The old city of Palma de Mallorca - The Southwest

The front is a bit heavy with the stone balconies framing the portal, the portal arc decorated with the arms of Berga by sculptor Juan Deya, gives access to the patio. This large patio, arcaded Baroque, reproduced, adapted to its scale, the order of Majorcan patios.

In 1942, the Can Berga was sold to the Ministry of Justice, the current owner, it now houses the Palace of Justice.

On one side stands an olive tree (olivera de Cort) transplanted from an area near Pollença.

The building was originally the headquarters of jurados, executive arm of the former kingdom of Majorca. Following the changes that occurred in the eighteenth century, the municipality of Palma inherited the building and furniture of the former University of the Kingdom of Majorca.

On the top floor of the main facade is "En Figuera" and what colloquially called the town clock. The current system dates back to 1863, but a clock struck the hour here for centuries.

The eaves carved, supported by caryatids, dates from 1680 and is popular with tourists and Majorcans to shade it provides the hot hours of mid-day.

The church, dedicated to Saint Eulalia of Barcelona was built in the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, it is the oldest church after the Palma cathedral. This church has historical significance for the Kingdom of Majorca, for it is here, September 12, 1276, that was crowned King of Majorca, Jaume II, son of King Jaume I of Aragon, granting privileges and Treaty autonomy of the Kingdom of Majorca.

The building is very representative of the Catalan Gothic. Outside, a terrace, which partially surrounds the ceiling of the nave is decorated with gargoyles depicting dragons, harpies, and basil… typical representatives of the medieval bestiary.

The tower, which dates from the nineteenth century, is tall, with a tapered cover.

The church has two entrances: one on the neo-Gothic façade, the other on the left side.

The altar is churrigueresque (Spanish Baroque) and is the work of the Dominican monk Fray Albert Burgunya, as well as the seven chapels in the ambulatory: those of Santo Cristo de la Conquista de Santa Catalina, San Luis and La Piedad de Cristo. The St. Eulalia home in the first chapel on the right, a magnificent Gothic altarpiece of the fifteenth century.

This beautiful set was restored in the early nineteenth century.

Visiting hours: Monday to Friday, from 9:30 to 12:00 and from 18:30 to 20:30, Saturday from 10:30 to 13:00 and from 18:30 to 20:30 and Sunday from 9:30 to 13:30 and from 18:30 to 19:30.

Admission is free.

A general transformation of the building, including the beautiful patio decorated with marble columns, was undertaken by the Valencian Jaume d’Espinosa. This transformation was a model, with greater or lesser extent and more or less success, to transform most of the patios of Palma.

In this house was hatched the plot Philippist for the Bourbons during the War of Spanish Succession.

This patio is among those that have been preserved, the oldest of Palma. The building, in the Gothic style, is remarkable for its arches, octagonal columns and its entrance. There a few years ago during renovations done by the owners, it was discovered Gothic murals, now preserved at the Museum of Mallorca.

In his book on the city of Palma, the Archduke Ludwig Salvator called this house "Can Meliá".

At the entrance, one of the oldest parts of the patio there are two gates made at different times: the right to the late Gothic style, with beautiful reliefs, unique in Mallorca for its typology and the left, the Renaissance. At the end of the patio, stand the arc and reduces the side staircase leading to the main floor. At the end of the staircase is a preserved funerary inscription found during the renovation of the house, dedicated to Manlia Severa, a Roman woman.

The mid-twentieth century the building has undergone a major transformation with the construction of the loggia overlooking the patio, in this work was discovered a Roman tombstone that can be seen against the wall that is in the vault.

In the seventeenth century Can Oleza was owned by the Descos family, whose coat of arms appears on the Renaissance window to the left of the outer gate. From the entrance, you enter the patio through a rectangular courtyard characteristic of the Italian Renaissance. The open gallery or balcony, located above the side staircase, reduced arches and windows with reliefs, are a clear example. Columns and balustrade of the open gallery suggest the Baroque style which will take place slowly in the courtyards of the city.

The Can Oleza was classified as a historical monument in 1973.

The Can Frontera was converted into a hotel, the Palacio Ca Sa Galesa hotel.

The patio is the result of changes in the eighteenth century. The segmental arches, the upper railing, window, balcony railing and lintel and the side staircase, stone Santanyí, with its wrought iron railing, are the characteristics of this particular hotel.

The Gothic portal located to the left of the hall bears the arms of Armadans and comes from the medieval house of the family that still exists in the street Can Sanç. The staircase leads to a large gallery, the shield of Oms shines the balcony window located above the stairs.

It is accessed by a semi-circular portal, expanded its base by "escopidors" for the passage of carts. At the entrance, the ceiling is divided into two sections by a low central arch. At the bottom of the stairs the court of the nineteenth century is.

The court has a typical structure, fenced porches formed by columns and semicircular arches.

Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 14:00, Mondays and Wednesdays, from 16:15 to 19:45.

The current building - designed by architect Gabriel Alomar - replaced an earlier building in 1950. The patio meets the baroque typology with semicircular arches on Ionic columns. Also of note, on the upper floor, some mullioned windows.

On the left of the entrance hall we see a mural depicting the historical event of the keys to the city by the Almohad governor Abu Yahya Jaume I, nicknamed "the Conqueror". This work, carried out in workshops Guillem Segui was forged and extended hand of iron plate of 3 mm, and its weight is about 1 000 kg. Its construction was started in 1976 and ended in December 1981.

In the middle of the hall is a Roman merchant ship anchor medium type, probably dating from the third century BC. At the bottom, near the garden, the remains of architectural elements of the old building.

The façade, with three floors, has an arched portal and a door a little more to the right. On the first floor you can admire two balconies and a window, balcony, under the porch, small octagonal pillars. The lobby is covered with a beamed ceiling and to the left, over a small staircase, there is a hall with a semicircular arch, which leads to a room. On the right is a portal surmounted by a lintel. An archway leads to the paved patio that reveals, on the right, a medieval period staircase that maintains a well octagonal tank.

The house belonged to the sixteenth century to the Gual-Moix family. In 1628, it was acquired by Dr. Joan Jaume Alemany. In the eighteenth century it was the residence of columnist Joan Jaume Alemany i Moragues (1693-1753), author of a History of Mallorca.

Visit: the circuit with 10 rooms, fully furnished, in Can Marques reveals part of the life of the bourgeoisie of Palma in the early twentieth century.

Hours: daily except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10:00 to 15:00.

Entry fee: € 6.

Phone: 00 34 971 716 247

This information is found in all the guidebooks and maps of the city of Palma, in reality, Can Marques can not be visited by a decision of the owner. The Can Marques is being restored.

The house has undergone several transformations, one at the end of the eighteenth century, one in 1936 and one more recently. During the reform made ​​at the end of the eighteenth century, the patio has adopted the current typology, which combines local tradition with the aesthetics of French baroque, classical significantly. The patio of the eighteenth century, characterized by the use of pilasters singular instead of the usual Ionic columns - pilasters shaped furniture legs. The patio also provides an interesting contribution to wrought iron, both on the banister and the hoop iron tank, also with balconies on the first floor with wrought iron. The portal is low arch.

The Archduke Ludwig Salvator called this house "Can Garau"

"With fluted marble columns, square, which extend from the base to capital."

One of the arms visible in the courtyard, on the left is that of Muntanyans-Berard family and dates from the fifteenth century. The origin of this blazon of marriage comes Nicolau de Muntanyans Verí and Beatriu de Berard Santjoan. In 1556, the house was owned by Humbert de Togores Muntanyans.

In the seventeenth century, Can Muntanyans, located near the apse of the cathedral, became the property of the Church and the residence of the canons sextons, as St. Peter and St. Bernard neighboring former hospital. For this reason, the building is also known as the "Sacristanat". Today Can Muntanyans is integrated into the retirement home for elderly priests established in the Baroque building of the Fraternity of St. Peter and St. Bernard.

Despite the renovations, the house still retains the Muntanyans important Gothic elements, such as the entry of the study with the crest of the family, the arches of the patio and the interior rooms, and a set of badges representative of Late Majorcan Gothic.

During the first three decades of the twentieth century lived here the canon and writer Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, as recalled by one placed to the right of the portal plaque. The house was renovated in 1990.

Since sober inlet passage, you enter the house through the patio, passing under a Gothic arch, discovered during the renovation. At the end of the patio, we noticed a patch that was excavated from the Place du Rosaire, specifically the monastery of St. Dominic now disappeared. This badge has a cross with a lily flower shape and a star above. The patio is still modest in size, but retains some traditional elements.

The patio, which probably dates from the nineteenth century, adopted the traditional model. It has a double inlet passage with arches, and remains of medieval elements such as blinded arc on the wall on the right side of the stairs.