Santuario de Lluc
Key facts
- Type
- Monastery
- Religious order
- Augustinian
- Era
- 13th Century
- Architectural style
- Renaissance-Baroque
- Founded
- 1229
- Current status
- Active
- Location
- Escorca, Mallorca
Mallorca's most sacred site, set in the Serra de Tramuntana mountains. Home to the dark-skinned Virgin of Lluc (La Moreneta) and the famous Els Blauets boys' choir.
Highlights
- Mallorca's spiritual heart
- La Moreneta — dark Virgin of Lluc
- Els Blauets boys' choir
- Serra de Tramuntana setting
More Monasteries in this region
- Monasterio de La Real — Cistercian, 13th Century. A 13th-century Cistercian monastery founded by James I the Conqueror after taking Mallorca from the Moors. It was the first Christian religious foundation on the island.