Santuari de Nostra Senyora de Cura
The Santuari de Nostra Senyora de Cura monastery (short: Santuari de Cura ) is located on the tip of the Puig de Randa on the Balearic island of Mallorca at an altitude of 543 meters between the communities of Algaida and Llucmajor . The isolated mountain, at the foot of which lies the small village of Randa , which belongs to the municipality of Algaida , rises steeply above the Mallorcan lowlands and can be seen from afar from all directions. The top of the mountain is crowned not only by the Cura monastery, but also by a balloon-like radar system, which can be seen from afar more clearly than the monastery. The Franciscan monastery is the highest and largest of the three monasteries on the Puig de Randa and for the Mallorcans the second most important place of pilgrimage on the island after the Santuari de Lluc .
history
The "Cura", as the monastery is called for short, has its origins in hermitages, which were built here in 1229 immediately after the Christian reconquest of Mallorca by King James I of Aragón . On the mountain there are still sleeping places carved into the rock from this time. The former sleeping place of Ramon Llull, which is still adorned with flowers and gifts, is located in a crevice south of the Cura.
The Santuari de Nostra Senyora de Cura is closely related to the name Ramon Llull (Raimundus Lullus, 1232-1316). The famous Mallorcan logician , philosopher and theologian , who grew up at the king's court and initially worked as the prince's tutor, retired as a hermit on the Randaberg in 1263 and lived and worked here for almost ten years. During this time he learned the Arabic language , founded an Arabic and Latin school for the training of missionaries and wrote many of his famous writings. The Cura was one of the places where the Catalan language was elevated from a dialect to a language of culture and literature, because Ramon Llull wrote in the vernacular Catalan as well as in Latin and Arabic. Important writings by Ramon Llull are now in the library of Cardinal Nicolaus von Cues (1401–1464) in the Cusanus pen in Bernkastel-Kues on the Moselle.
Since the middle of the 19th century, the buildings of the Cura have been falling into disrepair and it was not until August 1913 that the Franciscans Tertiary were officially granted the use of this place of pilgrimage by the diocese .
In January 1976, shortly after the death of the Spanish dictator Franco , a meeting of several democratic groups from the Valencian Community , Catalonia and the Balearic Islands took place in the monastery . The meeting failed because of differing views on the concept of the Països Catalans and ended the consensus of the opposition forces. The monastery was once again the scene of a political event when, on March 13, 1977, the Assemblea Popular presented the Estatut Cura here , which dealt with questions of autonomy for the Balearic Islands.
present
Today the Cura is one of the monasteries in Mallorca, in which the tract with the old monk cells was renovated and is now run by the Franciscan brothers as a hotel that not only accepts pilgrims . The 32 rooms are of modern standard, all have their own bathroom and the television is not missing.
Actually, the term "monastery" is incorrect. There is no real "monastery" in the whole of Mallorca. Without exception, these are "sanctuaries" ("Santuari") or hermits ("Eremita"). The Santuari de Cura was never a monastery either; but it is administered by four friars of the Franciscan order. The two other “Santuaris” on Mount Randa (Gracia and Honorat), which you pass on the way to the summit of the “Cura”, are actually “sanctuaries” and served as hermitages for hermits. While the Santuari de Nostra Senyora de Cura is on the summit of the Randaberges, the Santuari de Nostra Senyora de Gràcia can be found in the eastern cliff, on the top of which is the Ermita de Sant Honorat - directly above the Santuari de Gràcia, which is like a swallow's nest nestling in the steep wall.
A small Ramon Llull Museum is now housed in the former Santuari de Cura grammar hall. Here you will find numerous old writings, everyday objects and pictures by Ramon Llull.
Souvenir shop next to the monastery church
The restaurant is now located on this archway.
Quiet place below the monastery
The famous Randa liqueur
Panorama from the Bahia de Palma to the northern tip of Mallorca photographed from the Randaberg
Web links
- Santuari de Cura Monastery: History. Retrieved April 7, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ^ David Ginard i Féron, Mallorca during the Franco dictatorship , Verlag Walter Frey Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-925867-58-9 , page 160
- ^ David Ginard i Féron, Mallorca during the Franco dictatorship , Verlag Walter Frey Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-925867-58-9 , page 161
Coordinates: 39 ° 31 '37 .3 " N , 2 ° 55' 35.3" E