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Christianity sacred sites in Balearic Islands, Spain
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Cathedral of Menorca
Ciutadella de Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
The Cathedral of Menorca stands in the old town of Ciutadella, its Catalan Gothic nave begun in 1300 on the site of the city's principal mosque....
Cathedral of Santa Maria of Ibiza
Eivissa, Balearic Islands, Spain
The Cathedral of Santa Maria of Ibiza stands at the highest point of Dalt Vila, Ibiza's fortified old town....
Church of Sant Antoni de Portmany
Sant Antoni de Portmany, Balearic Islands, Spain
Overlooking the harbor at the heart of Sant Antoni de Portmany, this fortified parish church has stood since the early 14th century, when the Archbishop of Tarragona...
Church of Sant Francesc Xavier
Sant Francesc Xavier, Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain
The parish church of Sant Francesc Xavier is the plain, thick-walled heart of Formentera's capital, raised between 1726 and the late 1730s to serve a resettled island...
Ermita de Betlem
Artà, Balearic Islands, Spain
Ermita de Betlem sits some nine kilometers into the hills above Artà, on a hermitage founded in 1805 by monks who built over an old watchtower and named the place for the...
Monte Toro Sanctuary
Es Mercadal, Balearic Islands, Spain
At 358 meters, Monte Toro is the only real summit on an otherwise low-lying island, and its church has been Menorca's spiritual center since the late thirteenth century....
Palma Cathedral
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Palma Cathedral, known locally as La Seu, stands directly on Palma's old sea wall, its immense Gothic nave and rose window visible from the water long before a visitor...
Sanctuary of Bonany
Petra, Balearic Islands, Spain
On a 317-metre hill above the town of Petra, the Sanctuary of Bonany has drawn Mallorcan villagers to pray to the Virgin Mary since the early 1600s....
Sanctuary of Cura
Algaida, Balearic Islands, Spain
Sanctuary of Cura crowns Puig de Randa, the highest point of central Mallorca, and is the island's second most visited pilgrimage site after the Santuari de Lluc....
Sanctuary of Lluc
Escorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
High in Mallorca's Serra de Tramuntana, the Sanctuary of Lluc keeps a dark stone Virgin that tradition says was found by a shepherd in the 13th century....
Sanctuary of Monti-Sion
Porreres, Balearic Islands, Spain
On a 250-meter hill outside Porreres, this Marian sanctuary has drawn Mallorcan pilgrims since the late 15th century....
Sanctuary of Nostra Senyora de Gràcia
Llucmajor, Balearic Islands, Spain
Built into the rock beneath a cliff face on Puig de Randa, the Sanctuary of Nostra Senyora de Gràcia began as a Franciscan hermit's cave in the mid-15th century and grew...
Sanctuary of Puig de Maria
Pollença, Balearic Islands, Spain
Reached only on foot, up a steep stone path above Pollença, this small Marian sanctuary was raised in 1348 as a town's collective plea against the Black Death....
Sanctuary of Sant Honorat
Algaida, Balearic Islands, Spain
Sant Honorat is the lower and least-visited of the three historic sanctuaries on Mallorca's Puig de Randa, founded by hermits in the 1390s and still home today to a small...
Sanctuary of Sant Salvador
Felanitx, Balearic Islands, Spain
Above the town of Felanitx, on a 509-metre summit in Mallorca's Serra de Llevant, the Sanctuary of Sant Salvador has drawn pilgrims to its Marian image since a votive...
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