Our Lady of the Rosary (Pollença)

Our Lady of the Rosary

Nostra Senyora del Roser is a professed church in Pollença on the Spanish Mediterranean island of Majorca. It forms a unit with the convent of Santo Domingo, which is immediately adjacent. The Museo de Pollença Museum is located in parts of the complex. Edit the source text

The church is located in the southern part of the center of Pollença. North of the city is Jardins Joan March Servera. Architecture and history

The plant was built in its present form in the 16th / 17th century. Century. Church and monastery are connected by a cloister. A music festival takes place in the cloister every summer. The baroque main altar and the organ are preserved in the church, which is now used for art exhibitions. In the church is the tomb of Joan Mas, who is venerated as a hero in the defense of the city against the pirate Dragut.

The museum presents prehistoric finds such as ceramics dating from around 1600 BC, Which were found in a cave near Can Martorellet in the Serra de Tramuntana. Remains of wooden bull figures from the time around 320 BC Were salvaged in a karst cave near Port de Pollença. Pottery works from the 15th century are also shown. The museum houses mainly sculptures and paintings from the parish church of Santa Maria dels Àngels from the 14th century.

Modern art from Pollença, such as the art prize Premi Pollença, is also exhibited, such as a picture of Dionís Bennàssar dating from 1963. Edit source text

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