Iglesia Capdepera

Religious | Capdepera

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.