Iglesia de Calvià

Religious | Calvià

The present church of Calvià, dedicated to San Juan Bautista, replaces a church already documented in 1248 under the name of Sante Johannes de Caviano. It was, according to the preserved descriptions, a small medieval church, built on an old farmhouse, which was modified and expanded until, in the eighteenth century, it was decided to demolish it, in order to build a new building that would accommodate all the parishioners of the parish. The new church, whose construction began on July 25, 1867, was built on the foundations of the old one, which was almost completely destroyed, preserving some remains: a corner of the Sagrario tower, an access portal that went from the rectory to the interior of the temple, part of the bottom of a chapel and a crypt in front of the current chapel of San Sebastián. The church of Calvià, visible from almost all the town, is a historicist temple that combines neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic elements.