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u Santuari de Lluc VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

The monestir at Lluc is the spiritual centre of Practical Information
Mallorca and has been a place of pilgrimage 5 Apr–Sep: 10am–9pm daily;
for over 800 years. The main point of interest Oct–Mar: 10am–8pm daily.
Museum: Tel 971 871 525.
is the little statue of the Virgin (La Moreneta Open 10am–2pm daily. &
de Lluc), which, so the story goes, was found Botanical Garden: Open
in a cave by an Arab shepherd boy who had 10am–1pm & 3–6pm daily.
converted to Christianity. The image was School Grounds Sa Fonda Restaurant: Tel 971 517
022. Open 1–4pm & 7–9:15pm
initially moved to the church but it kept The buildings behind the church belong to the Els Blauets, a Wed–Mon. Closed Mon pm.
returning to the same spot. A chapel was school choir founded in 1531. The name derives from the choir’s _ Pujol dels Misteris del Rosari
built to house this miraculous object and Statue of Joaquim Rosselló i Ferra` blue cassocks. (Mar/Apr). ∑ lluc.net
this has since been decorated with precious Father Rosselló, who arrived in Lluc in 1891, was the Transport
stones. Thousands of pilgrims now arrive founder of the Sacred Heart Missionary Congregation @ From Palma.
and the spiritual reviver of the sanctuary.
here every year to pay homage.

La Dormició de la Verge
The first of the seven steles carved by Miquell Cosquell and
Pere Merçol (1399), once standing along the road between
Caimari and the sanctuary, now stands in Plaza dels Pelegrins.

. Els Porxets
The 16th-century
building was extended
in the early 18th
century. It consists of
pilgrim quarters on the
first floor and stables
on the ground floor.

Statue of Bishop Campins
A patron of the sanctuary, Bishop Pere-
Joan Campins commissioned Antoni
Gaudí and Guillem Reynés to renovate
the basilica and build its Way of the Cross.
. La Moreneta
KEY de Lluc
The tiny statue of La
1 Church The original Renaissance- Moreneta (“the little
Baroque church was built during dark One”) is just
1622–84 and was designed by . Museu de Lluc 62 cm (24 in) high.
Jaume Blanquer. Much of the Opened in 1952, the museum It stands in a niche Plaza dels Pelegrins
complex dates from the 18th houses local handicraft, such as inside the chapel, The drive leading to the monastery is surrounded
and 19th centuries.
siurells (whistles) and majolica, as built between 1707 by greenery and lined with bars, cafés and souvenir
2 Dormitories well as works of art, paintings, and 1724, at the back shops. It provides a magnificent view of the Serra
coins and archaeological finds. of the main altar. de Tramuntana.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp148–50 and pp155–9

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