Iglesia de Selva

Religious | Selva

There are many reasons beyond religion that contribute to make a church an emblematic building, and one of them is to have a good location. The church of Sant Llorenç undoubtedly meets this condition, with its front standing out in the middle of the main square of Selva (Mallorca) and its beaked bell tower of sprouting windows and pyramidal roof protruding among the surrounding buildings, wanting to scratch the sky of the Raiguer region. It has been there for a long time, since the 14th century, when it came to replace another even more primitive temple, although successive alterations have gradually changed its face. Of its two facades; one is the product of one of these reforms; the other, however, was part of the original Romanesque ensemble. Of that primitive aspect and of its mixed function as a fortress, the loopholes in the upper part also speak: small windows where the archers found just the right width for their arrows. A lot of art, many valuable elements concentrated in this temple consecrated to the patron saint of the town, San Lorenzo. It is not surprising that it is considered of cultural interest.