The Church of Sant Julià is a neoclassical church of large proportions in the Majorcan municipality of Campos. It was built during the nineteenth century on the remains of another temple of which retains the sixteenth century bell tower and the chapel of the Roser of the eighteenth century. Inside is the parish museum. The promoter of the construction of the present church was Nadal Cabrer, parish priest of the parish at that time. Of the original building, only the chapel of Santa Llúcia and the Santos Médicos and the bell tower, built between 1584 and 1597, are preserved. The bell tower underwent alterations in 1610, 1693 and 1778 due to partial collapses. It is an isolated church of longitudinal plant with semicircular apse, the sacristy is to the left of the altar, there are seven chapels on each side that are between pilasters of Ionic order in the upper floor there are large windows. The barrel vault roof is decorated with stars framed in coffers. The main facade is on the parish street, on one side is the Calle Mayor and on the other, the Calle Obispo Talladas.
The oratory of Sant Blai is one of the first churches of Mallorca, as it was built after the conquest preserving a primitive Gothic style of small dimensions. The oratory has a garden, formerly a cemetery. On February 3, the day of San Blas, the people of Campos go to the oratory to spend the day, as every year, in the oratory of Sant Blai to venerate the saint, put the healing oil on their necks and bless the rolls of Sant Blai or the candies that, according to tradition, cure and prevent sore throats.
On its way through the old road of Palma - Inca we find the church of Consell right next to the town hall of this municipality. * In this church a weekly mass is celebrated.
These two buildings are located in the Plaça del Convent, in the center of Manacor. The church was begun in 1597 and opened for worship in 1617. This is a typical Mallorcan convent church with a single nave and chapels between the buttresses, with a persistence of Gothic compositional schemes and a sense of moderation and austerity, except for the Roser chapel. The façade originally had a linteled doorway under a semicircular arch, with the figure of the patron saint, San Vicente Ferrer. To the left of the front there is a small bell tower with a pyramidal finish. In the interior also predominates the austerity, although there is certain baroque air for the application of the gildings to the ornamental motives. Of all the chapels, the Roser chapel stands out, which is located to the right of the nave. In this chapel, which can act as a small temple with its own altarpieces, chapels and altar inside the main temple, is where we can observe the most exuberant sample of religious baroque of Manacor, with all the architectural space richly sculpted. Another outstanding element is the pipe organ, probably built towards the end of the 17th century or beginning of the 18th century. Construction of the cloister began in the mid-17th century and continued until an undetermined date in the 18th century, probably until 1744. The structure follows a rectangular plan surrounded by a central courtyard and consists of first floor and first floor. The ensemble follows the baroque scheme, in which the columns and decorated pilasters stand out. The cloister is part of the convent and is a building that was originally closed to the public and used only by the friars of the convent. During the disentailment of 1835 the goods of the order passed into the hands of the State and the cloister was assuming different utilities: telegraph office, prison... Nowadays it is used as municipal dependencies. In 1919 it was declared a National Monument. During the years 2005-2006 a complete restoration of the cloister was carried out.
Bellpuig monastery is located in the vicinity of cami vell de Ciutat (Palma’s old road). The foundation of the monastery dates back to the Catalan conquest of the island. Jaume I granted this land to the Catalan community of monks from the abbey of Bellpuig de les Avellanes. This historic event led to the resettlement of the area and the new settlers reused the existing prehistoric, Roman and Muslim structures. This monastery is organized around a cloister-shaped square courtyard. The church, stores and monastic dependencies are located around this structure. The church is the best preserved structure by far, with the rest of the site lying in ruins. This gothic style church is typical from the Catalan resettlement period. It features a single nave with gabled roof. The decoration in the interior is composed by the geometrical forms of the capitals and a small window in the apse. The Virgin Mary sculpture was transferred to Artà in 1425 after the monks left the site. The monastery was bought then by the Vivot family. The complex passed to the Dameto family in 1637. This family transformed the monastery into a farmhouse modifying the structure of the monastery. The Consell Insular de Mallorca acquired Bellpuig in 1999. Several excavations have been carried out in the monastery and surroundings, bringing to light prehistoric, Roman, Muslim and monastic artefacts.
This small parish church is found in the Colònia de Sant Pere. The birth of this centre of population in 1880 was the fruit of an initiative of the Homar brothers to create an agricultural community in the area. The first families that populated the Colònia built a small oratory dedicated to Saint Peter. Due to an important population growth a larger parish church was built, which came to substitute the old oratory for the present parish church. It is a church with a single nave and attached belfry. The main facade exceeds the nave dimensions and features a portal with a marble stone lintel decorated in its sides with pilasters of ionic style. An ornamental highlight is the fresco of the main altar that represents Saint Peter and the Colònia on the background.
The hermitage of the Santíssima Trinitat (Holy Trinity) is located on the road from Valldemossa to Deià on the right hand side, shortly after the gas station, in front of the restaurant Can Costa, there is a path that will lead us to the hermitage in just over 10 minutes, after having traveled a kilometer. It is recommended to arrive on foot, although it is possible to go up by car. It was founded in 1648 on the ruins of a primitive hermitage in the Trinitat forest, of which some remains remain. Upon entering the enclosure we find a covered entrance, which gives access to the courtyard where there is a small oratory dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. To its left, there is the porter's lodge with the private quarters of the hermits. To the west of the enclosure, a viewpoint offers an extraordinary view of the coast.
The parish church of San Juan Bautista is a construction of a single nave and barrel vault. Dating from the 14th century, it had to be rebuilt in the 18th century due to a fire. It is flanked by a defense tower that has served as a bell tower since the 16th century. The landscape and the popular architecture on the way up to the church, located at the top of the mountain of Deià, stand out. The interior is simple, with a central nave with barrel vault and four chapels on the sides separated by Ionic style pillars. The chapel of the Blood stands out, with a Christ from 1625 and a Virgin of Lluc. In the chapel of San Sebastiá there is a Gothic carving of Saint Onofre rescued from the fire. The altarpiece of the main altar, in Renaissance style, is by Josep Sastre (1777). It is of interest the way up to the church for its splendid landscape, marked by a tiled cross, and a set of prototypical buildings of the popular architecture of the mountain.
Small chapel of the late eighteenth century dedicated to the Mare de Deu d'Agost. It can be reached by two roads, the main and most recent, is the one we found immediately we arrived at the llogaret and is where the bus stop is. But if we continue along the road, a little further up on the left hand side is the old road, beautiful and paved. This is where there is space to park at least 4 or 5 cars as the parking inside is reserved only for residents of Deià. Parking is the most complicated part of this visit. The two roads end at the main street where in a few seconds we see the oratory.
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