Cloister and church Sant Vicenç Ferrer

Religious | Manacor

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.