It pastoret
Es pastoret ( German : The Shepherd ) is a monument in Son Servera on the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca . It commemorates the victims of an epidemic in 1820.
location
The monument is located in the center of Son Servera in the north of Plaça de Sant Joan , west of the church of Sant Joan Bautista .
Design and history
It pastoret was created by the local artist Eduardo Servera . The bronze figure depicting a shepherd stands on a raw, unworked stone slab. It pastoret wears a wide, pleated shirt, puffed knee breeches, sandals and a long coat with a wide cape collar . A rat stands up on his left foot. A plaque to the left of the sculpture explains the meaning of the memorial in Catalan , Spanish , English and German (in memory of the victims of the black plague ).
The memorial commemorates a serious plague epidemic that hit Son Servera in 1820 and killed 1040 of the village's 1808 residents. There are several traditions about the outbreak of the disease, one of which is thematized with the sculpture. Accordingly, in May 1820 a ship coming from Tangier anchored off the coast. A crew member who died on board was buried by members of the crew on Mallorca's beach and covered with a coat. A shepherd from Son Servera is said to have taken off his coat to protect himself from the coolness of the night. He passed away the very next day. One day later, there should have been another 50 deaths. Other traditions assume that two men from Son Servera helped unload a ship loaded with wheat , became infected and spread the disease in the village.
After the outbreak of the unknown disease, the doctor from Son Servera and his colleague from Artà decided to isolate the sick. At the beginning of June, a health commission decided to strictly cordon off Son Servera from the other regions with the help of the military. The residents of Son Servera no longer dared to leave their homes. The situation was not under control again until the end of August, but the barriers remained in force for longer and were not lifted until February 1, 1821. The day was declared a public holiday. Even today, the end of the disaster is commemorated with a mass on this day. In the end, only 768 people survived in the village.
The memorial commemorates the victims of the epidemic as well as the survivors who built the place.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Marga Font: Mallorca , Ed .: Institut dèstudis baleàrics, 2015, ISBN 978-84-8478-638-2 , page 227
Coordinates: 39 ° 37 '14.7 " N , 3 ° 21' 36.7" E