MIRAMAR. Raymond Lully’s dream
The passage of time would bring a new figure to Miramar, Archduke Louis Salvador of Austria (1847-1915), the author of the most exhaustive work ever written on the Balearic Islands, Die Balearen. Enamoured of Mallorca, he purchased the former possession where the Miramar monastery was located. At that time, the boundaries of the estate extended as far as the Teix summit, towards to east as far as Son Marroig – a possession that the archduke also bought – and to the west it included the lands and vineyards of S’Estaca (today owned by actor Michael Douglas and his ex-wife, Diandra).
Today Miramar houses a museum where you can find documents and works of art related to Lully and the archduke, as well as a map room, a sculpture by Tantardini and a partial reproduction of the inside of Louis Salvador’s boat, the Nixe II.
- Information of interest
- Address and contact data
Valldemossa-Deia motorway, s/n
Deià
Tel.: (+34) 971 61 60 73.
E-mail. info@sonmarroig.com
www.sonmarroig.com
- How to get there
From Palma, take the Palma-Valldemossa (Ma 1110) motorway. Once in Valldemossa, take the motorway heading towards Deià (Ma 10). Several kilometres further on, take the motorway to Deià. After the hotel, there is a sign on your left indicating the turnoff to the monastery.
- Visiting hours
Monday to Saturday: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (it begins to close at 4:30 pm).
Private tours can be arranged. Telephone: (+34) 649 913 832.
- Indispensable nearby
Cartuja de Valldemossa. The Real Cartuja de Valldemossa (Monastery of the Valldemossa Royal Charterhouse) is worth a visit to discover the life of the Carthusian monks and the traces left by the composer Chopin and the writer George Sand.
Banyalbufar. This is a town on the southwest of the Tramuntana mountain range with a spectacular landscape featuring farming terraces and a cragged coastline that extends from Racó de S'Algar to Port del Canonge.
- Don't miss it
Gardens. Outside the Miramar monastery is the Torre del Moro (Moorish Tower) garden and the Byzantine garden, next to the first lookout tower of the series that Archduke Louis Salvador ordered built along the entire coast.
Library on Raymond Lully. The former stable houses a small library on scholar Raymond Lully.
- External websites
- Links of interest
See Tourism Information Offices
- Address and contact data
Ramon Llull
