Situated at Plaça del rector Rubí, in the center of Manacor. Its construction began at the end of the 19th century and commended by priest Rubí to naval engineer José Barceló Runggaldier,who drew up the designs,and constructor Gaspar Bennàssar, who directed the works and built the bell-tower, the highest building in town known as Torre Rubí. Apparently this site was a cult place in the Islamic period. It is the place where, after the conquest of Jaume the First, the church of Santa Maria was situated. For this temple was very small, in the 14th century another one was built, which was finished in the 16th century, although the main doorway, originally situated on the side of the bell-tower, dates from the end of the 18th. This church was demolished to build the actual church. Some parts of the 18th century still remain, like the chapels of Sant Antoni and Sant Francesc, the towers of the ancient main façade at both sides of the bell-tower, part of the Mother of God sacristy and part of the old bell-tower. Built in negothic typology it has a latin-cross floor shaped one-hall basilica with chapels between the buttresses, with its transept arms in the fore section to the presbytery. There are ten aisles, five on every side, and in the chancel there is one chapel on every side and in the high altar. On every transept arm there are seven chapels, standing out the one consecrated to the Immaculate Virgin and the other to the Sant Crist of Manacor.
The chapel on the right and the first section of the vault of the main nave, where the coat of arms of Capdepera can be seen, are preserved from the primitive church. The temple had to preserve two images: that of San Juan and that of the Santo Cristo. The latter, made of orange wood and originally polychrome, is an early Gothic carving that was restored and reintegrated in its original place, where it remains today. The small church of San Juan was renovated in the 16th century and became the main nave of the present church. At the beginning of the 18th century the present side chapels were built. The baroque chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary (1703), corresponds to this time. After 1840, when the village church had already been built, religious ceremonies ceased to be celebrated. It was not until 1871 that the cult would be recovered, then already converted into a sanctuary of the Virgen de la Esperanza, whose feast day is celebrated on December 18.
In the mid-sixteenth century, around 1563, the bishop of Mallorca gave license to the inhabitants of Búger, to build a church, as many people died without sacraments due to the impossibility of moving to Campanet. This was the first church because, between 1694 and 1739, the present church of Búger was built, under the patron saint Sant Pere. The organ of the church of Sant Pere was built in the convent of Campos, in 1763, by the organ builder Pere Josep Bosch. In 1821, Gabriel Thomàs installed it, at first, in the choir of the church. In 1876, Julià Munar installed it in its present location. It consists of two keyboards; the main organ, with eleven stops, and the cadireta (lever), with four. The pedal has seven buttons attached to the manual.
The Natural Area of Cap Enderrocat is an area with a great scenic interest due to the different cliffs that we find in the south of Mallorca as well as a peculiar vegetation that has adapted to the wind that blows.
Sa Dragonera has belonged to the Majorca Council since 1987, but it was only in 1995 that the Government of the Balearic Islands approved the declaration of Natural Park. Natural Park of sa Dragonera Even though the Natural Park is named sa Dragonera, it also includes the islet of Pantaleu, the island Mitjana and els Calafats within its protected area, because of their shared environmental conditions, they are very valuable due to their magnificent state of natural conservation. Sa Dragonera has belonged to the Majorca Council since 1987, but it was only in 1995 that the Government of the Balearic Islands approved the declaration of Natural Park in order to guarantee the conservation of this space, and show it to all that want to know it. The island of Sa Dragonera is, geologically, the continuation of the Majorcan Serra de Tramuntana, but its vegetation is not the same because it is conditioned by the dimensions of the island, by the steep topography and the influence of the sea. The most common vegetation is littoral, in rocky areas, the coastal areas, the brushwoods of wild olive trees and rosemary, which is very abundant. Concerning the fauna of the park, its name Dragonera gives much away. The common gecko and the lizard are the only known reptiles on the island of sa Dragonera. In fact, apart from the birds, there were no mammals until the arrival of humans. In this way rabbits, goat, sheep, hedgehogs and rats were introduced, some of them for specific purposes and others in accidentally. The vell marí was an autochthonous mammal inhabiting the area, but declined in number and, in fact, there are now just a few left in the Mediterranean. The cetaceans that still can be frequently seen are the common dolphin and the dofí mular. As usually happens in natural parks in coastal areas, birds are the most habitual fauna, numerous and diverse. Sa Dragonera, Pantaleu and la Trapa were declared ZEPA areas (Bird Special Protection Zone). The most frequent marine species are the puffin, cormorant, virot, vulgar seagull and red seagull. Among the percy birds, are the peregrin falcon, the falcó marí, the kestrel and the little owl.
It is located in an old Majorcan manor house of the Gelabert de la Portella family. The only architectural element that has endured over time is an impressive Gothic pointed arch, as the current house is the result of transformations and extensions carried out between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. It serves as an exhibition hall, with works by local and national artists, as well as a stage for theater performances, film screenings and music concerts.
The Casal Son Tugores is located in the municipality of Alaró and acts as a multifunctional hall where we can find art galleries, conference rooms and the municipal library of Alaró.
The La Tafona gallery is part of the cultural activities at the Hotel La Residencia in Deià, which is pleased to make its services available to all guests.
The gallery was opened in November 2007 with an exhibition by artist Pascual de Cabo. It is located in an old Mallorcan house, and the exhibition area extends from the main room on the ground floor to the vaulted basement which can be reached via a staircase.
The museum is the same house where the artist lived half his life, where he carried out some of his most important work as a painter. The building houses a large part of Dionís Bennàssar’s artistic legacy, as well as many of his personal objects, furniture, etc. In this 17th century house, visitors can view the Foundation’s art patrimony, comprising several collections: Oils on canvas, watercolours, drawing, sculpture, etc. The museum also houses the Fundación Dionís Bennàssar offices.
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