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.
The first parish church was known as Santa Maria de Marratxí and was founded in the 13th century. Restored in 1699, it later suffered great damage during the earthquake of 1851, and was rebuilt in the Renaissance style and has a baroque style altar that deserves consideration. It is dedicated to Sant Marçal, who is the patron saint of Marratxí.
The Parish Church of Santa Maria del Camino (Mallorca) is a temple erected in the eighteenth century on an old church built in the thirteenth century and modified several times, without ever having changed its location coinciding with the current one. The facade follows the tradition of Mallorcan baroque, of smooth furniture, forming a single body. It has two lateral pilasters with scales and topped by green hydrias, a central rose window and two smaller oculi. The front has a mixtilinear pattern, reminiscent of the shape of a copiña, and blue tile decoration.
The primitive church of s’Arenal stands on a high place, called ”es fossar”. Located on a plot that was donated by it’s owner Antonio Salvá de l’Allapassa i Ripoll. On Febuary 25, 1856, the first stone was laid and on july 12 of the same year the first part of the oratory was blessed and inaugurated. The work were completed in 1902 and is neo gothic style. Du to the demographic growth of s’Arenal, this temple was small and the construction of the new church began in 1969, conserving the precious construction. The new temple opened it’s doors in 1971. Schedule Masses * Weekdays : 19:30 hrs. * Holidays 10:00/11:30/19:30 hrs.
Its tight proportions make Sant Jaume a space of great simplicity and beauty. A 14th-century building, it has six vaulted sections with rectangular-based side chapels that provide access to the polygonal presbytery floor, finished by four absidioles with a quadrangular layout that are not always symmetrical. The building has undergone no subsequent modifications, and the keystones still have the coats of arms of the benefactors who propitiated its construction. In this regard, the church is a veritable heraldic display case. Most of its altarpieces are modern, and the artistic remains from the medieval period include a fragment of a table representing the patron saint during worship and pilgrimage, attributed to the painter Francesc Comes. There was also a notable 16th-century sculpture representing the Crucified Christ, from the Sant Sepulcre oratory (today the Diocesan Museum). The main doorway is later than the rest of the church, dating from 1776, and in stylistic terms belongs to the late Baroque period. The bell tower rises up on the left side of the façade and has a quadrangular base. The chapels are Gothic, except for the Sagrario, which is 17th-century Baroque and presided over by an altarpiece dedicated to Sant Gaietà (St. Cajetan); it also contains the Cotoner family sepulchre, where the hearts of Rafel and Nicolau Cotoner, grand masters of the Order of Malta, are kept. The third chapel on the right, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, is noteworthy, and contains a classicist image from 1813.
The parish church is one of the most representative buildings of Andratx, founded in 1248, shortly after the conquest of 1229 as stated in the bull of Pope Innocent IV. The old church building must have been of the typology of the small repopulation churches that were built in Mallorca during the 13th century.
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 14th century church, renovated in the years 1755-1773, stands on a wide and characteristic embankment that the village calls els Graons. The facade is a high wall with a sober portal and rose window; the side wall has the category of main facade, with a portico from 1646, crowned by a medallion with the coat of arms of the town; on both facades, two sundials. The bell tower is of five bodies, with double windows in the superior body, balcony and octagonal tower covered by a dome on which another small balcony surrounds the lantern. The nave has a barrel vault over slightly pointed arches and lunettes; on the frets there are fabric paintings with gilded frames and floral drawings on stone. The apse has a trapezoidal floor plan, with a semicircular arch and a splendid pendentive with gilded striations. The chapels have pointed arches and ribbed vault. In 1954, the plaster was removed from the rose window of the façade and the windows; some of the canvases that used to cover the blinded windows, with paintings of prophets, Jaune Martorell, from 1775, are preserved in the choir.
The church of Puigpunyent was one of the first to be built in Mallorca, authorized by a bull of Pope Innocent III in 1237. During this occupation the cultivation of olive groves and vineyards intensified.
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