can Perons windmill does not have a base or central
arch and it was not restored; until 1994, it had an attached
building which was demolished. Behind this windmill on an
unpaved road, we reach the ca n’Andreu windmill (or Ca
na Molinares). It formerly consisted of a circular tower, built
with irregular stones and a central arch. According to Bernat
Rabassa, in 1997, when the houses were refurbished, other
buildings were added which have distorted the windmill’s
original structure. Next, the last windmills appear on the left:
can Tevet (or can Ros) and can Rigo. The site also provides a
great view of the surrounding area.
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The King’s Well (El Pou del Rei)
This well for community use is the oldest one in the village.
Located at the end of the street for which it has been named, it
was documented in the early 14th Century, when the road which
connects this zone to the village was widened. It is an isolated well
made of sandstone with square curbstone and a pillar on each
corner which buttress two crossbeams that support the pulleys. The
basins attached to the sides have been conserved, which were used
to water animals.
Right beside it, there are the old public washing places, with a
rectangular floor plan with portico façade with pillars, semi-circular
arches, and a very simple roof of the corridor. A washing basin is
conserved in its interior.
>> Windmill: Molí des Fraret
Sanctuary of the Virgin Mary of Peace
(Santuari de la Mare de Déu de la Bona Pau)
This Sanctuary was documented in 1396, when two houses in the
Puig d’en Romanyà were adjudicated to the Monk Bartomeu Aguilar
subsequently called Sant Miquel, by the Universitat (University). In
1525 in his will, Pere Mas left an annual sum of 10 sterling pounds
to the Church of Sant Miquel, which had already converted into a
Sanctuary, under the Patronage of this Saint. In 1646, the Oratory
was refurbished and in 1647, a sculpture of the Virgin Mary was
installed which had been acquired by the Municipal Council; it was
refurbished in 1845 and restored in 1987.
In 1682, the Confraria de la Mare de Déu (Brotherhood of the
Virgin) was founded, although in 1724, this was the first time that
the Sancturary appears documented under the Patronage of the
Mare de Déu de la Bona Pau (Holy Mother of Peace). During the
18th Century and part of the next century, it continued under the
jurisdiction of the Parish and the Town Council commissioned its
protection to a Councillor popularly known as the batle del Puig
(Mayor of the Hill).
These lands were sold in a public auction for 7,500 pesetas to
Lluís Pou Bonet and the Sanctuary properties were reduced to the
Oratory, the attached house, and Plaça. The Monks, deprived of their
portion of cultivated land, were dismissed although the hermits did
return to reside here during a short period. In 1909, it was effectively
ceded to the Filles de la Sagrada Familia (Daughters of the Holy
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Fraret Windmill (Molí des Fraret)
It is located in the outskirts of the village, in the motorway of Sant
Joan. Jointly with the windmill, molí de sa Torre, d’en Xigala, and
d’en Fidueder, they comprise the windmill district in the North of
town -the latter two missing-. From the 18th Century to the second
half of the 19th Century, it belonged to the Verger family, alias
Fraret. In 1990, it was acquired by the Town Council and recently
refurbished, the time when its antennas and canopy were installed.
It has a circular tower, base with two barrel vault ceilings, with an
exterior stairway, and it is built next to the house with two floors and
two-slope roof. Since 2001, it houses the Archaeological Museum
of the Son Fornés Talayotic Village.
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The Oratory façade has two pilasters in the ends and two more
on the sides of the doorway; it is a lintel door with semi-circular
pediment which contains a niche, currently empty, with the date
1941 on the lintel. Above the doorway, there is a very deteriorated
sundial, a circular skylight, and a scaled church wall as crown with
four hydrias on the upper section of each pilaster, and a steeple in
the centre.
The Oratory interior is a rural type; it has a rectangular floor plan with
only one nave, two lateral chapels, barrel vault ceiling, an apse with a
quarter sphere roof, and choir gallery. The main altar piece has three
levels, in the centre, there is the image of the Virgin Mary: Mare de
Déu de la Bona Pau, on the right, the Arcangel Sant Miquel, dated
in 1587 and Sant Joan on the left. The pulpit is dated 1855 and the
choir gallery, buttressed by three segmental arches, is dated 1869.
To the left of the Oratory, there is the building occupied by the
Convent, and next to the Church, a block with an exterior Imperial
>> Son Fornés Talayotic Village
type stairway with balustrade. In the sector dedicated to the
Restaurant, we highlight the raised platform in the highest part on
eleven steps and a well curbstone with octagonal section and lancet
arch.
Son Fornés Talayotic Village (Poblat talaiòtic de Son Fornés)
The village is located 2.4 kilometers from Montuïri on the Ma-3200
motorway which leads to Pina, approximately 400 metres from
transversal junction of Algaida - Sant Joan.
The first excavation took place in 1975 and three field campaigns
have been carried out until 2008, which have made it possible
to discover the social transformations of this Pla de Mallorca
Balearic community over the last 2,000 years. Consequently,
the archaeological site facilitates knowledge about the urban
modifications of this village and the architectural changes in the
buildings throughout the first Millennium of our age. During this
time, we differentiate three periods or ages: The Talayotic Age
(850-550 B.C.), the Post-Talayotic Age (550-250 B.C.) and the
Classic-Roman Age (from 250 B.C. until the military conquest by
the Roman State in the year 123 B.C with the arrival of the Roman
Cónsul, Quintus Caecilius Metellus).
From the Talayotic age, we can see three circular Talayot buildings,
cyclopean buildings with a collective nature which characterizes a
community based on relations of reciprocity and solidarity. One of
these Talayots is the largest in Mallorca, with a total diameter of 17
metres and a conserved height of over 4 metres. In relation to the
residences of these ancient inhabitants of the Pla district, seven of
these sites have been excavated up to now.
The violent destruction of this village inaugurated a new period
of changes, the Post-Talayotic period, where new social relations
arose which were based on inequality. Six residences have been
documented in this new stage as well as the reuse of a third Talayot
as a potential religious sanctuary.
The progressive intensification of the relations with the Phoenician
civilization and the consolidation of the Roman civilization
throughout the 1st Century B.C. led to even more extensive
differences in social levels. New necessities gave rise to the
construction of new premises with rooms, of which 18 are known,
which at the same time, could also have served as workshops and a
sanctuary in the form of a horseshoe in a magnificent conservation
condition.
The Interpretation centre of this archaeological site, the Archaeology
Museum (Museu Arqueològic de Son Fornés), is located in the
windmill: Molí d’en Fraret, in the Montuïri exit in the direction to
Sant Joan by the Ma-3220 motorway.
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Family religious order) by Mariano Gual de Togores, although the
cession had to be ratified (1900) by the Countess of Aiamans. The
Nuns refurbished the rural house as a summer house for the children
of the Temple households. With the remaining sum from the closing
of the Savings and Loan Association, Caixa Rural de Montuïri, in
1946, the Oratory and the attached house were refurbished, which
was again restored (1960). Since 1974, a restaurant is now located
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Petra
Over 40 Archaeological ruins from different historical ages have
been catalogued in the Municipality, a fact which demonstrates
the major intensity of the human presence in the zone in very
ancient times. We highlight the Caves: de ses Cabanasses, ses
Comunes Noves, and de Son Monserrat, etc.; the Talayotic sites of
Son Homar, Termenor, es Castellots, etc.; the Burial Caves of Son
Maimó, les restes des Bosc Vell, es Cabanells Nous, sa Font, etc.
Significant artefacts such as amphoras, various ceramic objects,
and burial urns have been recovered from the Roman Age.
>> Scenic overview of Petra
During the Islamic Age, Petra belonged to the juz or district of
Yiynaw-Bitra. Following the Catalonian Conquest, this district
corresponded to King Jaume I.
In 1607, it obtained the canonical approval to found a Franciscan
Monastery and at the end of that year, the first Monks of the
Congregation arrived. Shortly afterwards, construction began for
the Monastery’s living quarters and a Church.
Between 1949 and 1952, the first attempts to segregate from
the city centre of Ariany took place, and in 1982, this Municipality
finally separated from Petra.
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The Municipality of Petra has an extension of approximately
70 km2 extension and a population of 3,073 inhabitants (2008
census data). It is bordered by the Municipalities of Sant Joan,
Sineu, Ariany, Santa Margalida, Artà, Sant Llorenç des Cardassar,
Manacor, and Vilafranca de Bonany.
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St. Bernard Monastery and Monastery Church
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The Franciscan Monastery by the devoted followers of Sant
Bernadí de Sena was founded in 1607, at the initiative of Father
Pere Santandreu, the guardian of the Monastery of Sant Francesc
de Palma and native of Petra. He immediately began to build
the first temple, the space which currently corresponds to the
chapel: Capella de Betlem. In 1657, works began to build the
Church, which was supervised by the Master or Works, Francesc
Oliver, which concluded in 1677. At the end of the 17th Century,
the Cloister and the majority of the Monastery buildings were
completed.
Friar Juníper Serra studied here in the first half of the 18th Century.
The religious community was expelled in the “Desamortització”
(seizure and sale of Church property) of 1835 and the majority of
the Monastery buildings were sold. In 1969, the Franciscan Order
of Friars Minor returned to the Monastery in a significantly reduced
space.
The Monastery Church with its Renaissance style has a large semicircular arch doorway in the main façade, an apse with converging
walls and a lierne vault. On the sides, we see niches which
were occupied by images of Franciscan Saints, which have now
disappeared. A square section bell tower ascends on the façade‘s
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The interior has a barrel vault roof and six lateral chapels with open
semi-circular arches. The Presbytery with converging walls houses
the main altarpiece from 1721, presided by a sculpted figure of the
Virgin de la Immaculada, with Sant Joan de Capistrano and Sant
Jaume de la Marca on the sides, and Sant Bernadí, the Patron Saint
of the Temple in the attic.
The chapels on the right or Epistles side are: the Chapel de les
Ànimes (Souls Chapel) or Sant Crist (Christ Chapel); the Chapel of
Santa Clara; the lateral doorway; chapel of Sant Antoni de Pàdua;
the chapel of the Mare de Déu dels Àngels, and the chapel of
Sant Bonaventura. On the left or Gospel side, there is the chapel:
capella del Betlem, chapel of the Beatified Ramon Llull, the chapel
of the old organ, the chapel of Sant Francesc (with an altarpiece
created by Gaspar Oms Batle in 1723), the chapel of Sant Dídac or
Sant Salvador d’Horta, and the chapel of Santa Rosa de Viterbo,
with an image of Sant Miquel in the attic. All the altars are
Baroque.
The Sacristy contains a wash basin with imposing Baroque
decoration and the date 1727. There is also a museum which
exhibits objects of worship and commemorates the California
missions of the Beatified Juníper Serra. From the cloister, only
scattered remains have been conserved and several arches
>> Ramon Llull Square
>> Friar Juníper Serra Square
>> Monastery and Monastery Church of Sant Bernardí
corresponding to the partial reconstruction which was carried out
by the architect, Gabriel Alomar. Very interesting mural paintings
have been conserved in the old access corridor to the Monastery
buildings.
A monument has been built in front of the Monastery which
commemorates the Bicentennial anniversary of the birth of Friar
Juníper Serra. The four floor tiles which decorate the pedestal
represent different themes from the life of the Franciscan monk:
The first in the Monastery beside the family house, the second,
the missionary in the act of preaching, the third, the moment
he received the Communion prior his death, and the fourth, the
Mission of San Carlos Borromeo, where he died.
Friar Juníper Serra’s Birthplace House,
Museum and Study Centre
(Casa pairal de Fra Juníper Serra, Museu
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This house is located at number 6 of the street: carrer del Barracar
Alt. Miquel Serra, later known by the religious name of Friar Juníper,
was born in 1713 in the house of his paternal grandparents, located
in the country, and he moved to this house with his family at the
age of five. The house was purchased by the local Rotary Club in
1930 for 22,000 pesetas and it was donated to the Town Council
of the City of San Francisco. Since 1981, it has been managed by
the Societat d’Amics del Pare Serra (The Friend’s Society of Father
Serra). It is one of the most representative residences of the small
Petra
left side. The Monastery’s old lintel doorway is located on the left of
the Temple façade.
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It has a façade with a height of two floors with semi-circular vaulted
arch doorway and it has a small window with sill on the first floor.
A plaque on the left of the door commemorates the Evangelist of
California: “Casa solariega del V P Fray Junípero Serra OFM Apóstol de
California.( Birthplace house of V P Friar Junípero Serra OFM Apostle of
California) 1713-1784. El Ayuntamiento y pueblo de Petra (The Town
Council and People of Petra)”.
The interior has a simple central stone floor with a geometric design.
A small scale segmental arch opens in the master wall which separates
the two slopes. The kitchen is located in the second corridor on the
left. In the corral, there is a baker’s oven for bread. We highlight the
very simple room on the first floor.
Beside the Birthplace house, at the end of the platform, we find the
Museum of Fra Juníper Serra, founded in 1959 by the “Amics de
Fra Juníper Serra” (Friend’s Society of Friar Juníper Serra). The main
doorway is a semi-circular arch with a doorjamb with the Serra Family
Coat of Arms and a cross. There is a porch with two segmental arches
as well as the well curbstone with quadrangular section. The bell
comes from the Santa Barbara Mission of Camino Real (California).
>> Friar Juníper Serra’s Birthplace House
In the interior, the ground floor is dedicated to the museum about the
life and works of the Beatified Saint, with several rooms which contain
written documentation related to his life (sermons, letters, etc.),
as well as graphic information about the American lands which
he explored (maps, paintings, engravings, etc.). The scale model
room at the left of the entrance contains wooden scale models of
the Missions founded by Friar Juníper. A square stairway leads to
the first floor, where we highlight the painting room, such as the
Martyrdom of Friar Lluís Jaume. This floor also has a library which
specialises in the figure of the Beatified Juníper.
Friar Juníper Serra Square and Ramon Llull Square
(Plaça de Fra Juníper Serra i Plaça de Ramon Llull)
The two Plaças in the centre of Petra are dedicated to Friar Juníper
Serra and Ramon Llull and they are tangentially located. The first
Plaça has a monument dedicated to the Beatified monk with a
sculpture created by Guillem Galmés in 1913, which was installed
on the occasion of the second Centennial of the Missionary’s birth.
It is made of Santanyí stone and has a pyramidal-trunk pedestal
with the Coat of Arms of the Franciscan Order, the Serra family,
and the village of Petra, as well as a commemorative inscription.
The Plaça de Ramon Llull was the traditional Plaça de l’Abeurador
and today is popularly called the Plaça del Brollador (Fountain
Square).
Estate Houses in the Ciutat Street
In the street, carrer de Ciutat, we find different casals (estate
houses), such as can Lloveta, located on the corner of the Carrer
Petra
peasant landowners of the Pla de Mallorca district from the 17th and
18th centuries.
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Can Torrella is located in front of can Lloveta. It dates from the
16th and 17 Centuries, although it was extensively refurbished in
the 19th and 20th Centuries. The main doorway is an old semicircular arch which was converted into a lintel doorway. Observe the
discharge arches built within the wall.
In front of can Torrella, there is can Oliver, which was formerly
used as the wine cellar of can Torrella; it passed to the Oliver family
in 1912. The wine cellar is conserved and presents three naves
separated by two rows of pillars which support the arches and the
groined vault roof; it was refurbished in the second half of the 19th
Century. It also conserves a wine vat. The upper floor of the building
served as the village’s first cinema.
Parish Church of St. Peter
(Església Parroquial de Sant Pere)
The first reference appears documented in the Papal Bull of Pope
Innocence IV in 1248, with the name of Sancti Petri de Petra. The
first building occupied the plot called Rectoria Vella (Old Rectory).
Speaking of the current church, it appears to replace a second
>> Can Lloveta House
>> Parish Church of St. Peter
temple; the first which occupied the current plot, which had
four chapels in 1563. The building which we view today, with its
late Gothic style, has had a long history of works, which began
in 1583 and was not finished until 1766. The belfry was built in
1669 and its chapel: capella del Roser was inaugurated in 1689.
The Church was blessed in 1730 however the works continued
until 1766, with the 3-section roof nearest to the entrance. The
Presbytery is dated 1797.
The façade is a wall divided into five sections separated by
mouldings, with a large upper Rose Window, crowned by a rail
with interlaced panels; the sides have two volumes which simulate
embedded towers with an octagonal section. The main doorway is
unfinished.
The upper section of the lateral vertical wall has seven large semicircular arches which join the buttresses. The lateral doorway built in
1911 was created by the sculptor, Guillem Galmés, and contains an
image of the Santa Pràxedis.
The Belfry is located beside the lintel, it has a 31 metre height and is
divided into six sections separated by mouldings; in the three upper
sections, there are mullioned windows, and a pyramidal crown in
the upper section.
The temple interior has a floor plan with a single nave which is
divided into seven sections with groined vault ceiling. It has seven
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d’en Font, which dates back to the 19th Century. Originally, it
occupied the entire block, but it was later partially demolished. It
has an old doorway with semi-circular stone arch, now converted
into a window, and we also highlight its flared window. The first
floor has three windows in the main façade and two additional
ones on the side, all with sill.
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from the end of the 18th Century with a dome divided into eight
segments, pilasters with helicoidal mouldings and Baroque altar
piece designed by Gaspar Ribas, and presided by the Image of the
Mare de Déu del Roser, a work by Melcior Guasp; the Chapel of la
Immaculada, with an image by Guillem Galmés; Chapel of Santa
Aina, with a multi-coloured bas-relief from the 15th Century in the
centre, lateral pictorial panels with the date 1611 and a painting
of the Beatified Juníper Serra, with a relic in the lower section;
and the Chapel of Heart of Jesus, with an image which was also a
work by the Sculptor Galmés.
doorway is a semi-circular vaulted arch and on the right, it has
two windows with sills. On the right of the platform in front of
the façade, there are several regional-style arches from the 20th
century which comprise an arcade which belongs to another
building. To the side, there is a monument to the “Pagesa”
(Peasant woman), a sculpture created by Josep Gayà Font. On
the left façade of the main doorway, we highlight the relief
sculpture of Sant Vicenç Ferrer, who preached in Petra in 1413;
on the side, there is the Coat of Arms of the Rector Riera Font,
one of the people who promoted the building works.
The chapels on the right or Epistles side are: Chapel of Sant
Cosme and Sant Damià, with a Gothic painting on wood,
with the representation of the Patron Saints; Chapel of Santa
Bàrbara; Chapel of Sant Antoni Abat; the lateral doorway with
the organ above it, which dates from 1608, a work by the
Caimari brothers; Chapel de la Mare de Déu dels Dolors, with
an image created by Guillem Galmés; Chapel of Santa Pràxedis,
Patron Saint of the village; and the Chapel of Sant Sebastià,
with a Mannerist altar piece dated 1603, which, in addition to
the image of the Patron Saint, contains two paintings which
represent Cabrit and Bassa, the defenders of the Alaró Castle.
On the right of the main altar, with entrance by a Renaissance
doorway, there is the Sacristy dated 1723. In addition to the
frame of the wash basin and diverse paintings such as the one of
Santa Bàrbara, it conserves an ornamental liturgical robe called
a “tern” from the 15th Century, it is made of green velvet with
embroidered ornaments of gold and silk.
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Bonany
(Santuari de Nostra Senyora de Bonany)
The Sanctuary is located on the summit of the Puig (hill) de
Bonany, formerly called “puig d’en Burguès and puig de
Maria”, a natural area with a surface area of 331 hectares.
The tradition about the origin of the Virgin of Bonany is a
typical narrative from the “Verge Trobada” (Encounter with the
Virgin): The Christians concealed the image in a cave during
the Islamic domination, and after the Catalonian Conquest,
it was discovered by a shepherd in a cave in the surroundings
of the spring of the Virgin. The first news about the Sanctuary
date back to 1606, when the Rector of Petra promoted a small
Oratory. The name of Bonany seems to date back to 1609,
when a predictably bad year became a good harvest due to
the intercession of the Virgin Mary after a procession to the
Sanctuary, which subsequently caused abundant rain.
The chapels on the left or Gospel side are: Chapel of Beatified
Juníper Serra; Chapel of Sant Josep, with a Baroque altarpiece
by Gaspar Homs; Chapel of Sant Crist de les Ànimes; the
capella fonda (deep chapel) or Roser chapel, a Baroque work
>> The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Bonany
It is located in front of the main doorway of the Parish Church.
In the Barracar neighbourhood, it conserves the place name
of “Rectoria Vella”, which perhaps precedes the current one.
Works began in 1570 and it has been intensively refurbished
over time.
The façade has one height, although the house estate has two
floors, since the ground floor is in a lower sublevel. The main
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lateral chapels, introduced by Ogive arches; the entrance or
foot of the temple presents a gallery with groined vault ceiling.
The Presbytery is polygonal with ribs and contains the main
altar, with an altarpiece that dates from 1790, presided by
an image of Sant Pere, which came from the Monastery of
Sant Domingo in Palma. On both sides of the altarpiece, there
are two small Renaissance doorways. Beside the Presbytery
since 1980, there is the baptism font where Friar Juníper was
baptized in 1713, it dates back to 1588; it is octagonal and
was created by Joan Antic and Miquel Abraham.
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In addition, the Sanctuary also has a space used as a guest
quarters, built in 1917 with cells and other services for pilgrims.
From 1896 until 1990, the Sanctuary was supervised by the
Hermits of Sant Pau and Sant Antoni. At present, it is under the
charge of several “donats” (religious order members).
The interior has a Latin Cross floor plan, without lateral chapels and
has a gallery at the foot. It has a barrel vault ceiling with lunettes,
divided in three sections and a dome in the transept. In the vertical
wall of the nave, we can see two pilasters with a composite order.
In the transept, there are four thin grooved columns which connect
to the corresponding penditives.
In the Western zone of the Puig (hill), there is the Fonteta de la
Mare de Déu (Virgin Mary Fountain). When the Hermits arrived
in Bonany, the fountain was a simple inlet well; they channelled
it and built a set of terraces which served to improve the gardens
and orchards of the Monks. In 1915, they built a stone cave, where
they placed a sandstone image of the Virgin, with stalactites from
the Cave: Cova d’en Tugores.
Venerated in the Presbytery, there is a seated image of Mare de
Déu de Bonany, a Medieval wood sculpture, located in the centre
of a chapel with a Baroque altarpiece. The main altarpiece comes
from the Parish Church of Petra and was restored by Bartomeu
Amorós in 1941. It displays the images of Sant Pau Ermità, Sant
Antoni Abat and in the attic, Santa Catalina Tomàs. In the arms
of the transept, there are images of Sant Josep on the right and
Below the platform which is in front of the Sanctuary, there is the
Cross: Creu de Fra Juníper Serra, which was built in memory
of the Evangelist of California in 1949, in commemoration of
the second Centennial of Friar Juníper’s farewell from the village.
Tradition claims that it was here, in the place known as “penya del
Calvari” (Calvary hill), where Father Serra addressed his last words
to the inhabitants of Petra prior to his departure to America. The
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Sant Crist on the left. In the right or Epistle side of the nave,
there is Sant Sebastià and Sant Joan Baptista, while on the left or
Gospel side, we can see Santa Bàrbara and Sant Miquel. Beneath
the gallery, there is an altarpiece with Sant Gabriel and el Betlem
(Navity scene).
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The Church has a historicist style with Neo-Baroque roots, built
between 1920 and 1925 on a Baroque temple which was
expanded in 1697 and demolished in 1919, except the atrium
façade which dates from 1789. This first façade, corresponding
to the foyer or atrium of the temple has a doorway with a curved
pediment, with the Petra Coat of Arms and the aforementioned
date of 1789; this construction block is crowned by an interlaced
rail which provides access to the roof where the upper section
of the Oratory itself ascends, designed by Antoni Giménez Vidal,
with a Rose Window crowned by the Coat of Arms of Bonany and
two lateral towers. The author of the temple plans was the Hermit
Agustí.
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Records show that there were 19 flour windmills in Petra. 12 of
them have survived to the present day: Eight were conserved
inside the city centre, three in the surrounding area, and one in the
outskirts. We highlight the group which has named the streets: dels
Molíns and Costa dels Molíns (Windmill street and the Windmill
slope) where we find six windmill structures: d’en Corba, d’en
Penya, d’en Tromper, d’en Guillem Font, d’en Font, and molí d’en
Xim, which already milled flour in 1748 and was the last one to
cease operations.
On the other side of the village beside the Son Serra motorway,
there are two additional windmills, while the other four are located
in the proximity of the city centre.
Son Santandreu
These cases de possessió (possession estate houses) are located in
the meridian of the Municipality of Petra, below the Puig de Bonany
(Bonany hill). In 1652, the property belonged to Miquel Miralles
Eixeló, and it was dedicated to the cultivation of grain/cereals,
although it also had a garden. In 1695, it was owned by Joan Mir
Miralles and in 1737, it was transferred to the Genoese Merchant,
Carlo Fonticelli Weimer. In 1767, it belonged to Josep Fonticelli
>> Son Santandreu Possession
Socies and it had a large wine cellar. In 1865, it was the property of
Bartomeu Castelló and it had a surface area of 273 “quarterades”.
The property was subsequently divided into two parts, Son
Santandreu or Son Santandreu Vell and Son Santandreu Nou. In
1995, Son Santandreu Vell belonged to Bartomeu Barceló Pastor,
while Son Santandreu Nou was owned by Isabel Roses Montis.
The houses were built on an old Talayotic settlement, of which only
a few ruins remain. The house’s façade has a height of three floors
with a door with semi-circular arch on the left and two skene arches
on the right; the one on the left contains a well curbstone and the
one on the right, a lintel doorway, higher up, there is a balcony with
balustrade. The porch houses six rectangular windows. It conserves
the chapel with intersecting barrel vault roof and a small altarpiece
from the 16th Century. On the left of the houses, there is a large
wine cellar with square section pillars and an intersecting barrel
vault roof.
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cross’ style is a reminder of the crosses created with tree trunks and
branches which Juníper Serra built in the spot where he decided to
found a Mission.
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Porreres
The Municipality’s name dates back to 1231, when Nunó Sanç
ceded the Farmhouse of Alquazor and the rafals (country
estates) of Maffumet and Totzeta to Guillem de Porrera. Thus,
all of these lands adopted the name of the new owner and
were subsequently called the farmhouse of Porreres. In turn,
the surname of the aforementioned Guillem originated from
the village where he was born: “Porrera”, a village in the Priorat
district (Tarragona).
The numerous windmills and possessions are excellent proof of
the main economic activity: agriculture and cattle, which have
>> Scenic overview of Porreres
The first evidence of human presence dates back to the
prehistoric era as shown by over thirty archaeological sites. Caves
have been conserved from the PreTalayotic period, which were
used as dwellings and burial sites; and we have found Talayotic
ruins from the Talayotic period, such as the Pou Salat and the
necropolis such as Son Redó and s Pagos. From the Roman age,
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characterised this Municipality throughout history, as well as the
other Municipalities of the Pla de Mallorca. The predominating
crops have always been grain/cereals, almonds, and vineyards.
The Cardinal: Cardenal Despuig (1784) provides testimony of
the wine-making tradition in a sketch which illustrates the map,
which also provides information about the cultivation of saffron.
More recently, Porreres has achieved fame for its outstanding
apricot production, since it elaborates the majority of the dried
apricots of Mallorca.
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The Municipality of Porreres has an extension of 87 km2
extension and a population of 5,272 inhabitants (2008 census
data). It is bordered by the Municipalities of Montuïri, Sant Joan,
Vilafranca de Bonany, Felanitx, Campos, and Llucmajor.
Porreres
>> Porreres_Historical References
we highlight a funeral tombstone, located in the territory of Son
Cota.
>> “Goig” Monument in the Mt. Zion Road
During the 14th Century, a Jewish community resided in Porreres
and it has documented the existence of a call (Jewish Quarter). Its
economic activity was based on trade and money lending.
The expulsions carried out starting in 1835 affected the religious
communities of the village, and above all the patrimonial lands of
Monti-sion (Mt. Zion).
In the 20th Century, Porreres has achieved fame for its outstanding
apricot production, since it elaborates the majority of the dried
apricots of Mallorca.
>> Windmill: Molí d’en Tòfol
>> Windmill: Molí de Son Porquer
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The Royal Property Distribution Book, Llibre del Repartiment, documents the concession of Porreres lands to Nunyo Sanç. Upon his
death (1241), his possessions passed to his nearest relative, the King
Jaume I. The Church of Porreres was first mentioned in 1242 and it
appears as a Parish Church in the Papal Bull by Pope Innocence IV
(1248). In 1300, Porreres was declared a “pobla reial” (Royal Village)
according to the Ordinances of King Jaume II of Mallorca.
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In the Islamic period, Porreres belonged to the juz’ (district) of
Manaqur. The Muslim presence can also be detected in several
Arabic place names for farm houses and “rafals” (country estates)
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The Parish Church of Porreres is dedicated to the Mare de Déu de la
Consolación. The oldest references (a document from 1242, and the
Papal Bull from Pope Innocence IV in 1248) mention the Church of
Sant Joan de Porreres, as a suffragan church of Felanitx. In 1277, this
Church already had the category of Parish, since its Priest, Monsignor
Arnau Rossell is recorded with the title of Rector. It appears that
the first temple was built in the plot of the current Oratory: Oratori
de l’Hospitalet. The location in the current plot to the west of the
old village area dates back to the end of the 14th Century, when
the Gothic temple was built with six lateral chapels. The present
building was started in 1667, based on a project by the Master N.
Oliver, and by initiative of Rector Gaspar Llompart. The belfry was
begun in 1705, the nave was completed in 1714, and the chapels
and decoration were subsequently finished. The stucco works and
refurbishment of the dome took place in 1797.
The main façade has a quadrangular wall face, mainly undecorated,
divided by four lines of voussoir, with a Rose window with helicoidal
moulding in the upper tertiary level, and the upper crown is
completely smooth. The main doorway has a lintel and moulded
doorjambs, framed by Corinthian Style columns on plinths, and an
The Belfry is on the right side of the temple. It has a square section
with seven floors, the two upper ones with two lancet arches on
each side, and a pyramidal pinnacle in the upper zone.
The interior is a single nave with rectangular floor plan with an apse
lintel, cambered barrel vault ceiling divided into eight sections and a
quarter sphere shell-niche in the Presbytery. It has seven chapels on
the sides and a choir gallery at the foot of the nave. The vertical wall
has pilasters with Corinthian style capitals. The Presbytery contains
a Baroque altarpiece dated around 1762, a work by Josep Sastre,
which contains images of the Mare de Déu de la Consolación, Sant
Joan Baptista, and Sant Joan Evangelista, as well as an attic with a
painting of Sant Pere and it is crowned with the Village Coat of Arms.
The chapels on the right or Epistles (or Epístola) side are: Chapel of
Betlem, where we highlight several characters from popular life dated
around 1790; Chapel of Nostra Senyora del Carme, with different
artworks on the sides; Chapel de les Ànimes, presided by a Baroque
Christ figure and an altarpiece from 1752; the lateral doorway, with
an organ above it; Chapel of Sant Antoni Abat, with a very austere
Baroque altarpiece, possibly from the former Church; Chapel of Sant
Porreres
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entablature with a cornice crowned by a pediment which designs
a medallion with a sculptured relief of the Virgin Mary. On the right
of the doorway, we highlight the monument inaugurated in 1949,
dedicated to the Bishop Pere Joan Campins (who died in 1915), who
was Rector of Porreres.
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>> Parish Church
>> The Rectory
The chapels on the left or the Gospel (Evangeli) side are:
Chapel of the Baptistery, dated in 1894; Chapel of the Holy
Family with a Baroque altarpiece; Chapel of Sant Sebastià with
images of Sant Bartomeu and Sant Vicenç de Paül; Chapel of
Sant Josep with an image of the Patron Saint by Adrià Ferran
from the early 19th Century, and a Virgin Mary of Assumption
image in the predella; the chapel del Roser, with octagonal
floor plan with roof in the form of a rectangular dome base
and two chapels on the sides; Chapel of Sant Roc, with a
Baroque altarpiece which was elaborated in 1726; and the
Chapel of Sant Vicenç Ferrer, which could date back to the
17th Century from the previous Church. There is also bell
wheel from 1701.
The Parish Treasury conserves various priceless liturgical objects:
A small coffer from the Eucharistic Reserve from the end of the
14th Century, a Gothic Processional Cross (from the 15th Century), a work by Antoni Oliva, a Gothic Reliquary and NeoGothic
Monstrance made by the Gold/Silversmith Fuster in 1864. We
also highlight the Gothic Choir stalls from the Church of Sant
Francesc de Palma, a work by Macià Bonafè (1447-55). The
temple conserves a Gothic wood sculpture of the Virgin Mary by
Gabriel Mòger II from the beginning of the 16th Century.
>> The Catholic Centre
>> Parish Church
Dated from the 18th Century, the Rectory has a façade with
a height of two floors. In the ground floor, there is the main
doorway on four steps; it has a lintel with linear mouldings and
vertical grooves in the doorjambs. This doorway appears inside the
perimeter of a semi-circular doorway, which perhaps indicates a
door prior to the 18th Century works. In addition to the rectangular
windows, to the left of the doorway, we observe a small chapel
with a wood cross. In the first floor, there is a gallery with three
segmental arches, buttressed by two columns with entasis, isolated
columns, and two pilasters embedded in the sides; in the centre
of the protection wall, there is a medallion with the relief of Sant
Francesc. In addition to the religious artworks, the interior also
contains the Parish archives.
The Catholic Centre (Centre Catòlic) (C/ Bisbe Campins, 13)
This Regional-style building dated in 1935 has a height of two
floors. The ground floor has three large semi-circular arches, in
which the central one connects to the stairway access to the
building. The first floor also has three arches arranged like balcony
windows, the central one framed by a semi-circular arch which
also houses a small semi-circular window. The sides are inscribed
in a rectilinear space with lintel. The balcony which presides the
floor displays a balustrade, except in the central section which is
identified with the inscription “Centre d’Acció Catòlica” (Catholic
Action Centre). The façade crown displays a decorative plant motif
in the ends, with balustrades in the axis of the lateral arches and
in the centre, a curved pediment which encompasses three small
semi-circular arches. The Porreres Coat of Arms is shown in the
ends of the crown.
The interior currently serves a restaurant and it still conserves the
scenic stage for theatre representations.
The Hospital Oratory (Oratori de l’Hospitalet)
This was the chapel for the village’s old hospital, which was first
documented in 1457. However, before that according to one
hypothesis, it was the Centre of the First Church of Porreres,
recorded in 1242 (in the restoration works carried out in 1879,
a Gothic tablet appeared which represented the village’s former
Patron Saints, Sant Joan Baptista and Sant Joan Evangelista). The
building was restored in 1655 and 1879.
The façade has a lintel doorway with decoration and a circular
skylight above it. The crown is a triangular undecorated gable
topped with a Cross. A modern building has been attached on the
left side. It has a rectangular floor plan with a barrel vault roof in
the interior and a groined vault roof in the Sacristy.
Bel·la House (Casa Bel·la) (C/ de l’Hospital, 9)
This was the old clerk’s office of Porreres, documented in the 15th
century. It has a very low vertical wall, with ground floor and porch
(as evidenced by the window located on the right of the façade).
It has a lintel doorway with a moulded lancet arch niche, currently
Porreres
Crist, in a Baroque style; and Chapel of the three Archangels,
with the Baroque altarpiece from the beginning of the 18th
Century by Domingo Ferrer.
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The Quartera Building (La Quartera) (C/ de Nunó Sanç, 1)
This building popularly known as sa Cortera is a house with a Medieval
origin, with two floors and a lintel doorway, and the Coat of Arms of
the Llompart family. On the left, there is a window and two wood crossbeams. Its name indicates that it was formerly used as a grain warehouse.
Church of St. Philip Neri (Església de Sant Felip Neri)
(C/ Sant Roc – C/ Passaratx)
This is the Temple of the Oratory congregation built between 1886 and
1911 in the plots donated by Monsignor Joan Barceló Móra. The Virgin
of Immaculada Concepció is the Patron Saint of the Church. The project
was by Pere de Alcántara Peña, with the participation of Joan Sureda,
who designed the façade.
The chapel has a single nave, groined vault roof with lunnetes, and four
lateral chapels with barrel vault ceiling. There is a dome in the crossing.
The Christ is the same image which presided the Monastery of Sant Domingo de Palma. It conserves paintings by Vicenç Furió and Llorenç Cerdà.
>> The Hospital
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>> Sanctuary of Mt. Zion
Municipal Crosses
There are a total of eleven crosses in the Porreres municipality, if we
include the ones in the ascent to Monti-Sion (Mt. Zion). They all have a
major historical and artistic value, but unfortunately, some of them have
not been conserved in the most desirable condition. However, we can
mention the following Crosses: Creu des Pont (15th Century), la Creu
de la Marina (15th and 16th Century), or the different “Goigs·
of the ascent to Monti-Sion (built between the 15th and 17th
Centuries).
Creu d’en Nét Oratory (Oratori de la Creu d’en Nét)
The Oratory of Creu d’en Nét is a temple located next to the
village cemetery of Porreres. Its interior conserves a cross which
was built in memory of Mossèn Nét, the Rector of Porreres, from
the 16th or 17th Century. The Church was built in 1772.
Windmills
A total of 36 windmill towers were located in the Porreres Municipality and there are also records of an additional four buildings
which were demolished. Ten of these windmills are located in the
city centre and almost half of the windmills are used a residence.
Typologically, the majority are windmill towers with a base. Several
of them such as the windmills: des Pont or Son Gornals still conserve some millstones, but in the majority of cases, there are no
longer any traces of machinery. With regards to their construction
dates, it appears that the oldest windmill is the molí d’en Recó,
which belonged to the 17th century. The majority were built during the 16th and 17th Centuries and abandoned at the beginning
of the 20th Century.
Among the 36 buildings that we have mentioned, we highlight
the following windmills: d’en Tòfol and d’en Amengual in the
city centre, and the molí des Recó, molí de Son Mora, as well
as ses Talaies, Son Gornals, and Son Porquer in the outskirts.
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empty, and a flared quadrangular window on the right. It has a stone
cornice which supports two layers of roof tiles.
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>> Wine-Cellar of the Es Pagos Possession
The Sanctuary is located on the peak of the hill with the same name
at a height of 245 metres, which forms part of the Randa rock mass,
specifically in the serra de sa Mesquida (sa Mesquida mountain
range). A stairway leads from the exterior to the West façade,
where the main door with segmental arch is located, which leads
to the foyer with segmental vault. From the foyer, a lintel doorway,
crowned by a niche with an image of the Virgin, connects to the
interior porch and the cloister. It has a portico design and has an
irregular pentagonal floor plan which is unique in Mallorca. In the
centre of the patio, there is a platform which frames the well, with a
hexagonal curbstone with a basin and corresponding iron scaffold.
The temple is located in the North wing, and its façade has a lintel
doorway, Rose window, and three semi-circular arches in the upper
section, crowned with a steeple. The interior is a nave with two
sections and Presbytery (on three steps) and two chapels on the
Es Pagos
It is located on the Porrers-Vilafranca motorway near the possession:
possessió de Sant Martí on a hill. In 1564, it belonged to the
The façade has three floors. The main doorway is a semi-circular
arch crowned with a marble Coat of Arms of the Villalonga-Mir
family. On both sides of the doorway, there is a set of doors, which
alternate semi-circular arches and lintels with a roof over each one.
On the second floor, there are seven arches, all balcony windows
except the central one above the Coat of Arms. The porch also has
six rectangular windows.
The entrance or foyer with groined vault roof is laid out with
different lintel doorways. A segmental arch leads to the patio. On the
right, we highlight the well curbstone with octagonal section with
the relief of a peacock in the ironworks. Towards the right, there is
the wine cellar, a large room with vault ceiling with various wine vats.
The peasant farm-owners house (casa dels amos) is located on the
left. An old well is conserved in front of the entrance.
The Chapel has a helicoidal groined vault roof with a keystone with
the Villalonga-Mir Coat of Arms, and a segmental vault roof in the
Presbytery. There is a small altarpiece dedicated to the Immaculada
which presides the room.
Porreres
The old Grammar classroom is conserved on the East side. It has a
lintel doorway with the Coat of Arms of Porreres above the lintel,
and on the side, a sculptured relief of an inkwell and notebook with
the inscription: Dilicit Dñs portas Sion dil. Dñs portas studiosorum.
The interior is a rectangular room with barrel vault roof, with three
arches with smooth pilasters and stone benches attached to the wall.
On the right of the Church, behind the foyer with the kitchen on the
right, there is the refectory (or Monk’s dining room) which conserves
three sections of groined vault roof. On the left, we can see a water
basin supported by a hand. According to the Arxiduc (Archduke Luis
Salvador of Austria), “There are twelve rooms for students with a
dividing wall and small kitchen, bathroom and clothes rack; above
the room, there is a space to store wood: up to eight students sleep
in each one of the rooms. The remaining lodgings are used for the
professors and servants, with a total of 20 rooms”.
Honourable Ramon Nicolau (des Pagos) and there were houses, with
a wine cellar, and animal-driven mill; it had 275 sheep and around 30
peacocks; information which is undoubtedly related to the name of
this possessió (possession) since these luxurious birds were subject to
poachers. It is also known that there were two slaves. In 1661, it was
owned by Margalida Nicolau. In 1863, it was the property of Felip
Villalonga-Mir.
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>> Interior of the Mt. Zion Sanctuary
sides. It has a groined vault roof buttressed by key consoles and
with sections separated by Ogive arches. The main altarpiece is a
chapel altar with a NeoGothic altarpiece inscribed in the semi-circular
arch which contains an image of the Mare de Déu de Monti-sion,
sculpted in marble with a Coat of Arms in the lower section, possibly
from the Dusai family who were benefactors of the temple. On the
left, there is the Sacristy, which still conserves the ex-vots (votive
offerings) or promises to the Virgin Mary.
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Mt. Zion (Santuari de Monti-sion)
The Sanctuary’s founding dates back to 1498, dedicated to the
Mare de Déu de Monti-sion, with refurbishments throughout
the 18th Century which affected the Church and its decoration.
Latin Grammar was taught in the Grammar School, dated 1530,
with the aim to be able to attend the Estudi General Lul·lià (Llull
General Study Centre), subsequently, the Universitat Literària
(Literary University). It was closed in 1835, due to the changes in
the education system. There was a community of Missionaries
supervised by Monsignor Cabrera between 1850-1855. There were
new refurbishment works in 1892.
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Sant Joan
Sant Joan
The Municipality of Sant Joan has an extension of 38.5 km2
extension and a population of 1,847 inhabitants (2008 census
data). It is bordered by the Municipalities of Montuïri, Sineu, Lloret
de Vistalegre, Vilafranca de Bonany, Petra, and Porreres.
This Municipality takes its name from the Church’s Patron Saint,
Sant Joan Baptista; this temple was documented in 1249 as Sant
Joan of Sineu. It has also been related to the owners of sa Bastida,
who were surnamed Sant Joan.
>> Scenic overview of Sant Joan
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42 Archaeological sites have been catalogued in Sant Joan, the
majority in a very poor conservation state. From the PreTalayotic
period, it has conserved the following caves: de la Bastida, del
Camp Rafal, dels Calderers, and la coveta del Camp Vell, etc.
From the Talayotic Age, we highlight the necropolis of Carrutxa
and Son Gil, and the hydraulic systems of the well: Pou Vell de la
Bastida and de la Baronia, etc. Ceramic artefacts have been found
from the Roman Age in Son Munar, el Pujol, el turó de Pinyella
(Pinyella Hill) and Puig de Sant Onofre (St. Onofre Hill).
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In the first half of the 19th Century, there were frequent droughts
which caused significant losses in the agricultural sector. In 1850, the
Town Council agreed to dig new wells and deepen other ones as a
measure to solve this drastic situation.
In 1870, the Congregation: Germanes de la Caritat de Sant Vicenç
de Paül (Sisters of Charity) settled in Sant Joan.
Until the mid 20th Century, the predominant economic activities
were agriculture and cattle-raising. At the end of the 20th Century,
we highlight the construction trades and their auxiliary industries
such as carpenters, plumbers, and electricians, etc.
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Following the Conquesta (Conquest) in 1230, the outskirts of the
Alhamar farmhouse was the centre where the current town arose.
A short time later, the first Church of Sant Joan was built on Puig de
Consolació (Consolation Hill), which depended on the Parish Church
of Santa Maria de Sineu. However, in 1298, the Bishop Ponç de Jardí
founded the Parish Church of Sant Joan, which was segregated from
the Church of Santa Maria de Sineu.
Sant Joan
In the Islamic period, Sant Joan was located in the southern zone
of the Jijnau-Bitra district. There was not a city centre and the
population was scattered on farmhouses and country estates such as
Alhamar, Carrutxa, Binifarda, les Algorfes, and Maham. Old Islamic
ceramic artefacts have been found in the orchard: l’hort de Son Baró,
el turó de Pinyella (Pinyella Hill), la Bastida, el Pujol, and Son Gual.
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Remaining from this temple, there are the Gospel chapels on the
left, the façade and lateral doorways as well as part of the belfry.
Building on the current temple began in 1927. The works started on
the right section, beside the fossar vell and a year later, the Epistle
chapels were completed. The new Presbytery was begun in 1931
and the following year, the sculptor Bartomeu Amorós executed the
The façade has a main Baroque doorway, a skylight, and a church
wall, formed by a multi-lined crown. There is a lintel doorway with
moulding, inscribed inside a semi-circular arch with doorjambs in the
form of Corinthian pilasters with corresponding pyramids topped
with balls. The Tympanum houses an image of the Patron Saint,
Sant Joan, as he announces the arrival of the Saviour, a work by
the sculptor Tomàs Vila in 1944. On the left of the façade, there is
a belfry with square section and seven floors (the sixth and seventh
levels have two lancet arches on each side).
It has a pyramidal crown in a NeoGothic style from 1865. The
lateral doorway is one of the church’s oldest elements, since it is a
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and the interior in 1939, the year when the new Church was blessed.
The coffered woodwork which was basically crafted by Joan Ginard
was not finished until 1976, while the large entrance door, a work
by the Master Llabrés which includes a sculpture by Tomàs Vila was
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Parish Church of St. John (Església Parroquial de Sant Joan)
The first news of a Chapel in Sant Joan date back to 1249, under the
name of Sant Joan de Sineu, located in the current Church, “Santuari
de Consolació”. In 1298, the Bishop Ponç de Jardí constructed the
chapel in the Parish Church. Due the consolidation of the city centre
based on the founding of the town of Sant Joan, jointly with the
inconvenience of climbing the hill where the temple was located, this
motivated the construction of a new temple in its current site. The
construction of this second church was underway in 1541 and the
belfry was built in 1597. Between 1645 and 1700, the temple was
expanded with the addition of new sections, and between 1768 and
1788, the roof was rebuilt in the form of a barrel vault.
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Gothic doorway from the 16th Century with a lancet arch, with
convex moulding and two archivolts, and dust-cover also pointed;
the Tympanum is undecorated. On the right beside the Belfry,
a simple monument commemorates the Missionary, Friar Lluís
Jaume.
The interior with a Classic style has a floor plan with three naves,
six lateral chapels, and flat roof with coffered woodwork by
Joan Ginard. The naves are separated by two rows of pillars with
quadrangular sections joined by semi-circular arches. Over the lateral
naves, a gallery with balustrade extends which encloses the nave
with statues of the Apostles.
The Presbytery has a barrel vault roof and has three mural paintings
by Pere Barceló, blessed in 1948; they represent the Birth, Ministry,
and Martyrdom of the forerunner of the Messiah. The large painting
in the upper section represents the glorification of Sant Joan, with
the family Coat of Arms of Verí, Verger, and another surname of the
village.
>> Catholic Centre
The chapels on the left or the Gospel side are: The first chapel under
the gallery houses the belfry doorway; chapel of Heart of Jesus; the
lateral doorway, called the Men’s doorway with the organ above
it created between 1873 and 1901; Chapel de les Ànimes; Chapel
of the Name of Jesus, which houses the Baroque altarpiece (1671),
by Pere Joan Pinya, with three levels, the central chapel with the
sculptured relief of the Circumcision; and Chapel of Sant Josep, with
its 3-level Baroque altarpiece, the central one occupied by an
image of the Patron Saint. The Altar of the Sang de Crist (Blood
of Christ Altar) is between this chapel and the presbytery.
The chapels on the right or Epistles side are: Chapel of the
Mare de Déu de Lourdes; Chapel of Sant Antoni; Chapel of
Santa Catalina Tomàs; Chapel de la Puríssima; Chapel del
Roser; Chapel de la Mare de Déu del Carme. The Apse chapel
of the Epistle side is the Sagrari (Tabernacle); between it and
the presbytery is the image of Sant Joan Baptista, possibly
brought from the Cathedral of Palma 1541. On the left of the
Presbytery, there is the Sacristy with irregular pentagonal floor
plan with a balcony that faces the exterior. Its interior conserves
a painting of Friar Lluís Jaume.
The Parish Museum located in the upper gallery, contains among
other elements, a Virgin of Assumption figure from the early
16th Century attributed to Gabriel Mòger and the Baroque
reliquary of the Mare de Déu de la Consolación created in 1804.
The Catholic Centre (Centre Católic) (New Square or
King Juan Carlos I Square [Plaça Nova o de Joan Carles I])
The Catholic Centre known by the name: “Es Centre” was
built in the site which was occupied by the Old Rectory. It was
inaugurated in 1922 based on a project by Monsignor Joan
Vich Nebot and sponsored by Monsignor Francesc Mas Galmés,
Rector of the Parish. One part of the building was occupied by
Sant Joan
>> Parish Church of Sant Joan
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The building has two floors and a central tower, crowned by a
sculpture by the Franciscan “santjoaner”, Friar Lluís Jaume made by
the sculptor Tomàs Vila. The ground floor has five spans which are all
skene arches. The first floor also has five lintel arches with alternating
curved and triangular pediments. These arches have the form of
balcony windows, the sides and doorways connect to a continuous
balcony, the three central ones with balustrade. The tower forms a
symmetrical axis and has a semi-circular arch, while around it, there is
a closed terrace with balustrade; the pedestal with a sculpture of Friar
Lluís Jaume has the Sant Joan Coat of Arms.
The Son Roig Inn (Posada de Son Roig) (C/ Major o d’Enmig, 80)
This is a traditional house which was possibly built by Antoni
Company Nicolau at the end of the 17th Century, with a façade with
two floors and a semi-circular vaulted doorway. The lintel doorway on
the left is more modern while the one on the right has a window. In
the first floor, there are two windows with sill. Above the doorway,
there is an engraving with the name of Compañy and the date 1698.
Birthplace House of Friar Lluís Jaume
(Casa Pairal de Fra Lluís Jaume) (C/ Fra Lluís Jaume, 23)
This is a house with a popular style, its façade has irregular stone
masonry with two floors and a skene arch doorway; there are
two simple windows on the first floor. To the left of the portal,
>> The Calderers Inn
>> Birthplace House of Friar Lluís Jaume
The Calderers Inn (Posada dels Calderers) (C/ Major, 98)
This is a house with a popular style, its façade has irregular stone
masonry with two floors and a skene arch doorway; there are two
simple windows on the first floor. In the first floor, there are two
windows with sill.
This house served as an Inn for the peasant land-owners of the possession: possessió dels Calderers, the Oliver family, who were tenants
of the property mentioned from the 18th Century until the 1950’s
decade. One of the most famous landowners of Els Calderers and the
owner of this house was Antoni Oliver Gaià (1863-1936), who carried out a major modernization activity of Mallorcan agriculture.
In front of the Inn, there is the Convent de les monges de la
Caritat de Sant Vicenç de Paül (Brothers of Charity Monastery)
(num. 87), which was established in the town in 1870 and in its
current location since 1926.
Sant Joan
>> Son Roig Inn
a commemorative sandstone plaque of Friar Lluís Jaume has this
inscription: “Aquesta era segons tradició la casa pairal del V. Fr. Lluís
Jaume, zelós defensor de Crist; qui, en la apostòlica tasca de la
conversió dels gentils rebé cruent i dolorosíssim martiri de mans dels
indis de l’Alta Califòrnia (1740-1775)” (According to tradition, this is
the birthplace of Friar Lluís Jaume, a zealous defender of Christ; who
in the Apostle’s task of the conversion of the Gentiles, he received
a cruel and painful martyrdom at the hands of Indians of the Upper
California (1740-1775)”
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a Theatre which later became a Cinema until it burned in 1978.
Another part of the building is currently dedicated to the Rectory.
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The Sanctuary de Consolación has an entrance with a semi-circular
arch doorway, with a tile roof; further to the right, the Cas Donat
has two floors with lintel doorway sheltered by a porch.
In relation to the Oratory, the main façade is the result of the
refurbishment in 1959, with a sloped vertical wall. The main
doorway is a semi-circular arch, with NeoRomanic style, sheltered
by a porch buttressed by two pillars; above it, there is a circular
>> Interior of Consolation Sanctuary
skylight. The lateral doorway, which forms part of the Medieval
temple is semi-circular arch sheltered by an archivolt with simple
moulding. The interior has a rectangular floor plan with four sections
of barrel vaulted ceiling and four lateral chapels with shallow depth
and semi-circular arches. The Presbytery with quadrangular floor
plan has a quarter sphere roof, while the vertical wall has two
lateral semi-circular arches and a central arch which allows one to
see the Chapel, with a dome and six windows, which serve for the
veneration of the Mare de Déu de Consolación, a sculpture from the
16th Century which was restored by Guillem Galmés in 1917.
The chapels on the left or the Gospel side are: The first chapel
has a painting of Sant Albert Magne, from the Monastery of Sant
Domingo of Palma; in the second chapel, there is a lateral doorway
with a painting of Sant Joan Baptista; the third chapel has a painting
of the Mare de Déu dels Remeis with the Trinitat (Virgin of the
Remedies and the Trinity) and two paintings of Sant Tomàs de
Aquino and Sant Vicenç Ferrer; the fourth chapel contains a painting
of Sant Bonaventura and the sides, paintings of Sant Llorenç and
Sant Marçal.
The chapels on the right or Epistle side are: The first contains a
Gothic altar with Sant Pere from the beginning of the 16th Century,
which came from the Monastery of Sant Domingo of Palma; the
second chapel has a painting of Christ; the third houses a painting of
Sant Domingo also from the Monastery of Sant Domingo, and the
fourth has an altar piece with Sant Onofre blessed in 1912.
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Consolation Sanctuary (Santuari de Consolación)
The original Temple building of the Sanctuary of Nostra Senyora
de Consolació (Our Lady of Consolation), located on a hill with a
height of 172 m., dates back to the 13th Century, where there are
records of this temple in 1249 when it became the first documented
Parish church of Sant Joan in 1298. From this early building, there
are possibly remains in the exterior walls, the door which connects
to the patio and the steeple. In order to reinstate the worship which
was probably interrupted in the 16th Century due to the Church’s
relocation to the centre of the village, Arnau Sureda established an
ecclesiastic benefit. In 1572, it also appears documented that the
old church was also called Nostra Senyora de Consolación. In 1742,
the Pope granted a Jubilee which made the Sanctuary very popular.
The Oratory was built between 1755 and 1780, with a barrel vault
and a new Presbytery. The chapel dates back to 1781, which was
subsequently reformed. In 1855, the Benefit was eliminated as
a result of the Madoz law. A general refurbishment was carried
between 1959 and 1966 supervised by Josep Oleza Frates.
Sant Joan
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>> Interior of Els Calderers Possession
Els Calderers
The Calderers possessió (possession) was first documented in 1285
as a property belonging to the Calderer family, for which it was
named, and it subsequently passed into the hands of the Nicolau
family. The cadastre records in 1575 show that the possessió was
divided into two properties; it appears that this ancient division
was the origin of the plural name of ‘Calderers’. Newly reunited,
the possession then passed into the patrimony of the Verí family.
In 1662, Pere de Verí obtained the license to plant vinyards in 22
“quarterades” (Mallorcan land measurement equivalent to 7,103
m2). Based on information in 1789, J. de Berard mentioned this
property estate in the following note: “Grande. Trigo. Seller sin
viña” (Large. Wheat. Winery without vinyards), we may surmise
that the former agricultural production of the possession had fallen
into a decline in the 18th Century; it recovered in the 19th Century.
However, its fortunes declined yet again with the advent of the
grape phylloxera crisis at the end of the 19th Century. Since the
mid 20th Century, it has been owned by the Juan de Sentmenat
Morell family, due to the marriage of Mrs. Margalida de Verí’s niece
and heiress to Francesc Juan de Sentmenat, son of Conde de Ribas
(Count Ribas). This estate house was refurbished by Count Ribas
in the mid 20th Century and it houses a major collection of his
furniture, artwork, and decorative objects.
The Calderers houses were built in the first half of the 18th Century.
The main façade facing Southeast corresponds to the landowner’s
house and it has three floors. The portal forà (doorway) is a semicircular vaulted arch, built on six steps with two lions which decorate
the entrance. It is connected to a square room which provides access
to the rooms and central patio. We highlight that the central patio
no longer serves as the main layout of the house’s rooms.
In this possession, the Juan de Sentmenat family has reconstructed
an agricultural production unit which represents the Pla de Mallorca
tradition, where it is possible to visit the houses, their attached
buildings, stables, and remaining premises.
Sa Bastida
The possessió de Sa Bastida (Sa Bastida Possession) originated from
the Islamic farmhouse of Alhamar. This farmhouse was documented
in 1242 and in 1256, it was recorded as the property of Gonçal i
Joan de Verí. It subsequently passed into the hands of Arias Yánez
and his son, Arias Ferrandis, with the title of Knight. By means of
marriage with the heir above, Margalida Ferrandis with Joan de
Sant Joan
In addition to the Oratory, we highlight other buildings such as the
Cas Donat, the old Rectory building which was modified and rebuilt
on various occasions, the last restoration in the years: 1959-66. In
these works, a new doorway was opened in the patio, a cross was
installed in the embankment of ses Roques, the garden was repaired
and the motorway was opened. Originally built in 1715, the cells
were also restored. The cistern with its octagonal curbstone dates
back to 1972; it was renovated in 1777. The two sundials, dated
1986, were designed by Rafel Soler and crafted by Baltasar Vidal.
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The peasant farm-owners house is the oldest. It consists of a single
floor, it has a main doorway with semi-circular arch and a lintel
doorway on the left.
>> Main Façade of Els Calderers Possession
In the patio, the wall that is located in front of the main doorway,
has a height of two floors and contains two lintel doorways with an
Ogee arch frame, corresponding to the peasant land-owner’s house.
The interior conserves a Gothic segmental arch, with archivolts,
reliefs, and other Medieval details. To the right of the patio which
corresponds to the landowner’s house, it has three floors and a
porch with octagonal pillars.
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The façade of the peasant farm-owners house has been
refurbished. It has three floors, a main doorway with semi-circular
arch, and on the second floor, there is a porch with octagonal
pillars. The right side has a terrace buttressed by four semi-circular
arches. The foyer, with a beam roof (raised in a subsequent
refurbishment), formerly had extending beams, which are still
visible. It has lateral stone benches, one of them could be a lintel
with a reused Ogee arch frame and contains old objects and
instruments; they conserve fragments of painting with the Sant
Joan Coat of Arms. To the left, there is an old deteriorated lintel
doorway with ruins of embedded pilasters. Through a skene arch,
we access a rectangular patio with a well curbstone. The left side
has an interesting porch with two segmental arches and a central
octagonal pillar, with the Sant Joan Coat of Arms in the capital.
There is a Gothic Ogee arch doorway in the porch interior. The first
floor houses a straw storage room with elevated access. In the left
angle, a constructive detail with a Gothic origin reveals another
Ogee arch doorway.
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Sant Joan, the possession passed to the Sant Joan family. In the
decade of 1520, the owner was Hug de Sant Joan, who during
the Germanies (Artisan guild’s revolt), was imprisoned in his home
by the agermanats (or Artisan Supporters) and was liberated by
a group of bandolers (bandits); in 1525, he was appointed as the
Governor’s lieutenant. The last owner with the Sant Joan surname
was Jordi de Sant Joan, who died in 1659 without a male heir.
Throughout the 17th Century, it became the property of the Dameto
family, the Marquis and Marchioness of Bellpuig. In 1789, Jeroni de
Berard says: “Grande. Trigo. Viña. Del marqués de Bellpuig” (Grand.
Wheat. Vineyards. From the Marquis of Bellpuig). At the beginning
of the 19th century, the property was managed by the Gual family,
major peasant tenants. It 1863, it belonged to Francesc SáenzRamírez Socías and it was the Municipality’s second largest property.
According to Arxiduc (Archduke Luis Salvador of Austria), around
1885, “a la Bastida hi ha una capella amb arc escarser gòtic en la
qual abans hi havia un altar; avui s’hi adossa un forn de pa al qual
dóna accés una porta gòtica amb marc rectangular” (“In the Bastida,
there is a chapel with a Gothic skene Arch in which there was
formerly an altar; today a bakery is attached to it which is accessed
by a Gothic door with a rectangular frame”). In the 1920’s decade,
it was acquired by the peasant land-owner Antoni Camps Ribas; it
recently belonged to the brothers, Francesc and Joan Camps Verger.
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Pla de Mallorca_Santa Eugènia
The Municipality adopted its name from the farmhouse of
Bernat de Santa Eugènia, a small Medieval town which was
the Benibazari farmhouse in the Islamic period.
Agricultural production and cattle-raising have existed in
Santa Eugènia since prehistoric times. Throughout the Roman
Age, cattle-raising became consolidated as well as the
Mediterranean trilogy, primarily cereal crops and vineyards.
Following the Catalonian Conquest, fruits and vegetables were
cultivated in the “possessions” and “rafals” (country estates).
From the PreTalayotic period, different caves have been
conserved such as the Caves of the Puig de Santa Eugènia,
>> Scenic overview of Santa Eugènia
Es Puget, Son Matxina, etc. The archaeological site, des Rafal,
where there is a large Talayot with a circular floor plan, is a
sample of the Talayotic culture.
In the Royal Property Distribution Book, “Llibre del
Repartiment” of Mallorca (1232), it documents the granting
of the present lands of Santa Eugènia to Bernat de Santa
Eugènia. Throughout the second half of the 13th century,
the zone’s lands were subjected to property subdivisions
and transfers. Starting from that century until the 19th
Century, Santa Eugènia administratively belonged to Santa
Maria. Finally, after a very long process, the Municipality was
consolidated and managed to constitute its first independent
Town Council (1840).
We highlight that the Council of Mallorca has initiated a series
of dossiers to file a declaration of Assets of Cultural Interest for
each one of the Municipal’s villages.
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The Municipality of Santa Eugènia has an extension of 20 km2
and a population of 1,562 inhabitants (2008 census data). It
is bordered by the Municipalities of Sencelles, Algaida, Palma,
Santa Maria del Camí, and Consell.
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The first Church was built in the 16th Century, when the population
centre which surrounded the old Islamic Benibazari farmhouse was
converted into the farmhouse of Bernat de Santa Eugènia starting in
1230, when there was a significant population increase. On the date
of 22nd of February 1583, the residents of Santa Eugènia assembled
into a council to make the decision to build a temple which would
thus eliminate having to visit the Parish Church of Santa Maria and
they unanimously decided to the build the church. The Bishop of
Mallorca, Joan Vich i Manrique, granted the authorisation and the
works began immediately.
Architecturally, this Early Christian temple is unknown, but it must
have been a simple building in a Gothic style with a wood and tile
roof. Administratively, it depended on the Parish Church of Santa
Maria and in 1603, it was converted into a Vicarage by order of
the Bishop Joan Vich with installation of the Reserva del Santíssim
(Eucharistic reserve). The extensive competencies which correspond
to a vicarage in capite were assigned during the Seventeenth
Century. The early Christian Gothic Oratory became too small due
to the population growth and at the end of the 17th Century, it was
necessary to build a new Church.
The current temple was built between 1699 and 1716, with
subsequent additions, such as the Chapel de la Puríssima (built
between 1839- 1841), the current belfry (approx. 1850), the
transept and the lintel, with the Presbytery (between 1863- 1869).
In 1913, in the period of the Bishop Pere Campins, the Vicarage in
capite of Santa Eugènia was converted into a Parish Church.
The main façade has a quadrangular wall with a flat finish in the
form of a cornice or horizontal moulding. The main doorway has
a lintel and doorjambs with linear mouldings in the capital and the
base. Over the doorway, there is a small semi-circular niche which
contains a modern image of Santa Eugènia and it is crowned by the
sculptured relief of a cross. In the upper section of the façade, there
is a circular Rose window with a spiral moulding and a sundial. In
front of the façade, there is a platform, occupied by the village fossar
(cemetery), or “es Sagrat”, from 1645 until the beginning of the
19th Century.
The entrance to the temple is through a wood door dated 1870. The
interior is a single nave, with a Latin cross floor plan, with a slightly
marked transept, and four lateral chapels as well as the transept
arms. The nave has a barrel vault ceiling divided into four sections.
The vertical wall alternates between the high arches of the chapels
and a semi-circular arch, and the smooth pilasters which separate
the chapels. The centre of the transept is occupied by a dome with a
circular base on penditives. In the upper section of the transept arms,
there is a skylight in the form of a port-hole on each side.
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According to tradition, these houses could have constituted the heart
of the Isalmic Benibazari farmhouse, which was refurbished by Bernat
de Santa Eugènia, around which the village was gradually built. It
appears that in the 16th Century, Son Bosso belonged to the Bibiloni
family, with the surname of Bosso. This old name of Son Bosso
frequently alternates with the more modern names of can Paterno
and sa Casa Paterna, which refer to the antiquity of this house.
The exterior façade is an undecorated wall like a fortified house,
with a square window on the left of the doorway. The main door is a
vaulted semi-circular doorway, very wide, with a post on the left and a
wood rail in the upper section. The doorway connects to a foyer with
a groined vault roof and a baker’s oven on the right. To the left of the
foyer, there is a stone bench which also functions as a ledge known
by the name: “es pujador”, formed by a piece of stone on a base. The
foyer connects to a small patio starting with a large semi-circular stone
arch made with sandstone. At the end of it, there is the main façade
with two floors. In the ground floor on five steps, there is a lintel
>> The Cistern: S’Aljub
>> Parish Church of St. Eugenia
doorway with an Ogee arch frame and doorjambs with a simple stone
moulding. On the first floor, there is a window with sill, with pictorial
decoration and floral motifs in the form of a border. On the right on
the doorway attached to the angle of the walls, there is a well curbstone with square section in one piece and a stone basin carved in the
lower section. To the left of the doorway, there is a small water tank
called “es cisternó”, which is used to convey the water to the well. On
the right of the patio in an angle with the main façade, there is the
large entrance door of the old wine vat with a wood lintel.
The Cistern (S’Aljub)
The street, carrer de s’Aljub is one of the village’s most important
roads, since it links the Sencelles and Sineu motorways, while it also
serves to separate the city centres of Vila and Puget. The water tank
for which it is named is an interesting example of the traditional
hydraulic system. It is a water tank with a rectangular floor plan,
attached to the wall of the neighbouring house. The roof is a very
segmental vault with flat sides and flagstone surface with small
stones joined with lime mortar, two of the well curbstones which
extend have a square section with a chapel or Ogive arch roof. There
is a canal which extends from each of the curbstones which connect
to the corresponding basin. Several iron fittings which were used to
tie the cattle are still conserved here.
Until the 1950’s decade, the water tank supplied the majority of the
water which the city consumed, not to mention the corresponding
family cisterns and various wells to underground streams.
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The main altarpiece is Baroque with Rococo elements dated in 1757
and designed by the Friar, Fra Albert Borguny. It is built on a modern
base or wood baseboard and has a vertical wood structure with a
stony decoration. We highlight its central niche with roof decorated
with the sculptured reliefs of Seraphin angels, with the image of
Santa Eugènia. Surrounding the altar, there are nine paintings with
representations of the Saints.
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Molí de Son Pau
Es Puget was land that was classified as a communal asset which was
attached to the Church according to the “capbrevació” (property
register) of 21st of December 1747. Throughout the 18th Century,
es Puget was divided into plots to build houses and thanks to its
elevated position, several windmills. With the passage of time, the
streets and the square (Plaça) of es Puget were defined.
One of the outstanding houses in des Puget is Jornets, (C/ Ramon
Llull, 33), with a façade that has a height of three floors, semi-circular
doorway with stone doorjambs and a rectangular window on each
side of the door. On the first floor, there is a balcony over the door
and a window on each side and the porch on the second floor has
three windows. In the rear section of the houses, with entrance by a
street without an exit called passatge de Jornets, there is a partially
conserved tafona (oil press), a site which was dedicated to olive oil
production.
Undoubtedly, the most characteristic features in es Puget are the
three flour wind mills, whose silhouettes can be seen over the
hill’s horizon and the rest of the houses: The windmills: Molí de
can Fideu or de can Toni Xel·la (C/ des Puget, 5), Molí de cas
Moliner Vell (Plaça del Puget, 7), with lintel doorway and 3-piece
doorjamb on each side; it ceased operations at the beginning of the
1920’s decade and its antenna were dismantled, and Molí de can
Camarada (Plaça del Puget), which according to oral testimony,
ceased to function around 1910. In the Property Register of 1858,
two owners appeared with the surname of Camarada, Bartomeu
Rigo and Miquel Rigo.
Ses Coves
The name of this village originates from the caves which are located
in its surroundings. The most numerous group of caves are located
in the stream: Torrent de Son Vidal, between Son Vidal and Son
Sastre, however, in the hill zone which the village occupies beside the
houses, there are also the caves of can Sant and Son Vidal, among
others; other caves are located in the zone of the mola de Son Vidal,
and also in the spot which is known as the Comellar des Rafal. Several
caves are man-made prehistoric sites and currently many of them are
used as storerooms, garages, hen houses, and stables.
In this village, we find a series of important houses, as exemplified
by the can Matet, can Tiana, cas Gorrió, can Soler, can Rom, or Son
Vidal. Furthermore, there is a curious space which contains the wine
vat and wine cellar, Celler de Son Vidal: A cavern opens in the
natural rock which is occupied by the wine vat, excavated in cave wall
and covered with stone; further inside the cavity, a wine press with
two spigots is still conserved. To the right of the cavity entrance, there
is a lintel doorway which opens into the wall that seals the cavern
with a prehistoric form. The space is dedicated to the wine cellar and
the right side has also been artificially sealed with a wall, now covered
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Ses Alqueries
It appears that the name of ses Alqueries, in plural, comes from
two farmhouses with an Islamic origin which constituted the base
of the village. According to documentation from the 13th Century,
these farmhouses were probable Benibahari —or Benibafari— and
Beniporrex.
In this village, we find a series of incredible houses, as exemplified by
Cas Teixidor, can Caló, can Batlet, can Cotà, s’Hostal d’en Comuna,
>> Son Vidal Wine-Cellar
Sa Torre
The houses of the Sa Torre possession are some of the most
representative structures of the Municipality of Santa Eugènia. The
vertical wall of the façade and the first corridor has two floors while
in the second level we can see a third floor (located above the wine
cellar, comprised by two more corridors). The main door is a semicircular arch, with very stylized Santanyí stone vaults; in the keystone
vault, there is a stone relief with the Immaculate Conception. The
doorjambs are formed by a large stone piece. On the sides of the
doorway, there are two benches covered with stone slabs; the one
on the right is scaled since it served as a ledge.
The main doorway connects to a spacious rectangular foyer.
The central part of the floor has a corridor tiled with stones and
geometric figures, which served to define the passageway to the
wine cellar; on the right, the flooring is Mallorcan floor tile, while on
the left, the flooring has been refurbished and now reproduces the
typology of flagstone pavement. To the right of the foyer, there is a
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Another remarkable construction in the village is the well, with
a circular curbstone and a wider base. Prior to the modifications,
there were two basins, one with a rectangular base and the other
circular, which are still conserved in the exterior of the Town Council
of Santa Eugènia; the first was used for washing and the second as
a drinking trough. More specifically, the Plaça which contains the
well responded to the need for space in order to water the sheep.
The well mouth has a stem in the form of a crossbeam in order to
extract water. According to oral accounts, this was not a well to an
underground stream, but a dripping or filtration well which connects
to a natural cave with very large dimensions.
Son Paraire, or can Corna. Equally outstanding, note the windmill,
Molí de Son Pau. The tower with stone face has a circular section
and square base, semi-circular arches, and a very steep tile roof.
It has a stone masonry construction with embankment and two
floors. The windmill terrace, which is accessed through the tower
interior, has a tiled floor. The wall enclosure has been conserved in
excellent condition as an outdoor decoration. The interior has been
completely restored.
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with ivy; to the left of the wine vat in the lower section, there is a
door which connects to the wine tank’s base, where the wine basin
is located.
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transversal segmental arch with mouldings in the capital, behind it,
there is an interesting stairway which leads to the upper floors. This
foyer leads to the different rooms of the houses: on the left, from
the entrance, there is the kitchen with a lintel doorway crowned
with a wood pediment. On the right, there is a lintel doorway, it
has a niche with a Virgin Mary image of the Immaculada which
opens into the space of the current Lord’s house: the first room
has a quadrangular floor plan and we highlight several pieces
of furniture with Mallorcan carpentry and a small image of Sant
Miquel. To the left, there is the lintel doorway of the Chapel room
with a small basin for holy water on the right. This Chapel is located
in a square living room. It consists of a small Presbytery, which is the
Chapel properly speaking, it opens starting from a semi-circular arch,
protected by several wood doors which isolate it from the room
when it is not in use. To the left of the Presbytery, there is a small
room used as a Sacristy and Confessional. The altar is presided by a
Baroque painting which represents Sant Bonaventura; surrounding
it, there are three other small paintings which represent Sant Alonso
Rodríguez (in the scene of the Bellver Castle), Santa Catalina Tomàs,
and Ramon Llull (in the Miramar cave).
The first room of the Lord’s house, prior to the Chapel room, has
a doorway which is connected to the Northeast platform, where
there is an octagonal curbstone of the well, with doorjambs and a
stone crossbeam. The platform has a flagstone floor and connects
to several landscaped spaces which have a great view of the serra de
Tramuntana (Tramuntana Mountains).
By the stairway which begins in the foyer, we ascend to the first
floor where there are several old rooms; they are currently furnished
as spaces for Rural tourism clients and decorated with Mallorcan
style furniture and details. The second floor has a small viewpoint
with a balustrade which is connected to the bedrooms.
The wine cellar located in front of the main doorway occupies a
very large sized room. The room is divided in the centre by a row of
isolated pillars and two pilasters embedded in the lateral walls which
configure two transversal naves. The two naves have a design with a
total of 8 sections which contain a set of 17 wine vats. Starting from
a large lintel doorway, it connects to a porch with two transversal
sections which have three segments each; it contains a wine press
and wine vats. The wine press has the form a beam press, a very
typical system used in the tafones (oil presses) for oil production.
This system conserves the different parts that integrate it. Beside
the beam press, there are the wine vats which occupy three of the
porch sections. As a whole, there are three enormous stone lined
tanks, two on the ends with a square design and the smaller central
one with a rectangular design. The wine vats and the wine cellar
are the best examples of this possession’s primary economic activity:
Vineyards and the elaboration of wine.
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>> Windmill: Molí de can Fideu
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Sencelles
The Municipality of Sencelles, with an extension of 52.52 km2
and a population of 3,330 inhabitants (2008 census data),
is bordered by the municipalities of Binissalem, Inca, Costitx,
Lloret de Vistalegre, Algaida, Santa Eugènia, and Consell.
>> Scenic overview of Sencelles
The Sencelles place name was documented for the first
time in 1237, and although its origin is uncertain, there
are different theories: Some think that it comes from the
Latin: centum cellas; Joan Coromines interprets that it is
>> Sencelles_Historical References
Biniali is a place name with an Arabic origin derived from Bânu
Alî, “the sons of Alí”. Ruberts appears documented in the Royal
Property Distribution Book (“Llibre del Repartiment”) of Mallorca
(1232), with an uncertain origin, Jornets adopted the name of
the possession from which it arose (although it appears that
it originated from the Romanic period, its origin is unknown),
Cascanar appears documented starting from 1247 in different
spellings with an unknown source although it has been attributed
with an Arabic origin, Laiar appears to have its etymological origin
from Arabic and Sanarrossa is probably a derivative of the Islamic
term, Qanarusa.
>> Parish Church of Sant Cristòfol in Biniali
The first traces of human occupancy date back to the PreTalayotic
period, according to the discovered archaeological ruins, such as
the settlements of the “navetiform” (Boat-shaped dwellings) cities
in Morelló Nou, Son Calussa, Son Fransoi, and Son Caimari. There
are also numerous caves, a natural cavern in Son Ganyada as well
as man-made ones (the cave of Cuineta, the cave d’en Mariaina
and the cave of Sa Talaia). The Talayotic culture left many ruins,
such as the cities of Son Fred, Son Company, and Velar de sa Coma,
etc. There are also ruins from the Roman Domination which have
>> Talayot in Cascanar
been discovered in the topsoil of Son Fred, Sonarrossa, and Son
Campaner.
From the Islamic period, there are also ruins, especially the place
names as illustrated by the names of several farmhouses: Alayar
(Laiar), Beniferri (Biniferrí), Abenalia (Biniali), etc.
After the Catalonian conquest, the district of Qanat al-Arusa
corresponded to Gastó de Montcada, the viscount of Berarn,
however twenty years later, the lands returned to the hands
of King Jaume I, who ceded them to the Bishop of Mallorca,
the Archbishop of Barcelona, the Sacristan of Gerona and the
Archdeacon of Barcelona.
The economy and the demography were affected by various revolts
and bad harvests. Likewise, the droughts which occurred between
1732 and 1755 aggravated the situation of the population’s misery
and poverty.
The definitive segregation from Costitx took place in 1858.
Nonetheless, the disputes about the boundary issues continued,
since the new Town Council had interests in the villages of Jornets,
Ruberts, and Binifat. Thus in 1863, the Provincial authorities
appointed the Marquis of Campo-Franco as the person in charge of
issuing a verdict and he ruled in favour of maintaining the villages in
the Sencelles lands.
Sencelles
derived from the Latin: senticellas, the diminutive of sentix (“arch,
bramble”); it is also possible that after the conquest, it adopted the
lineage name of a property owner, Pere de Centelles, who received
several possessions from the Qanarusa district. There are also other
theories based on popular tradition.
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The Early Christian Parish Church of Canarrossa, located in Costitx,
was built in 1236, however its location and serious communication
problems caused the Bishop of Mallorca to transfer the Parish Church
to Sencelles on the 15th of March 1238. A second temple must have
been built in 1393, according to the document dated 1398 signed
by Gabriel Sirvent, which states that in 1393 the sworn officers of
Sencelles made him extract stones for the works of a Church. The
works continued in the year 1418, when it was necessary to roof the
temple. An inventory in 1482 mentions the main altar and various
chapels. In 1568, he was ordered to redo the main altar piece,
because it was «corrosum et putridum »; thus, in the year 1583, the
painter, Mateu Llopis Oliver worked on the new altarpiece for Sant
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The lateral doorway located in front of the Plaça is a Renaissance work
and possibly originates from the previous temple. It has branches in the
form of circular-section pilasters with rings in the lower third section. The
arch is semi-circular and the tympanum has two Coats of Arms: on the
right, the Sencelles Coat of Arms and the date 1707, and to the left, the
relief of a tree. The common graveyard (fosar) is located in front of the
doorway, which was used to bury the dead who did not have a tomb
inside the Church.
Between the two doorways of the temple, there is a solid square Belfry
with seven sections, the upper two with two small arches slightly
pointed on each side. The crown has a balcony with a balustrade,
decorated with a hidria on each corner; higher up, an octagonal tower
extends. The building is finished with a pinnacle crowned by a Papal
tiara, in memory of the Temple’s Patron, Sant Pere.
The interior consists of a single nave with six sections of barrel vaulted
ceiling with half-moon windows, and the section corresponding to
>> Belfry of the Parish Church of St. Peter
>> Beatified Sister Francinaina Cirer Monument
The Presbytery has a trapezoidal floor plan, converging vertical walls
and a quarter sphere roof. The main Baroque altarpiece, designed
by Friar Albert Borguny Castelló in 1766 houses the image of Sant
Pere, seated in a Papal throne and under a dorsal, an artwork
by Antoni Llabrés Mudoi in 1811; on the sides, there are two
Corinthian columns on each side with the images of Sant Pau and
Sant Jaume on the ends. There is a sculpture scene in the upper
section which represents the Assumption of Mary, surrounded by
angels. A dorsal frames this scene, while the definition highlights a
chair, the symbol of the village.
The main altar, which is contemporary with the altar piece is
made of jasper stone, and features an alabaster Coat of Arms
which makes reference to the “devote and noble personage” who
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The temple’s main doorway has grooved branches and an entablature
with the date of 1738. On this, there is a pediment with a medallion
which contains a relief bust of Sant Pere. The doorway is built on a double
section stairway, each with fifteen steps, and dated 1888. On each side,
there is a relief with the Cross of the Via Crucis (Stations of the Cross).
the core gallery, with a differentiated treatment. It has six lateral
chapels, with semi-circular arches and barrel vault roof. A cornice
extends along the perimeter of the upper section, above which
port-holes open in the half-moon windows with the perimeter
moulding. The choir gallery is above the main doorway, with
groined vault roof, with incomplete ribs, embedded within the
lateral spaces; the keystone of the vault displays a Papal tiara, in
reference to the Patron saint of Sant Pere. The base of the Belfry is
located to the left, it also contains the choir gallery stairway, and
on the right, there is an exceptional room with a rectangular floor
plan with four sections of barrel vaulted ceiling with half-moon
windows, which formerly served as the baptism chapel.
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which consisted in major soil excavation works; these works involved
modifications in the altarpieces, with additions in the base.
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Can Ramis and Son Morei (Plaça de Son Morei)
Attached to the apse of the Parish Church, there are a series of very old
buildings which quite possibly correspond to the former House of Son
Morei, for whom the Plaça is named. This urban space was completely
modified during the 1920’s decade, when this square was widened. According to the hypothesis by Jeroni de Berard based on a popular tradition, Son Morei may have been the centre of the Islamic farmhouse of
The façade has a large lintel doorway, with big stone frames. On
the right of the foyer, there is a wine vat, without the traditional
steps, while on the left, you may view a wood wine press. Behind
the entrance hall, a small patio leads to the main rooms of the
House estate: The right stair provides access to the first floor where
there is a restaurant. In the lower section also on the right, a winery
still operates, with access by a lintel portal (in the lintel headstone,
there is a Coat of Arms with the date 1870, the year of the winery’s
founding), located on the right of the front Hall. It contains various
types of wine vats and other casks.
Sisters of Charity Convent
(Convent de les Germanes de la Caritat) (C/ de la Caritat, 3)
The present day Convent was the birthplace of the Beatified Sister
Francinaina Cirer (1781-1855). The Building was popularly known by
Prior to becoming a Convent, the House only had one floor. In 1821,
upon the death of the Beatified sister’s father, Joan Cirer Ramis, the
house ceased to be a family residence and primarily became a House
of Prayer. Starting in 1851, major works were performed which
consisted in the addition of the first floor and the upper porch. In
1945, 1957, and 1986, new House purchases made it possible to
expand the Convent.
The façade with three floors has a main doorway with a semi-circular
stone arch and two-layer roof. To the left of the portal, there is a
ceremonial stone placed in 1951, which commemorates the centennial anniversary of its founding. In the upper portal section, an inscription identifies the House estate as the “Casa de les Germanes de la
Caritat“ (House of the Sisters of Charity). To the right of the main
façade, a perpendicular block building corresponds to the Oratory; it
has a lintel doorway with a semi-circular arch with a headstone which
houses a closed semi-circular tympanum with wood latticework.
In the interior, the main doorway is connected to the foyer with a
square floor plan and beam roof; this room is laid out with two lintel
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In reference to can Ramis (num. 14), in the second half of the last
century, it belonged to the family of the Rector, Monsignor Joan
Molines i Amengual. Due to the marriage between Francesca Molinas
Oliver and Gabriel Morell, the House estate became the property of
the Morell Molinas family.
the name of can Xiroia, the family nickname and it was Francinaina
who ceded it to the congregation which she had just founded (1851):
the Community of the Sisters of Charity of San Vicente de Paúl. In
1890, as ordained by the Bishop Cervera, the Convent was integrated
within the congregation of the Germanes de la Caritat (Sisters of
Charity).
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Beatified Sister Francinaina Cirer Monument
(Monument de la Beata Sor Francinaina Cirer)
In the Plaça in front of the lateral door façade of the Church, we
highlight the monument to the Beatified Francinaina Cirer, created
by the sculptor, Jaume Mir, and inaugurated in 1955. It has a square
sectioned pedestal with diverse motifs: In the North face, there is
an inscription which reads “Sencelles a Sor Francinaina any 1955”
(Sencelles to Sister Francinaina year 1955), while the other three faces
have corresponding sculpture reliefs. In the lower wall, there is a set of
relief sculptures in bronze which commemorates the supporters of the
Beatification of Sor Francinaina.
Sencelles. According to the cadastre register of 1694, the houses of Son
Morei were the property of Baltasar Morei, Captain. In the first half of
the 18th Century, the Morei family’s property was transferred to the Nét
family; thus, in 1773, the House estate belonged to the Nobleman, Pere
Joan Nét, and was classified as the Inn of the Son Morei property.
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paid for the artwork. There is a wood bench on the sides of the altar
with paintings which simulate an inlaid checkerboard design. In the
Presbytery’s entrance on the right, there is a sculpture of the Beatified
Francinaina Cirer, with a small reliquary (a fragment of the Beatified
Saint’s rib); it is a cedar sculpture by the sculptor, Mateu Forteza, and
donated by the Lords of Son Jordà, Miquel Perelló and Magdalena
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cells, in a straight line with the visitor’s portal.
The Oratory of the Mare de Déu dels Dolors was reinaugurated
and opened to the public in 1906; the current Oratory, with a more
modern style, replaced the former one which was destroyed in a
fire. The space has a square floor plan, divided into three naves
separated by two rows of two concrete columns. The Presbytery
has been added to these naves, in the form of a head-wall
with converging walls elevated on two steps. There is no main
altarpiece, and behind the altar, there is an image of Christ, which
came from the former Chapel. To the right of the Presbytery, there
is an image of the Virgin, sculpted by Remígia Caubet made of
teak wood. The right nave contains the tomb of the Beatified
Francinaina with a sculptured relief on the burial urn. Behind the
Presbytery, on the right side, a hallway displays a portrait of the
Beatified Sister. This hallway, with a segmental arch, provides access
to the tabernacle room, a very exceptional space extraordinarily
illuminated by an Ogive arch which has views of an outdoor patio.
A tabernacle with checkerboard woodwork presides the room as
well as an image of the Mare de Déu de Lluc. Following the hall
to the left, there is an oil painting of the Mare de Déu dels Dolors,
highly venerated by the Beatified Nun, which was a gift from the
Count of Formiguera.
Through the access doorway to the Convent cells, you may visit
various rooms of the Convent which are open to the public. The
room of the second corridor contains various valuable objects such
as the clock owned by Sister Francinaina, made by Miquel Rousset
and diverse paintings. To the left, through a small lintel doorway,
one finds the dining room with several paintings, as well as two
reliquaries, one with the nails of Christ, a simple black wooden cross
of the via crucis (Stations of the Cross) which belonged to Sister
Francinaina and a display case with various household items. From
the dining room, through the lintel doorway located on the left,
we enter the kitchen, with a bonfire chimney on the right with a
wood rack with several pots, supported on the exterior angle by an
unpainted wood column. Further into the kitchen to the right, there
is the kitchen sink carved out of a single stone.
In front of the access door to the second corridor room, there is a
lintel portal which connects to the patios with a porch which extends
along the opposite perimeter of the doorway and a curbstone
attached to the wall with a square section, next to two octagonal
pillars of the porch. The Beatified Sister’s vía crucis (Stations of the
Cross) marks the perimeter with ceramic floor tiles.
Once more inside the room, there is a stairway on the left which
goes to the first floor, where a lintel doorway provides access to the
Beatified Saints bedroom, with a wood bed and other elements.
Through a doorway located to the left of the bedroom, we enter
a museum-room, inaugurated in 1965 which conserves numerous
objects related to the life of Sister Francinaina with documents,
photographs, exvots (votive offerings), and personal items.
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The prehistoric occupation of the Cascanar district has been
confirmed by diverse ruins, such as the Pretalayotic Caves of can
Garau, the Talayotic ruins of ses Talaies de can Xim, and the
Talayotic and Roman necropolis called the Moors Cemetery, which
has now vanished. It was also an inhabited zone during the Roman
and Islamic age; later on in the 14th Century, there are records of
vineyards, cereals, figs, and pork and sheep raising. In 1457, the
possession of Cascanar was auctioned, which until then was the
property of Andreu Ferrer.
>> Can Garau House
In the 13th and 14th Century, the property structure was based on
large estate possessions; however they underwent continual divisions
and segregations, a process which permitted the village’s current layout
over the centuries. Around 1890, the grape phylloxera pest destroyed
the zone’s vineyards and accelerated the economic crisis. In 1925,
Cascanar had 75 inhabitants who occupied 14 houses. In the 1960’s,
the village was practically deserted, however since the 1980’s decade,
activity has resumed and the majority of its houses have been restored.
Along the des Campàs road, it is possible to see three important
houses: The first, can Romanyà, has a façade with two floors and a
semi-circular arch doorway with pendentive; it also has a block with
one floor with an attached corridor to the right. Next to the doorway,
there is a window on each side, and on the first floor, three windows
with sills and ogee arch frame, the one in the centre with a date in
>> Can Riera House
the lintel (1706) while the one on the right has the “tau” sign of Sant
Antoni. From the interior, we highlight a very segmental arch which
separates the two levels, and in the second wall, there is an image
of Sister Francinaina. In 1672, it belonged to Bartomeu Ramis, alias
Romanyà, at that time, he had houses and 18 “quarterades” with
seed crops and uncultivated land; it was dedicated to vineyards and
cereal crops.
Can Garau ascends at the end of a spacious platform. The façade has
two floors, a doorway with semi-circular stone arch with pendentive,
and a stone bench on each side. Further to the right, there is another
lintel doorway. The interior has a Mallorcan floor tile and semi-circular
arch, with a small moulding in the capitals, which separate the two
corridors. A lintel doorway provides access to the third corridor. To the
right of the entrance in the platform, there is a block building which
houses an old wine cellar with a wine vat. Its name comes from the
Garau family of Cascanar, to which it already belonged in 1578, when
it was owned by Miquel Garau.
Can Riera has a gate with skene arch and stone doorjambs; this
access is connected to a patio. Further in, there is the main façade
with two floors. The main doorway has a semi-circular stone arch with
pendentive, and a stone bench on the right; above a rectangular stone
plate displays the date 1728, with the sculptured relief of the head of a
small angel. We highlight the window with its sill on the second floor.
According to the Cadastre Register of 1756, can Riera belonged to
Lord Miquel Garau Clerga, and it had new and old houses.
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The Judí farmhouse appears documented shortly after the
Conquest of King Jaume I. In 1578, the lands of the old
farmhouse were divided into three possessions, all denominated
Judí. In the Cadastre Register of 1694, the main properties listed
for Judí were the possessions: Judí, Son Xotano, and Son Torrent
de Judí.
From the farmhouse, we highlight the well of Judí, which is
considerably deep, located next to the old motorway to Sineu. One
tradition states that the well of Judí, whose name reminds us of a
Jewish influence, is the geographic centre of Mallorca. In 1999, the
well neck was subjected to a complete restoration and an Ogive
arch was added.
>> Church of Our Lady
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One of the representative estate possessions is Son Xotano, which
was created as the result of the segregation of the old farmhouse
lands. The house’s main façade has three floors and main doorway
with a skene arch. In the interior, the first corridor has a beam roof.
To the right, a small descending stairway leads to the wine cellar
with a square pillar which occupies the centre of the room, divided
into two naves with two sections each and beam roof. A segmental
arch connects to the second corridor, to the right of which there is
an office, and on the left, there is the estate manager’s kitchen. In
the rear section, there is an platform where you may contemplate
the old sleeping quarters which today have been converted into the
shepherd’s house and shed.
Ruberts
The name of Ruberts probably originates from an important person
of the Roberts or Ruberts family of Tarragona, who participated in
the Conquest in 1229, and in the distribution, three neighbouring
farmhouses in Pina and three more in the Municipality of Sineu
corresponded to him. As time passed, the most important possession
of the zone was the present-day Son Jordà, which was documented
with this name in the 16th Century. It appears that the current
possession was the old farmhouse called Ruberts.
Church of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
(L’església de la Mare de Déu del Carme)
This church was built in the second half of the 18th Century on
the lands of Son Jordà, ceded by the Sard family, who were the
owners of the property. Due to the initiative of the Rector of
Sencelles, Bartomeu Verd i Falcó, the first stone was placed on the
15th of May 1768 and it was blessed on the 25th of November
1770. Between 1909 and 1910, the temple was expanded and it
was restored in 1985. The façade has a main doorway elevated on
four steps; the doorjambs have two Corinthian columns and on
the lintel, an empty typanum sealed by three smooth sandstone
archivolts with semi-circular arch. Higher up, a flared circular Rose
Window with linear moulding which contains stained glass with
the representation of the Mare de Déu del Carme (Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel) interceding on behalf of the souls of Purgatory. The church
walls is defined with two vertical sections decorated with an arcade
of small sealed semi-circular arches and there is a stone cross which
crowns the building.
We access the interior through a wood grille. The nave has a barrel
vault ceiling and four lateral chapels, open with semi-circular arches,
except the first section. The vaults of the nave mark the construction
dates of the different sections: The transversal arch entrance to the
Presbytery bears the date of 1770; the fourth and third sections
show the date of 1807, while the second records the year 1909,
when the Oratory was enlarged. In the presbytery, the main altar
piece has a classical style; the central section has two Ionic pilasters
which frame a painting which represents the Mare de Déu del Carme
giving the Carmelite robe to Sant Simó Stock. In the attic, there is a
medallion with a painting of Sant Antoni Abat.
The chapels on the right or Epistles side are: Chapel of Sant Crist, in
an open segmental arch; chapel of Mare de Déu de Lluc; Chapel of
the Name of Jesus, with a painting of the Circumcision, executed
between 1574 and 1578, attributed to the Painter, Mateu Llopis
Oliver; Chapel of Mare de Déu del Roser, with a painting of the
Patron Saint surrounded by the mysteries of the Rosary. In the chapel
entrance, there is an image of Beatified Francinaina Cirer.
Among the chapels on the left or Gospel side, we highlight the
second, the chapel of the Immaculada with a painting of the
Puríssima surrounded by angels and symbols of the Virgin Mary
litany; the third is the Chapel of the Sacred Heart, with an image
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Other interesting cultural and architectural examples are the complex
of Sa Plaça (the Square) as well as other houses such as can Tià, Son
Durí, can Pintat, s’Aigovés, sa Creu, and s’Hostal
Laiar
The origin of the Laiar village was the Islamic farmhouse called Alayar,
which formed part of the juz’ (district) of Qanarussa. In 1231, in
the Royal Property Distribution or Repartiment, it corresponded to
Gastó de Montcada, Viscount of Bearn. In the 14th Century, the old
farmhouse coexisted with small properties, forming the village; it was
basically dedicated to the production of cereal and pulse crops, and
the cultivation of vineyards as well as herds of sheep and goats. In the
16th-19th Centuries, the village’s main family was the Raiò de Laiar.
In numerous occasions in the 16th Century, the Raió family were the
“batles reials” (royal Mayors) of Sencelles. In 1578, Laiar comprised
two possessions (can Raió and can Genestar), a country estate or
“rafal” (can Rotger) and seven houses. In the cadastre register of
1694, the main property-owners were Antoni Raió, the brothers,
>> Can Raió Possession
Antoni, Bartomeu, and Joan Llebrés and Antoni Castell; in the part
of the Llebrés brothers, the following place names appear: el Molí,
l’Era, la Vinya Vella, el camp dels Lledoners, les Rotes, els Clapessos,
la Figuereta, les Tanquetes, els Robiols, and Son Castell. According to
the cadastre register of 1756, the main property-owners of Laiar were
the Raió i Vicenç Castell family. In 1789, Jeroni de Berard described
Laiar as a village located in a very low location with wetlands, few
houses, without a church, and dedicated to wheat production
and vineyards. In 1859, the main land-owners were Llorenç Raió
Ferrer, Joan Vicenç Castell, and Gabriel Verd Ribas. After the grape
phylloxera pest at the end of the 19th Century, the village entered
into decadence and became uninhabited. Currently, the Pizà Alabern
family, with over 300 “quarterades”, was the main property-owner
of Laiar. The city centre was formed by the houses of can Raió, can
Castell, can Ribes, can Ros, can Tano, and others which are in ruins.
Can Raió de Laiar
Can Raió, also formerly called Laiar dels Raió, in 1584, it was the
largest possessió (possession) of the village and the entire Municipality
of Sencelles, and belonged to Pere Raió. In 1859, it was in the name
of D. Llorenç Raió Ferrer, with 356 “quarterades”. In 1925, the Pizà
family of Sóller bought the possession and also that of the ccccan
Ribes. At present, can Raió has 155.26 hectares and belongs to Rosa
Alabern Montis, the widow of Joan Pizà Serra.
The main doorway is an impressive and very high semi-circular arch
entrance, which opens in front of the motorway. A central patio ex-
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located inside a niche covered with a penditive, two grooved pilasters
and smooth entablature. The fourth chapel is Sant Pere, with a
painting of the Patron Saint and the inscription “Pintat a devoció de
lamon Pere Aloy, 1772” (Painted in devotion of lamon Pere Aloy,
1772).
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tends behind the large entrance door, which has a trapezoid shape
and partially paved flagstone, with regular long blocks, a lime flower
tree and different elements such as basins and old items from mills
decorate the patio. On the right of the doorway, there is the main
façade with a height of two floors; the doorway is a semi-circular
vaulted arch with the Raiò Coat of Arms. To the left of the door, there
is a ledge which also serves as a bench and above it, a sealed window
with an Ogee arch moulding in the lintel, with has a ceramic image
which represents the Immaculada. To the right of the doorway beside
a small stone bench with plants, there is a well with a two-slope tile
roof chapel. The wine cellar has a large room with a rectangular floor
plan, divided into two naves starting from two isolated pillars with
square section which form three semi-circular arches; between the
first and second arch, we see the date 1831; to the right of it, there is
the wine cellar basin which is connected to the wine vat.
Jornets
The place name of Jornets, not documented prior to the 14th
Century, comes from the Jornet family, who was the owner of the
lands of the current possession with the same name now, which
is still the town centre today. The farmhouse of the Jornets, with
a plural name, is documented in a will dated 1390. In the 16th
Century, the owners of the possession were the Llebrés —or Llabrés
family—, whose surname was accordingly Llabrés de Jornets.
In the 18th Century, vineyard cultivation increased as indicated
by the winery, created in 1767, as well as the segregation of the
lands from the original possessió (possession), which allowed
the growth of the village. The cadastre register of 1756 mentions
Bartomeu Llabrés de Jornets de Bartomeu, as the owner of the
possession. In 1826, as indicated by the façade’s date, the houses
were refurbished. In the first half of the 20th Century, the Llabrés de
Jornets united with Planas family and the ownership of the property
then passed on to this surname.
The façade of the houses is in front of a stone paved platform;
it has two floors and is decorated with geometric engravings,
basically in the form of a checker board. The main doorway is a
semi-circular vaulted arch crowned with the Llebrés de Jornets
Coat of Arms (a tree with two grey hound dogs, and three fleurde-lis) and the date 1826. There are ledges on the sides of the
doorway. To the left, there is a second lintel doorway with an
Ogee arch frame and another ledge, to the right further to the
left, beside the Oratory, there is a block with one floor and a roof
with one slope, beside which there is a rustic exterior stairway
with two sections which leads to a straw storage room. To the
right, there is a sundial and further to the left, there is a porch
with two embedded pillars in a sandstone wall; under the porch,
a segmental doorway shows the date 1764. To the right, there is
also a large entrance door; this is the space that the large wine
cellar occupies.
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During the Second Republic, a public school was founded which
operated until the 1960’s decade. The old school building now a
private residence can be seen at the village exit, in the direction
of Sencelles. It was designed on the 1st of February 1932 by the
architect, Guillem Forteza; it was a mixed school and also included
the teacher’s residence.
The Oratory of St. Joseph (Oratori de Sant Josep) was built in
the final years of the 18th Century and inaugurated in 1799; it was
>> Son Sant Joan de Sonarrossa Possession
initially designed as a Private Oratory of the Jornets possession. Upon
the consolidation of the village’s population, the Llabrés de Jornets
family ceded the Chapel to the Bishopric so that it could be used as
a public Oratory. It is the building attached to the right of possession
houses, beside the platform. The chapel façade has a smooth wall,
currently whitewashed; it has a large architrave doorway with jambs
in the form of half-column embedded in a rectilinear moulding with
the base framed in the form of plinths; the entablature is a moulded
lintel with a small central niche in the upper section without any
image; above the jambs and the niche, there are three pyramids with
balls. Higher up, there is a moulded, flared, and circular skylight. The
façade’s crown is a multi-lined church wall. In the rear right section,
there is a steeple with a bell. The interior has a small-sized nave
with a barrel vault ceiling with lunettes, divided in three sections.
The Presbytery has a barrel vault ceiling and six apses with a quarter
sphere ceiling. The main altar piece, the only one in the Oratory, is
dedicated to the Patron Saint, with the central image of Sant Josep,
located inside a niche and surrounded by several medallions with
stony decoration which contains the representations of other Saints
which include Santa Catalina Tomás and the Beatified Ramon Llull.
Son Sant Joan de Sonarrossa
In 1578, the possession was then known by the name of So na
Rossa; it was the property of the Knight, Jeroni de Sant Joan; his
family became owners with the definitive name of Son Sant Joan
(Rosselló-Vaquer, 1993: 59). In 1646, the property belonged to
one of his descendants also called Jeroni de Sant Joan, a Knight of
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The Jornets village properly speaking was created based on the
segregation of the lands from the original possession of this name
throughout the 18th Century. Vineyards were the most important
crop in Jornets until the grape phylloxera pest destroyed it. The
Archduke Lluís Salvador who mentioned a village during its full
economic bonanza around 1880, stated that it had 197 inhabitants
and 49 houses. It also mentions the Public Oratory dedicated to Sant
Joseph and built at the end of the 18th Century. The 20th Century
was a critical period for Jornets: in 1950, it had 81 inhabitants, in
1970, there were 63 and in 1991, the census showed 48 inhabitants.
The village is formed by approximately 20 houses, among which we
highlight the following names: can Burí, Ca ses Capes, Ca Madò
Estrella, can Marrai, can Montserrat, can Nofre Lip, Ca na Tirona,
can Tro, can Vallès, and can Ventura. There are painted roof tiles on
several of them such as in can Nadal, identified with the num. 11,
with floral decorations and the names of Jesus and Maria. The Village
Plaça has been adorned with several Mulberry trees.
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In 1491, the Knight Salvador Sureda ceded to Joan Sintes and his
wife, Pauleta, the Ayreflor possession, the Tanca Llarga and the
scrubland called los Robiols, for a tax of 100 £. In 1523, the cession
was to Miquel Ramis, who gained access to the property due to
the Aireflor possession, consequently, he can be considered as the
initiator of the Ramis d’Aireflor line. In 1578, the property belonged
to Miquel Ramis and had an estimated value of 2,800. In 1773,
Aireflor belonged to Miquel Ramis d’Aireflor, and that time, it
possessed 200 “quarterades” with wheat, 9 plots with soft wheat,
100 with barley and 26 with beans. In 1789, Jeroni de Berard
briefly describes this property: «Ayreflor. Grande. Trigo, viña. Del
señor Ramis y Ferrer de Palma» (Ayreflor. Large. Wheat, vineyards.
Of Lord Ramis i Ferrer from Palma). In 1859, the possession appears
in the name of Mr. Miguel Ramis d’Ayreflor [and Marcel], who had
died in 1855. This landowner divided the net worth among his
The possession’s large entrance door has two excellent examples
of doorjambs with square section and bevelled angles; each jamb
has a relief with a Coat of Arms: The left one is the emblem of
the Ramis family. At the end of a private road, we see the houses
of Aireflor; the façade faces Southeast and has a height of three
floors. On the left, a segmental arch provides access to the central
patio; a second doorway also segmental arch also connects to the
central patio; this door is crowned with a Lord’s shield, with the
Ramis Coat of Arms; above the arch and the shield, it is crowned
with a balustrade. On the right, the central patio has a semi-circular
vaulted arch door and a ledge; further to the right, there is the
house of the peasant farm-owners, with a lintel doorway elevated
on two steps and a large entrance door. On the right is the façade’s
most important wall, with two lintel doorways and two windows
on the ground floor. On the first floor, there are two balcony
windows flanked by two rectangular windows; on the second floor,
the porch has four scenic windows.
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At present, the houses of Son Sant Joan Vell appear to be divided into
three properties. The main façade faces Southeast and has a height of
two floors; the main doorway opens in the centre of the façade in the
central property; it is an impressive semi-circular vaulted arch, with very
stylized vaults and it is crowned by the Coat of Arms of the Santjoan
(three sashes); to the left of the main doorway, there is another with a
skene arch, it has a window on the second floor and a flared window
on the side; in front there is a well curbstone. The property on the left
has a segmental doorway, crowned by a ogee arch, lobulated, and with
a Gothic style convex moulding. The property on the right conserves
what was possibly the only Oratory of Sonarrossa; it is an interesting
Gothic building, whose façade is aligned with the façade of the houses,
to which it is attached on the left side. At a halfway height, the façade
has a voussoir line, interrupted by the doorway arch and has a flat
crown. The doorway has a large lancet arch design, with a veined
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twelve children. Miquel Ramis d’Ayreflor i Alemany (1822-1883)
married Aina Sureda i Sanxo de la Jordana and legitimately received
one part of Aireflor, currently Aireflor Nou. The heir of Aireflor
was Josep Francesc Ramis d‘ Ayreflor i Alemany (1824-1889), the
second son.
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tympanum; in the entablature, a pedestal extends which must have
served as the base of an image; the doorway has three archivolts in
the form of convex moulding with circular section and small samples
of sculptured decoration with masks and floral motifs in the capitals
in the intersection with the voussoir line; in the jambs base where
the archivolts continue, there are small Gothic polygonal pedestals.
The original doorway appears sealed with a sandstone wall, where
a skene arch doorway serves as entrance to the interior which is
currently used as a storeroom.
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the Alcántara Order. In the final part of the 17th Century, there was a
change of ownership by the family owner, since the Sant Joan lands
passed to Berenguer d’Oms, who was already recorded as the owner in
1689. In the second half of the 18th Century, it belonged to Margalida
Sureda Valero, the wife of Pere Caro i Fontes, second Marchioness de
la Romana. In 1789, Jeroni de Berard mentioned this possession in this
note: «Son San Juan. Predio grande. Trigo, viña. De la marquesa de la
Romana (Son San Juan. Large Rural Propery. Wheat, vineyards. From
the Marchioness of la Romana». In 1850, the Lord of Son Sant Joan
was Pere Caro i Sales, fourth Marquis de la Romana (Bover, 1850: 100).
Shortly afterwards, the estate was segregated into smaller properties.
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Sineu
The etymology of the place name has been historically controversial. It appeared documented in the 13th Century with four different spellings: Sixneu, Xisneu, Sisneu, and Xineu. It appears that the
incorrect reading of a quote by Pliny (1st Century A.D.) interpreted
the Roman city called Gium as Cinium, which was identified in the
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year 1842 by Antoni Furió with Sineu, an opinion which was still
repeated a century later by the Historian of Sineu, Monsignor Joan
Rotger. Once this old theory was discarded, another hypothesis
defended by the Arabist, Miquel Barceló, attempted to derive the
name of Sineu from Jijnau (Arabic place name, which jointly with
that of Bitra, gave its name to one of the districts of the Muslim
Mallorca). Likewise, Jijnau could originate from the Arabic form:
J.jnu, which is near to the Arabic-inspired names of the Berber
word Ignawen which originally meant: “mul” (mule). Furthermore,
in the aforementioned district, there are also place names where
the form “Jijnau” appears, a fact which supports the theory that
defends that this Arabic word was translated into the Catalan
form of Xisneu/Sixneu. A third theory provided by the philologist,
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The Municipality of Sineu is one of the largest in the Pla region. It
has an extension of 48 km2 and a population of 3,300 inhabitants
(2008 census data), and it is bordered by the Municipalities
of Llubí, Maria de la Salut, Ariany, Petra, Sant Joan, Lloret de
Vistalegre, Costitx, and Inca. It is a Municipality with only one city
centre, although it historically comprised the villages of Sant Joan
and Lloret de Vistalegre.
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>> Sineu_Historical References
Joan Coromines, sees the origin of the name of Sineu in specifically
German names such as Sisenand or Sisald.
The Royal Property Distribution Book (Llibre del Repartiment de
Mallorca) mentions the district of Djidjnaw, which was adapted
to Catalan as Sixneu. It consisted of a total of 82 farmhouses and
country estates (rafals), the most extensive was Alhoffra al-Djawfiya,
while one of the most significant country estates was Adefla
Exarquia, now known as Defla. There was also a larger population
centre, which can be identified with the current town, with houses,
necropolis, and baths, a Mosque and probably an “alcàsser”
(Medieval Arabic Fortress or Palace) located in the plot of the
Palace or the Concepcionista Convent. The Sixneu farmhouse was
documented with its Catalan name in the year 1237.
Sineu probably had a consolidated market at least from the
beginning of the 13th Century, and in step with the general trends
of the island, there was considerable cattle raising activity. Irrigation
agriculture must have had an important influence, especially around
the qanats (underground irrigation tunnels) of Binitaref and the Torre
de Montornes (Montornes Tower).
The Christian Conquest of the Sineu district took place at the end
of 1229 and concluded in 1230 without much resistance. Sineu
corresponded to a Royal portion in the Royal Land Distribution. In
1298, Sineu was segregated from the Parish Church of Sant Joan, a
process which concluded in the year 1300 with the creation of two
different municipalities.
The new economic system of the repopulation settlers was focused
on the monopoly of the extensive dry-land farming, basically wheat,
and it was one of the villages with the largest production. The
“barcella” (a type of grain container) of Sineu, dated around 1240,
is also an example of the town’s wheat production and the Sineu’s
prominence as an agricultural trading centre at that time.
The Royal Palace was built at the beginning of the 14th Century,
assuredly on the foundation of the Islamic Fortress. The 14th Century
also meant the consolidation of the weekly market, with the privilege
granted by King Jaume II in 1306. The May Street Fair probably
arose from the privilege of King Sanç in 1318, revalidated by Pere el
Cerimoniós.
One of the most significant events of the 17th Century was the
bubonic plague of 1652, which had a huge impact in Sineu. The
houses of Binitaref were confiscated and converted into a Leper’s
hospital, and a cemetery was created in the vineyard: Vinya Vella
de Binitaref; the possession of Son Joan Arnau was used as a
quarantine site.
The second decade of the 20th Century witnessed the growth of
the raw materials sector, with the aperture of a large number of
lignite mines and stone quarries. The segregation process of the land
properties reached its peak with the establishment of Son Rossinyol
which culminated in 1933. The influenza epidemic of 1918 heavily
affected the village and 49 people died.
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The first early Christian Gothic Church suffered a fire in 1505, and
work immediately began on a new temple, also with a Gothic
style which replaced it. Between 1880 and 1881, the temple was
expanded with the addition of a transept with an impressive dome
and a new head wall.
Between 1600 and 1981, Santa Maria de Sineu was named Nostra
Senyora dels Àngels (Our Lady of Angels) due to the Franciscan
influence. On the 27th of September 1981, in the celebration of the
centennial anniversary of the temple’s expansion, it was consecrated
The lateral façade in front of the Plaça of Sant Marc has a vertical
wall divided into two sections. in the upper section, we highlight
four large semi-circular arches which open among the buttresses,
from which four geometric gargoyles extend. It has a Baroque
main doorway, with doorjambs in the form of moulded pilasters
on plinths, and an entablature with a cornice crowned by a curved
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The main façade illustrates an austere Gothic style. The main
doorway has been designed with four lancet-arch archivolts which
frame the tympanum (undecorated), with plant and zoomorphic
reliefs in the capitals. The crown adopts the form of a triangular
church wall, more modern than the rest of the façade, with semicircular arch in the centre, testimony of an Early Christian steeple.
On the left of the second section, there is a very worn sundial with
the date 1664, while on the right of the doorway, it still conserves
a wooden cross on a stone pedestal, one of the Via-Crucis stations
(Stations of the Cross).
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The Parish Church of Santa Maria de Sineu appears documented in
the Papal Bull of Pope Innocence IV, of 1248, however its origin can
be dated back to the first Ecclesiastic Organization of Mallorca in
1236. During the second half of the 14th Century, the first temple
was expanded or newly erected; thus, in 1366, Pere el Cerimoniós
permitted the acquisition of an inn from the Blacksmith, Francesc
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>> Medieval Ceramics
in the Rectory Museum
The Early Christian Belfry was destroyed in a fire in 1505, and the
reconstruction of the current one began in 1549. It is isolated with
a square section with seven sections separated by mouldings and
a pyramidal crown; in the upper floors, there are two lancet arch
windows per side. The first room became the Chapel of Santa
Catalina, with access through a small lancet arch doorway, with
very deteriorated vaults. The belfry contains seven bells, six of them
with names: N’Antònia, Na Bàrbara, N’Extremaunció, Na Feris, Na
Combregar, and Na Missa; the seventh bell belongs to the clock.
The interior has a single nave with transversal transept and five
chapels on the sides with open semi-circular arches except for
the two which are located under the gallery. In the nave’s vertical
wall, you can see 12 red crosses which a reminders of the temple’s
consecration and higher up, five Gothic windows, either sealed or
with small skylights. The transept, the star-decorated dome, and the
presbytery were built between 1880 (date shown on the transversal
arch) and 1881. In the dome interior, it must have housed 8 stained
glass windows, seven are sealed and one is dedicated to Sant Marc
with the Coat of Arms from the donor, Monsignor Lluís Crespí i Niell,
domestic Prelate. The presbytery has an apse with seven sections,
the central one occupied by the main altar piece. It is presided by the
Gothic image of Santa Maria de Sineu, sculpted in 1509 by Gabriel
>> Parish Church of St. Mary
Mòger, a holy family image flanked by two NeoGothic angels. The
main altar was created by Sebastià Alcover in 1913, and serves as the
urn which contains the image of the Mare de Déu Difunta (Deceased
Virgin Mary).
The lateral walls of the presbytery and the left arm are enriched
with the wood reliefs which formed part of the old main altarpiece
built by Gaspar Gener between 1571 and 1580, and gold-leafed by
Jaume Blanquer from 1631 to 1636. This altar piece was dismantled
due to the refurbishment of 1880, it had a Renaissance style with
Mannerist elements, and was dedicated to the Set Goigs de la Mare
de Déu (Seven Pleasures of the Virgin Mary).
With the recent refurbishment, the main NeoGothic altarpiece made
by the Manacor Sculpture Miquel Vadell was transferred to the right
arm of the transept. On the side, there is the NeoGothic altarpiece
of Sant Joseph dated 1886 by Lluís Font Martorell, and surrounded
by the paintings of Sant Ferran and Sant Guillem, by the painter
Bordoy, under the supervision of Faust Morell. Beside the altarpiece,
there are two paintings with scenes from the life of Sant Josep: The
death of the Patriarchal Saint and his patronage; on a shelf, there is
the sculpture of Sant Sebastià, the Co-Patron Saint of the village and
protector against the plague.
The chapels on the right or Epistles side are: Chapel of Sant Cristòfol,
under the gallery, the Patron Saint of the artisans of Sineu, with
the images of Santa Rita and Crist de la Columna (Christ of the
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pediment, and on the sides, corresponding vases with flames. The
pediment frames the sundial, which bears the inscription “Declina 38
Gs al Levante” (Decline 38 Degrees to the West) and the date 1783.
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The Sacristy conserves an excellent set of religious gold-andsilversmith objects. We highlight the Veracreu of 1556, with a
florid Gothic style. We also highlight the chalice with engravings of
the Passion of Christ, from the 16th Century and the processional
cross dated 1878 with its NeoGothic style.
>> Monument of St. Mark Square
The interior conserves approximately eighty pieces of Medieval
and Renaissance ceramics (the “escudelles”), several with Islamic
decoration and paintings with metallic reflections. They were
discovered in 1915 and 1940 in a well located near the church.
Their chronology extends from the 14th Century to the beginning of
the 17th Century and they were restored by Monsignor Bartomeu
Mulet. To the left of the foyer and defined by three Ogive arches, a
Monument of the St. Mark Square
(Monument de la Plaça de Sant Marc)
In front of the Rectory, a lion monument of Sant Marc has been
installed; it was inaugurated to celebrate the third centennial of Sant
Marc as the Patron Saint of the village of Sineu, as written on its
base: “Tertio centenario electionis sancti Marci in patronum Sinii apud
Deum”. It is a work with copper plates by the sculptor, Joan Maimó
Vadell in 1945, where the lion, the symbol of Sant Marc, appears
winged and holding the Coat of Arms of Sineu.
It is very likely that the devotion to Sant Marc was instilled by King
Jaume II, who had dedicated the Royal Chapel of the Bellver Castle
to this Saint. This devotion was passed on to the farmers of Sineu
«perquè li demanassen pluges saludables en venir el mes d’abril, que
cada gota val per mil. I sant Marc sovint els brufava els camps perquè
tenguessin bona saó» [because they prayed for healthy rains in the
month of April, where every drop is worth a thousand. And Sant
Marc continually “brufava” (blessed) the fields in order to obtain a
good “saó” (harvest)].
The origin of this Patronage dates back to the 29th of June 1645
when, having chosen the Patron Saint of the villages, having
assembled the Sworn officers and the Council of Sineu in the
Hospital building, they proposed, at the summons of the Rector,
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The three-floor building has a lintel doorway and a cuadrangular
window on each side. It appears that in the space occupied by
the left window, there is the old doorway, mentioned above. The
two upper floors each have three windows. In the interior, there
is a rectangular foyer, with a segmental arch which connects to a
small patio. To its left, embedded in the wall, we observe a Santanyí
stone slab with the Coat of Arms of Sineu (a circle in relief), which
originates from the base of the old main altar piece from the Parish
church dated 1571. The village legend is written in the figure: Sineu
vila la primera, té la prima per bandera. To the right, there is the
stairway, with one section, which ascends to the first floor.
space has recently been inaugurated for a permanent exhibit with a
selection of these ceramic specimens.
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The chapels on the left or the Gospel side are: Chapel of Sant
Francesc, under the gallery with an image of the Virgin of
Assumption from the 16th Century; Chapel of Sant Antoni Abat;
Chapel of the Sacred Heart, with two sections; the deep chapel
with a dome roof on pendentives and a lantern as the crown with
the vault keystone dated 1672, the altarpiece is a Baroque style
dedicated to the Mare de Déu del Roser by Gabriel Torres, with
eight pairs of columns, fifteen paintings of the corresponding
Virgin Mary mysteries, and in the attic, the Coronation of
the Virgin, with the Sineu Coat of Arms in the upper section,
and finally the Chapel of the Mare de Déu del Carme, with a
NeoGothic style, with Sant Joan de la Creu and Santa Teresa.
It has always occupied the same space, attached to the church, near
the lateral Baroque doorway and in front of the old cemetery; today
it is occupied by the Plaça of Sant Marc. At the end of the 19th
Century, the building was refurbished by Pere de Alcántara Peña,
who added the third floor and modified the façade, including the
main door, previously semi-circular and with vaults.
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Column), which could be a work by Gaspar Gener, dated in 1588;
Chapel of Crist, with a Baroque image; Chapel of Santa Catalina
Tomàs, with two sections, one with an image of the Patron Saint
and the reliquaries of Santa Valèria; Chapel of Sant Martí, with
an altarpiece from the end of the 16th Century, with the Coat of
Arms of the Rossinyol de Defla family, who were the patrons of the
chapel, and the tombstone of the Rossinyol family and their heirs,
the Espanya family; and finally, the lateral door.
Rabassa Cross and Well (Creu i Pou d’en Rabassa)
The cross is dated in 1567 with a Renaissance style; it has an octagonal base in the form of four steps. The stem with an octagonal section is decorated with floral wreaths in the upper section. The capital
also has an octagonal section and it is still possible to see six figures,
three correspond to the Hermit Saints (Sant Antoni, Sant Onofre, and
Sant Pau) and the other three are dressed in a tunic and cape, like
the apostles, but they are difficult to identify clearly. In the middle of
them, there are two overlapping Coats of Arms which correspond
to the Sabater Family. The capital is crowned by a segmented scale
dome. The cross itself is Latin cross with straight arms with terminations in rhomboid medallions and floral decoration in the forearms.
On the obverse side, there is a relief of a mutilated Crucified Christ
with Mary Magdalene at his feet; in the angles, there are three
medallions with the Virgin Mary, Sant Joan, and a pelican. On the
reverse side, we see an image of the Virgin Mary with the symbols of
the Four Evangelists in the ends of the arms.
>> Interior of the can Font Winery
Beside the cross, there is the well: Pou d’en Rabassa, an excellent
example of the traditional water supply. It appears to be dated in
>> Rabassa Cross and Well
1392 prior to the cross. In the 14th Century, the “Rabasses” were a
very important family in Sineu, and in 1362, they possessed the lands
which extended from the Plaça of the Hospital to the well’s present
location. In 1499, it was documented as the Plaça del Pou d’en
Rabassa. It was restored in the late 1970’s.
Can Font Winery (Celler can Font) (C/ de les Roses)
This wine cellar, located on the corner of the Plaça, is one of the
most typical in Sineu. The doorway is located on the street: carrer
de les Roses; and has a skene arch while, the door located in the
Plaça is a lintel structure and connects to a foyer with a beamed roof.
To the left of this first room, we highlight the wine press with two
spigots. After descending eight steps, we reach the outset of the
main room, where on the right, there is the door to the street: carrer
de les Roses. To the left behind a wall, we descend twelve steps.
Below, at the end is the basin of the wine vat, located in a niche
of converging walls and stone barrel vault ceiling and a metal tap.
The wine cellar’s main rooms have a design of two naves with four
sections each, buttressed by three large pillars with a square section.
Each of them has four segmental arches, where the transversal
arches are buttressed on the lateral walls. Three spectacular wine vats
are conserved in it.
Conceptionist Convent (Old Royal Palace of Mallorca)
(Monestir Concepcionista) (Antic Palau dels Reis de Mallorca))
The ancient “Palau dels Reis de Mallorca” (Royal Palace of Mallorca)
was ordered to be built by King Jaume in 1309 on the foundation
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Monsignor Cristòfol Gacies, to select the Patron Saint of the Village:
Sant Marc, Patron Saint of farmers or Sant Cristòfol, Patron Saint
of the artisans, which comprised all the trade guilds except for
the weavers. Due to the greater number of sworn officers and
councillors dedicated to agriculture, they elected Sant Marc as the
Patron Saint of Sineu.
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In 1583 by means of the Royal donation by King Felipe II, a
community of Conceptionist Nuns was installed, founded by the
Sister Francina de Puigdorfila. In order to found this new community,
the Bishop of Mallorca, Joan Vich i Manrique, selected three nuns
from the Convent of Santa Margalida de Palma: Sister Aina de
Puigdorfila, Sister Úrsula Cotoner, daughter of the Knight, Nicolau
Cotoner i Sala, and Sister Mariana Aixartell, who took possession
of the new Convent on the 6th of January 1583. During the first
years, the new community obeyed the rule of St. Agustín. A short
time later, six new nuns joined as well as Sister Margalida Santjoan i
Cotoner, from the Convent of Santa Magdalena de Palma. She was
the second Prioress, starting in 1590, the time when the community
changed the Augustinian rule for the Franciscan Clarist order, due
to their joining the Conceptionist order founded in 1489 by Santa
Beatriz de Silva.
>> Conceptionist Convent
(Old Royal Palace of Mallorca)
The adaptation and expansion works of the Convent were especially
intense in the 17th Century, which gave this architectural complex
a look halfway between its former Monarchy Residence and the
Cenobite order with its strict monastic seclusion. The religious
followers covered the windows with lattices, built the kitchen and
other rooms, reinforced the rammed earth walls, and built new
groined vault roofs, which replaced the old coffered wood ceilings.
Between 1616 and 1686, they recovered the seven properties
which formed part of the ancient Palace that had been sold to
private individuals after 1348, where once again, “les Monges” (the
Nuns) managed to occupy the entire block. In 1987, the “torre de
l’homenatge“ (Tower) was refurbished.
The Convent of Sineu was one of the poorest cloistered nun
communities in Mallorca and in order to survive, they worked in
craftsmanship activities (elaboration of buttons, embroidery and
laceworks), pastries (jams and local pastries such as “bunyols”,
“coques” and “congrets”) and the task of raising silkworms which
they used to make high priced silk handkerchiefs.
To the left of the Convent church, in the wall which forms a right
angle with the temple, the entrance is located with lintel doorway
crowned by the Franciscan Coat of Arms. The foyer has a rectangular
floor plan with a groined vault roof with two sections and key stones
with religious motifs, six thin stem columns elevated on benches and
embedded in the wall. In the wall on the right, there is a doorway
with semi-circular arch and a lathe framed by floor tiles which
defines the cloister. Through this doorway, we enter the cloister by
means of long foyer called sa Llongeta, with a groined vault roof,
which is connected to the “Pati de la Reina” (Queen’s Patio). The
old Chapterhouse, described by the Arxiduc (Archduke Luis Salvador
of Austria) is the current sewing room, with a grooved column with
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of Islamic origin which was possibly the “alcàsser“ (Islamic Fortress
or Palace) of the Emir Mubaxir (Mubashshir Nasir Al-Dawla), who
died in 1114. Its location coincides with the model of the rural
Islamic Palaces, located on a hill with an extensive commanding
view.
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From the interior of the current Convent premises, we highlight the
“torre del homenatge” a tower with a rectangular floor plan and
crowned by four battlements, with semi-circular arch door as access
and extending beams which buttress the coffered wood ceiling and
the rear garden-orchard. At the end, there is a NeoGothic Chapel
dated 1880 which contains the cemetery.
Town Council (Old Monastery of Minimum Monks)
(Ajuntament) (Antic Convent dels Mínims)
The Monastery of Jesús Maria, of the Minimum Friar order was
founded in 1667 under the patronage of Lady Margalida Font
de Roqueta Gual Zaforteza i Térmens and her husband, Francesc
Desbrull i Villalonga, who donated their house in Sineu as the
building for the new Cenobite or Monastery building. On the 18th
of May that same year, with the authorization from the Bishop Pere
Fernández Manjarrés, the official ceremony was performed presided
by the Frair: fra Miquel Cerdà, the provincial head of the Minimum
Order. The first Mass was given in the house’s room that had been
conditioned as a Chapel. The adaptation works still continued in
1686, when the houses of Dr. Antoni Costa were acquired to add
them to the Monastery. In 1722, the Monastery was subjected to
a major refurbishment with the construction of the cloister, among
others.
>> The Town Hall Cloister (Old Monastery of the Minimum Monks)
The Minimum religious order was definitively expelled in 1835,
with the “Desamortització“ (seizure and sale of church property),
the Monastery was closed and the building was dedicated to other
uses such as the Guardia Civil’s headquarters and residence. The old
installations now house the current offices of the Town Council as
well as the Library and Municipal Archive.
The Cloister (Claustre) is Baroque with a quadrangular, slightly
trapezoidal, floor plan. All the sides of the ground floor have six
segmental arches except the one on the right which only has five.
The side opposite from the doorway has a second portico floor,
with twelve small (modern) segmental arches, two per arch of the
ground floor. The columns on plinths have two circular moulds in
the base. The Capitals have small Ionic style spirals, while in the
lower section, it has several relief sculptures which alternatively
represent the Episcopal mitre and the star of the Coat of Arms of
the Bishop Miquel Estela. These decorations do not appear in the
angular columns, since they are adorned with floral reliefs. In the
centre, there is an octagonal curb stone, dated in 1693, with the
motto Charitas (Charity) (symbol of the Minimum Friars) in the
centre. The pulley is supported by four mullion structures which
converge in the centre.
Can Gili (C/ Major, 13)
The house has a medieval origin. At the beginning of the 16th
Century, the house was owned by the Notary Joan Gili, one of
the main components of “la Germanía” (Artisan’s guild) and one
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spiral stem which supports the large main beam. In the upper floor,
which is accessed by a Renaissance style stairway, the corridors
extend which connect to the different cells.
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The façade has a height of two floor with a lintel doorway on
the right. To the left, it has two Windows, one sealed and the
other rectangular, adorned with a Renaissance lintel which has
the sculptured relief of the Coat of Arms of the Gili family. The
doorjambs have disappeared in the form of pilasters which they
must have completed. There are three windows on the first floor,
the one on the left is sealed.
>> Windmill: Molí d’en Pau
The interior has a corridor with a roof divided into three groined
vault sections with an attractive floor. To the left, in the first
section, a lintel moulded doorway opens which connects to a
room with a square floor plan, now refurbished; formerly the
house’s wine cellar was in the basement. In the third section of
the corridor, also on the left, another lintel doorway opens which
provides access to a square room with a groined vault roof. The
corridor ends in a semi-circular arch, on the right, embedded in
a perpendicular wall, where the main room is located, with a
>> Can Gili
rectangular layout and extending beam roof, an element with a
Medieval origin. The floor houses six grain containers excavated
in the soil. At the entrance on the right wall, you can still see the
sealed Medieval arch, semi-circular with vaults, which connected
to what is currently a neighbour’s house.
A semi-circular arch separates this room from the house’s largest
room, located in the old patio space, currently with a beam roof.
It has a rectangular layout and we highlight its high pillar with
square section and bevelled angles. The house’s well was located
here, although it is now sealed. On the left wall, at the height
of the first floor there is a window with sill and a Gothic style
convex moulding. The stairway starts at the end with a wood
handrail and ascends in two sections to the first floor. At the end
of it, there is semi-circular vaulted arch doorway which connects
to the first room. On the left, there is a seal or anagram, painted
in red, perhaps with the form of the Notary, Gili. In front of the
main access, another semi-circular arch doorway, vaulted with
doorjamb, provides access to the second room, which has a
remarkable pictorial mural decoration with geometric motifs and
interesting engraved images (we can see a boat, a character with a
Royal mantle and diverse human faces).
Son Torelló (C/ de Son Torelló, 1)
In 1607, the house belonged to Lleonard Torelló and according
to the Cadastre Register of that year, it had an animal-driven mill
and a wine cellar, six wine-skin bottles, and a wine vat to elaborate
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of the four members of the “comisió de agermanats” (Artisan
Commission members) who went to beg clemency from the Court;
the embassy meeting failed and the components of the Commission
were executed in the Bellver Castle at the end of August 1523,
in the so-called “forques dels ambaixadors”(Ambassador’s forks).
Nonetheless, the house remained in the family’s hands, until at least
the 17th Century. Currently, it belongs to the Aparicio family. The
artist, painter, and sculptor - Ricardo Aparicio –Gago- has his study
and exhibit space here.
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The façade has two floors and a main doorway with semi-circular
arch on two steps. In the ground floor there is a buttress to the
right of the doorway and a window on each side. In the first
floor, above the doorway, there is a “coronella” window, with the
Coat of Arms of the Torelló family (a bull) with a reduced size, in
the small space of the spandrels, above the little column of the
window. You can also see an ogee arch window on the left and
another quadrangular window on the right. The cornice is triplelayer roof tile.
>> Son Torrelló House
>> St. Joseph Chapel
We access the interior through a wood grille. Despite the
adaptation of the premises into a restaurant, the interior space
conserves the old structure of the main rooms. The first corridor
has a beam roof and maintains a section with small transversal
beams called “xebrons” (half interlacings). The passage to the
second corridor is through a segmental arch on the left, located
next to the bar of the bar-restaurant. On the left of the first
corridor, there is the wing that was dedicated to the wine-making
tasks: Here, we find buried vats which were used to step on the
wine grapes and fermentation, and their basins have still been
conserved. In the old wine cellar, there are twelve wine vats (eight
fragments are conserved attached to the walls) and a still to make
liquor. The wine cellar room has a spacious rectangular floor plan
divided into six sections, five with a groined vault ceiling and the
second with a barrel vault ceiling. The vertical wall has a natural
stone surface. At the end of the room, looking from the corridor,
six steps ascend to the large entrance door which connects to the
Plaça del Fossar.
To the right of the second corridor, a lintel doorway connects to
the main room, decorated with ancient motifs and photographs
of its illustrious visitors. We highlight the parchments from the
15th and 16th Century among other decorative elements. In the
front wall, a balcony opens with views of the Plaça del Fossar. To
the left of the dining room in continuation of the entrance wall,
this is the house’s private Oratory, with rectangular floor plan and
small surface area; it contains an altar presided by the image of
Christ, according to the Olot Religious Imagery style. To the left of
the room, at the end, there is the so-called “la cambra del Bisbe”
(Bishop’s Chambers), with elegant caoba furniture with carpentry
work and the dressing room with an entrance through a foiled
doorway.
The lateral façade which faces the la Plaça del Fossar has three
floors, with a segmental arch entrance door which provides access
to the old wine cellar in the ground floor. To the left of it, you can
still see a wood cross on a stone pedestal attached to the wall: It
is one of the crosses of Vía Crucis (Stations of the Cross) which
formerly extended throughout the streets of the village.
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wine. In 1974, Pere Fuster purchased the house from Carme
Ferrer Oliver.
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In late 1808, it belonged to Dionísia Rossinyol de Defla i de
Comelles, the wife of Charles of Spain. Around 1880, the Archduke
Ludwig Salvator of Austria mentioned it in his work: “Die Balearen”:
“The house has the original style of one of Mallorca’s oldest houses.
Since 1953, it has belonged to Ferran de España i Morell and has a
surface area of 125.7 ha.
The entrance of the houses is by means of a portal forà (doorway)
with semi-circular vaulted arch, located in a wall face with
battlements and crowned by the Rossinyol Coat of Arms which
is connected to the central patio and serves as the layout to the
rooms. A NeoGothic Chapel built in 1862 is located on the right. The
interior with a rectangular floor plan is covered with five sections of
groined vault roof. The altarpiece is NeoGothic and on the Gospel
side, there is the tomb of Charles of Spain, who died during the
Carlist War in Catalonia in 1839.
A Medieval tower was built in the right angle of the patio with
square section and possibly an Islamic base; it is crowned by
battlements and has two finestres coronelles (mullion windows) in
the rear section. Between the Chapel and the Tower, the doorway of
the casa dels senyors (Noble’s house) is located with a semi-circular
arch crowned with the Rossinyol Family Coat of Arms, with the date
1634 and a Latin motto. On the left of the tower, we can see the
doorway of the casa dels amos(share-cropper’s house), also with
semi-circular arch. Behind the main block of houses, there is a patio
which provides access to various agricultural premises. We highlight
its porch with segmental arches, with a ceramic arrangement
dedicated to Santa Valeria and the date 1874.
The estate has two gardens; one in the South whose entrance
is located in front of the portal forà (doorway) and flanked by
two terracotta lions, it conserves several ruins of the monument
dedicated to Queen Isabel II which was built in the plaza de la Reina
(Queen’s Square) of Palma, demolished in 1868. On the garden’s
right, there is a large water tank, decorated with several 18th
Century sculptures. The East garden is presided by a sculptured
image of Pallas Athena.
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>> Defla Possession
Defla
Defla was an Islamic Country Estate which appears in the Royal
Property Distribution Book (“Llibre del Repartiment) with the
following entry: «Rahal Adeffla Exarquia, de VIII jovades, a Bernat
Pocasanch de Barcelona, a Bernat Tortosa i a Arnau Pocasanch»
(which may be translated as the “rafal oriental de la adelfa” (western
country estate of the oleander shrub)). Since the 14th Century, it was
the property of the Rossinyol family, who were called the Rossinyol
de Defla. In 1378, it belonged to Pere Rossinyol and it now had
record of a tower. During the Germania uprising (Artisan’s Guild
Revolt), the possession fell victim to insurgents who assassinated its
owner, Andreu Rossinyol, stole his weapons, clothes, and jewels as
well as approximately 150 sheep.
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Vilafranca de Bonany
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The Municipality of Vilafranca has an extension of 24 Km2
and a population of 2,782 inhabitants (2008 census data). It
is bordered by the Municipalities of Petra, Manacor, Felanitx,
Porreres, and Sant Joan.
The name of Vilafranca means village free of taxes, a
name in keeping with the founding of this village in 1620:
Vilafranca was founded as tax centre for all types of
contributions and services in relation to the Kingdom. The
place name was mentioned in 1633 as Vilafranca de Sant
Martí. Over time, the name was reduced to Vilafranca, until,
by Royal Decree, it added its current form “de Bonany”,
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in order to differentiate it from other Municipalities of the
Spanish state.
The first signs of the population in Vilafranca date back to
prehistoric times and ancient history, as documented by the
14 Archaeological sites that are located in the Municipality.
Among them, we highlight the Talayots of Castellot Vell and
Son Pou Vell and the Pretalayotic ruins de sa Moleta.
The Islamic presence is recorded in several Arabic place
names for farm houses and rafals (country estates) which still
remain, such as Albadallet and Alcudiarrom.
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Following the Conquest of 1230 and as documented in the
Royal Property Distribution Book (Llibre del Repartiment) of 1232,
King Jaume I ceded several farmhouses to the Knights who had
accompanied him: Alanzell, Albadallet, and the country estate, rafal
de Boscana corresponded to Ramon de Castellbisbal; Alcudiarrom
was the portion that was granted to the men of Lleida, and the
town of Sant Martí was granted to Ramon Saclusa. In 1242, Sant
Martí was obtained in a franchise by the Knights Templar. When
this order was abolished in 1312, their properties were given to the
Knights Hospitallers, which consequently caused litigation between
this Order and the King of Mallorca, who intended to claim rights
over this farm house’s territory. When it fell into the hands of King
Sanç of Mallorca, he ceded it to his Treasurer, Sant Just. In 1391, it
was purchased by Arnau Sureda, whose descendants adopted the
surname of Sureda de Sant Martí.
At the beginning of the 20th Century, a plot division process
took place in many properties; until that time owned by the
Sureda de Sant Martí family, which subsequently increased the
number of small land-owners and the plot division of several of
the Municipality’s largest possessions, such as; sa Franquesa, es
Castellot, es Molí Nou, es Cremat, sa Vinya Nova, and Alenzell. This
phenomenon also included the artisan activities which took place
by taking advantage of the clay soil of the land which surrounded
the village, which marked the founding of a new industrial activity
with a family basis, which is still important today as represented by
the roof tiles.
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In 1631, the first church of Vilafranca was blessed, a small scale temple with a main altar and two chapels on each side. In 1700, works
began on the new temple, since the previous church had grown
too small. It was completed in 1738. Between 1935 and 1941, the
church was expanded again, with the addition of a transept and an
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The façade has a smooth wall, with two voussoir lines, a skylight in
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moulded pilasters, a flat entablature with rectilinear moulds and
pyramids topped with balls on the sides. In the upper doorway,
there is a niche crowned by a cross which contains an image of the
Patron Saint, Santa Bàrbara, with the tower as an attribute. Above
the transept dome in 1942, a sculpture of the Sacred Heart was
installed, a work by the sculptor Miquel Vadell. The belfry dated
1817 was built on the left of the façade and has tower with a
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In front of the main façade, there is a monument dated 1985,
dedicated to the three of the town’s most illustrious clergymen: The
Capuchin Friar, fra Lluís de Vilafranca (Joan Mestre Oliver), the Priest,
P. Jaume Rosselló, a Sacred Heart Missionary, and the Agustí Monk de
la Mare de Déu del Carme (Guillem Font Català).
In the exterior Gospel side, between the belfry and the current
lateral door, the Fossar is located, the old cemetery of the village. It
is possible to observe the ruins of the old lateral doorway from the
18th Century, which was sealed in the 20th Century refurbishment,
with the marks of the footsteps of the religious followers on the
ground. The current lateral doorway is an undecorated architrave.
The interior has a Latin cross floor plan with five sections of barrel
vaulted ceiling, lunettes, and five lateral chapels that open by
means of semi-circular arches, the first under the gallery and the last
integrated in the angular space of the transept. It has two transversal
arms and four isolated polygonal pillars which, based on the
pendentives, buttress the dome with circular base divided into eight
segments and crowned by a lantern. The main altar currently appears
in the transept space.
The main altar piece, located in the quadrangular presbytery, has a
Baroque style divided into two floors and five levels, with Corinthian
columns. It is presided by the sculpted image of Santa Bàrbara, with
Sant Sebastià and Sant Pere on the left and Ramon Llull and Sant
Antoni Abat on the right. On the upper floor in the centre, we see
>> Convent
a painting of the Immaculada and on the sides, there are Sant Joan
Baptista (St. John the Baptist) and the Sant Jaume (St. James). The
entablature is crowned with the Coat of Arms of the Sureda de Sant
Martí family, and it is topped with a relief of Christ. The Sacristy with
square floor plan is located to the left of the presbytery; it contains
among other elements, a black marble wash basin with the relief of
the tower in the Coat of Arms of Santa Bàrbara and Vilafranca, and
the date 1885, as well as diverse bowls with curious representative
images and the canvasses of Santa Cecilia, Santa Bàrbara, Santa
Catalina Tomás and a image of the Mare de Déu de Núria.
Convent (Ca ses Monges) (C/ de Santa Bàrbara)
The Nuns of Charity established residence in Vilafranca in 1895, initially in a house owned by the Mayor and in 1990, they moved to the
current convent. The building was built in 1897 on a plot ceded by
the Sureda family, the owners of Sant Martí. In 1900, the first floor of
the building was blessed, while the chapel, designed by the Marquis
de Vivot, Joan M. Sureda i de Verí, was consecrated in 1921.
The façade has three floors: The ground floor has a lintel doorway
with a window on each side. The doorway is presided by the Coats
of Arms of the marriage comprised by Joan M. Sureda i de Verí (i
Boixadors i Sales) and Bàrbara Fortuny i de Verí (i Sureda i Sales),
Lords of Sant Martí, with a Marquis crown and the ermine of the
“Grandes de España” (Grandee, the Noble Families of Spain). There
are three windows on the first floor and on the porch, there are three
rectangular windows.
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>> House: Ca l’Amo en Bernat Rumbande
The Old Rectory (Rectoria Vella) (C/ de l’Església, 12)
This old house was the residence of the Vicar and subsequently,
the Rector of the Church; it was built on a plot ceded by the
Sureda family. It has a façade with two floors with modified
arches. The doorway, currently with a lintel, was formerly a semicircular arch and still has interesting vaults. To the left beside the
doorway, there is a flared window, and higher up, the remains of
a former sundial. There are three windows on the first floor. In the
interior, we highlight the vault of the first corridor, with the Sureda
coat of arms.
>> The New Windmill
Ca l’Amo en Bernat Rumbande is a house with three floors; it
has two lintel doorways and large entrance door on the left. There
are three windows on the first floor and on the porch, there are five
rectangular windows above a decorated rail.
The Ajuntament is a Regional Style building with three floors, a
lintel doorway and two windows on each side. On the first floor,
there are two windows at the ends and a balcony with three doors,
and the Village Coat of Arms above the central doorway. In the
porch, there are quadrangular pillars which open into a corridor in
which there are three doorways.
The New Windmill (Molí Nou) (C/ Sant Martí- C/ del Molí Nou)
This is the only flour windmill which has been conserved within the
city centre at the exit of the village. It belonged to the possession:
possessió de Sant Martí and it ceased operations in 1915.
It is a windmill with a base-residence and tower. The base has a very
rustic lintel doorway and a small cistern with chapel on the left. On
the right, there is a large entrance door with skene arch. The interior
>> Main Square
Main Square (Plaça Mayor)
Popularly known as the Plaça de l’Ajuntament (Town Council
Plaça), in this space, you will find a series of interesting houses
such as Ca l’Amo en Bernat Rumbande, Ca l’Amo Antoni de
s’Estany or Cas Capellà Mateu, and la Casa de la Vila (Town Council building).
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The NeoGothic style Oratory is located to the right of the
Convent. It has a very simple façade with a stone-covered wall,
lintel doorway, and above it, a flared Rose Window with a simple
exterior moulding and Gothic lattice work in the centre. In the
interior, we see a nave with a rectangular floor plan, without apse,
and a groined vault ceiling with three sections. The Presbytery
which occupies the third section corresponds to a provisional
design, since a future expansion was planned. It is elevated on two
steps and has a lintel doorway on each side. The altar piece, also
NeoGothic, is presided by an image of the Immaculada, flanked
by an image of Sant Joseph on the left and Sant Vicenç de Paül
on the right. In the vertical section, we see a large twin Neogothic
window on each side of the Presbytery in the lattice gallery style.
In the upper part of the head wall, behind the altar piece, there is
a Neogothic stained glass window with the Coat of Arms of the
Sureda Fortuny.
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Houses on Main Street (Cases del Carrer Principal)
We highlight the Hostal: Ca l’Amo en Jaume de s’Hostal (num.
12), which is one of the village’s hostals and it is currently divided
into two properties. The façade has two floors and note the possible frame of the main doorway with semi-circular arch on the
ground floor. To the right, there is a lintel doorway and large entrance door. The second floor has two windows with sills, the one
on the left was split due to the division of the house. The cornice
conserves interesting painted roof tiles.
>> L’Escorxador (The Butcher House)
Another amazing house is Cas Metge Vell (num. 5), now can
Ferragut, with three floors and lintel doorway. It has the typical
decoration in the form of a covering with quadrangular panels,
which several authors include within the modernist style. Known
by the name of “Metge Vell”, Guillem Joan Galmés Sastre played
a major role in the fight against the 1918 Influenza epidemic and
was named an Illustrious Citizen of the Village.
Popular Type Houses
Vilafranca conserves diverse houses with a popular style; the
majority were built throughout the 18th and 19th Centuries. In the
street: carrer de la Unió, num. 17, there is one such house, with the
porch in front of the façade, lintel doorway, and a small entrance
>> Ca sa Manescala
>> Es Cremat Public School
door with segmental arch on the right. According to the Archduke:
Arxiduc Lluís Salvador, Vilafranca was one of the villages that had
the most porches in the façades of its houses. Finally, on the street:
carrer del Vent, there is another house with two floors, a semicircular arch doorway and a landscaped platform, irregular masonry
work and a two-slope roof.
Ca sa Manescala (C/ Fra Lluís Jaume)
This house is the birthplace of Joan Mestre Oliver, known by his religious name of Fra Lluís de Vilafranca (1770-1847). It has a façade
with three floors and the semi-circular arch doorway with spandrel.
Above the door, there is a balcony window and three windows in
the porch. You may see a stone marker in it with the Franciscan
Coat of Arms which testifies that this house was the birthplace of
this friar.
Friar Lluís de Vilafranca was a historian, book lover, and Capuchin
monk. He was the librarian for the Capuchin monks of Palma
and a renowned intellectual; he was a friend of Jovellanos and
Joan Ramis, among others. In 1835, upon the expulsion of the
Monasteries, he retired to the Casa dels Venerables (Religious
Shelter) in Palma. Afterwards, he established his residence in
Vilafranca where he died.
Viguet Well (Pou Viguet)
This well dates back to the Muslim period. Its roof is the most
outstanding feature of this structure.
conserves a segmental vault roof. The tower has a circular section
with lintel doorway above the windmill terrace, a window, and tile
roof on one slope.
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Sant Martí d’Alanzell
The houses of Sant Martí d’Alanzell –or Lanzell- are located a little over
a kilometer South of the village on the Felanitx motorway to Vilafranca
(Ma-5111), at kilometer: 6.5, beside the junction with the PorreresVilafranca (Ma-5101) motorway.
The possessió (possession) was formerly one of the most important
estates in Mallorca, it occupied lands which in the Muslim
domination were the farmhouses of Alanzell and Albadellet, as
>> Old Wine-Cellar of the Sant Martí d’Alanzell Possession
in Sant Martí in 1495, it consisted of a chapel, “amb un retaule
del Davallament de la Creu, obra de Flandes, que té a una banda
Sant Martí i a l’altra santa Bàrbara” (“with an altar piece of the
Descent from the Cross, a work by Flandes, which has an image of
Sant Martí on one side and Santa Bàrbara on the other”). In 1535,
the Owner of Sant Martí was Pau Sureda de Sant Martí. In the
cadastre register of 1575, it records that it was owned by Salvador
Sureda, with a patrimony around Sant Martí, which included Son
Pere Jaume, Lanzell, and Boscana. His son, Pau Sureda de Sant
Martí i Campfullós (1571-1650) was the founder of the village
of Vilafranca which was specifically called Sant Martí prior to the
modern name of Vilafranca de Bonany, when it segregated part
of the possession of Son Pere Jaume in 1620. In 1708, during
the War of Succession, Francesc Sureda de Sant Martí i Zaforteza
was appointed by the King Carlos III of Austria, as the Marquis
de Vilafranca, a title which was not revalidated until 1760, by
the former’s grandson, Salvador Sureda de Sant Martí i Cotoner.
His son, Mariano Salvador Sureda de Sant Martí i Desbrull, died
in 1805 without a direct heir and the possession of Sant Martí
was transferred to the Sureda family of the Marquis of Vivot line,
among whom we highlight Joan Sureda i Boixadors and Joan
Miquel Sureda i de Verí, the last Marquis of Vivot. Following the
death of Joan Miquel Sureda (1912), the possession was passed
on to one of his daughters, Bàrbara Sureda Fortuny. His niece, Pilar
Montaner Sureda, the daughter of Pere de Montaner, Count of
Peralada, inherited the property and she married Vicenç Ferrer de
Sant Jordi i Truyols, the Count of Santa Maria de Formiguera. The
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The Butcher (L’Escorxador) (C/ de l´Escorxador)
It has a regional design from the early 1930’s, with a side section with
two floors, three flat windows on the ground floor and three semicircular arches in the first floor where the central one is highest. A sill
joins the three arches. The crown is a NeoBaroque mixed-line wall,
moulded and crowned with three hydrias. It was refurbished in 1998
and is currently the Casal de Cultura del Poble (Village Cultural Centre).
well as several rafals (country estates). Following the Conquesta
(Conquest) in 1229, it represented part of the royal portion in the
distribution and it was ceded to Ramon Saclusa. Around 1242,
the Alanzell Farmhouse was transferred to the powerful Order
of the Temple (Knights Templar) who converted it into a feudal
kingdom and named it Sant Martí d’Alanzell. After the definitive
dismantlement of the Knights Templar, in 1314, King Sanç de
Mallorca disputed its ownership with the heirs of the Knights
Templar, the Sanjuanista Knights; in 1318, King Sanç donated it in
exchange for 500 sterling pounds and an annual census fee of 10
sterling pounds to this Treasurer, Nicolau de Santjust. According to
J. M. Bover, the son of Nicolau, Guillem de Santjust, in 1391 sold
the possession to Arnau Sureda, however, it appears that it was
the batle (Mayor) of Mallorca who put the property up for sale, at
the request of the creditors of the aforementioned Guillem. The
branch of the Sureda family that purchased the property named it
Sant Martí, in honour of the ownership which they held. One of
the most famous Lords of Sant Martí was Salvador Sureda Safont
(1415-1495), son of Arnau, a Knight famous for his Tornament
match against the Catalan Knight, Francesc Vallseca, celebrated in
Napoles in the presence of King Alfons the Magnanimous in 1444.
His motto was a ferret’s lair (a basket which contained a ferret to
hunt rabbits) with an inscription that read:”Dins és lo qui’l pren”.
This motto became part of the Coat of Arms of the family, Sureda
de Sant Martí, which is reproduced in numerous occasions in this
house estate. Salvador Pau Sureda, the nephew of the above,
was the heir; in the inventory which he ordered to be carried out
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Es Cremat Public School (Escola Pública Es Cremat)
(C/ Joan Miró- C/ de ses Escoles)
It was designed in 1927 by the Architect Guillem Forteza and inaugurated in 1930. It has undergone various refurbishments and expansions on diverse occasions. The façade has a central block with three
semi-circular arches and three Ionic style columns, flanked by lintel
apertures, with the corresponding attached pilasters also Ionic style in
the ends. On each side, there is a quadrangular block with a height of
two floors.
>> Patio of the Sant Martí d’Alanzell Possession
The Sant Martí chapel or oratory has an entrance from the patio by
a lintel door with embedded circular section doorjambs, with a late
Baroque style (end of the 18th Century), open on the West side of
the Chapel. The Oratory has a rectangular floor plan; to the left, at
the foot of the nave, we highlight the Gothic doorway with an Ogee
arch and floral decoration, crowned by the Quadripartite Coat of
Arms of the Sureda, Zaforteza, Desbrull and Olesa family, and in the
centre of the Ogee angle, the Sureda Coat of Arms with an angel.
In the spandrels sheltered by the curb stones, there are reliefs of the
Heraldic ferret-lair. The nave roof has a coffered wood ceiling while
the Presbytery has a groined vault roof; its keystone has a multicoloured ferret-lair. The vertical wall of the nave has ceramic tiles
with the stations of Via Crucis (Stations of the Cross). The Presbytery
has a floor with Medieval tiles, while the altar is buttressed with little
columns that came from the old coronella windows The altar piece
has an early Baroque style with the date 1637; it is presided by a
painting which represents Sant Martí as the Bishop of Tours, with the
mitre and staff, performing the resurrection miracle of a child; in the
attic, there are images of Sant Sebastià, the Immaculada, and Santa
Bàrbara; the altarpiece is by Gaspar Oms II (1598-1648). Behind the
Presbytery, there is the Sacristy, a square space with a groined vault
roof with a keystone that has the Sureda Coat of Arms. There is a
small wash basin on the right wall, with a set of multi-coloured tiles
which represent the Virgin image: Mare de Déu de Bonany.
curbstone with circular base, with a forged iron frame with the
sculpted reliefs of dragon heads which may be NeoGothic.
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>> Cloister of the Sant Martí de Lanzell Possession
The main façade has three floors. The main doorway has
a semi-circular vaulted arch, elevated on a stone ramp and
appears crowned with a spectacular relief of Sant Martí; the
former Bishop of Tours appears represented as a Knight in the
characteristic scene of delivering part of his cape to a poor man.
In the lower left angle of the sculpture, there is the Coat of
Arms of Sureda de Sant Martí, which shows typical holm oak of
the Sureda surname, as well as the addition of the “huronera”
(ferret-lair) of Salvador Sureda de Sant Martí Safont. Specifically,
the Coat of Arms dates back to 1736, it is quadripartite and has
the Coats of Arms of the surnames: Sureda, Zaforteza, Desbrull
i Olesa, corresponding to Francesc Sureda. To the right of the
façade, there is an even higher block, which was the tower of
the houses; it has a height of three floors, a lintel doorway which
connects to the quadrangular room buttressed by the pointed
diaphragm arch, which is characteristic of early Christian Gothic
style, with the remains of the extending beams that support
the roof. On the other side of the façade, there is a more rural
structure, with an exterior stairway that leads to a lintel doorway.
The arches which comprise the façade windows are irregularly
distributed, highlighting the four on the first floor, one on
the left of the doorway and three on the right; there are also
four windows on the second floor, one to the left of the door,
another above it, and the other two are on the right. The main
doorway connect to a foyer with a groined vault roof with the
vault keystone and the Sureda Coat of Arms and two ferret-lairs.
A segmental arch leads to a portico, with a groined vault roof and
seven segmental arches, buttressed by octagonal pillars with a wide
base and moulded capitals (6 isolated pillars and two attached to
the sides). The entrance to the patio is by means of this porch. The
patio is rectangular and leads to the different rooms of the houses:
The oldest architectural wing is on the left, possibly from the 14th
Century, with two semi-circular vaulted arch doors and the remains
of a sealed Gothic window, which in turn was a small elevated
doorway, with convex moulding; according to oral tradition, it was
used as the prison of the Knights Templar; in any case, it is welldocumented that the Curia and the Barony prison was located
here. Further to the North on the right, is the land-owner’s house,
with entrance by semi-circular arch doorway. Further to the right of
this house, the height reaches three floors, with a porch that has
scenic rectangular windows, while a porch with three segmental
arches provides access to the stairway of the main floor. Inside
this porch, it has conserved a cart which was pulled by cattle,
and diverse artifacts of Roman ceramics such as amphoras and
an interesting piece which was used as a beacon for ships. Above
the central arch of the porch, there is a relief which represents
Santa Bàrbara, with the Coat of Arms of Sureda Zaforteza and
the date 1746. On the right side, there are three sealed segmental
arches where we highlight the Chapel doorway, crowned by a
quadripartite shield with the Coat of Arms of Sureda, Fortuny, Verí
i Verí. In the centre of the patio towards the right, there is a well
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current owners of Sant Martí are the children of the above, Joan
Miquel Ferrer de Sant Jordi i Montaner and his wife.
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To the right of the stairway’s porch of the main floor is the grain
storeroom entrance; a lancet arch connects to a foyer with two
sections of barrel vault roof. This space is connected by means of
a segmental arch to the Farm room called the “Quartera”, a grain
storeroom with four sections of groined vault roof and separation
segmental arches; to the right there is a lancet arch while on
the right, we highlight several engravings with drawings which
represent saints, knights, peasants, demons, etc. perhaps from the
19th Century. The wine cellar is an extensive space with two naves
and six sections of groined vault roof per each nave (a total of 12
sections), separated by square section pillars four sections. At the
end of the wine cellar, there is a room which is accessed by a stair
with five steps; this is the cheese room; it has barrel vault ceiling
and a press which was used to make the cheese. The East façade
has a major gallery or logia located on the first floor, with six semi-
circular arches, with Tuscan style columns and balustrade with an
Italian-inspired Baroque style, possibly from the second half of the
18th Century. To the right of the lateral façade facing Northeast,
there is a pointed arch which leads to the wine vat, which internally
connects to the wine cellar. This East side is built in front of an
esplanade with tall pine trees, centralized by a water wheel which
has a wood wheel; the water wheel is a decorative element, since
this space was used for this purpose.
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The stairway which extends from the patio porch leads to the
main floor of the houses, it is attached to the walls; it has two
landings and a “naia” (upper landing, which is larger) and has a
wood handrail; in the vertical section of the lateral walls, it has two
painted Coats of Arms that show the Coat of arms of the families:
Sureda and Bàrbara Sureda Fortuny (i Verí Verí). In the stairway’s
upper landing in the room’s entrance wall, it conserves the shields
of the participants in the Napoles Tournament in 1444, as well
as a helmet and lance. The main room of the Lord’s house has a
quadrangular floor plan and is very high, with three sections of
beam roof with two large transversal main beams.
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