All of Mallorca’s hermitages can somehow be traced back to 1275 when Ramon Llull first started the Mallorcan Eremitismo. Ermitas are religious retreats of originally a small proportion, all of them outside of Palma. As they grew in size, they were called santuarios (monasteries).
The photo shows the Santuari de Nostra Señora de Sant Salvador, also called Santuari de la Mare de Déu de Sant Salvador, near Felanitx. It was founded as a small ermita and chapel in 1348, and extended to today’s dimensions during the 18th century. It was then run by the monks of the same congregation that can be found at the Ermita de Betlém, near Artà, belonging to the order of Sant Pau i Sant Antoni. The hermits from Sant Salvador in Felanitx vacated their monastery in 1992 to join up with their brothers of Sant Pau i Sant Antoni at the Ermita de la Santíssima Trinitat in Valldemossa, where some of them are still active today.
Mallorca Ermítica once counted some 40 hermitages on the island of which only five are currently still actively serviced by monks. Times are a-changing.
The photo was taken near Felanitx, Mallorca, Baleares, Spain. The date: September 10th, 2009. The time was 14:31:48.
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