Lluc: The Monastery in the Middle of the Tramuntana
Balearic Islands, Spain
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Lluc: The Monastery in the Middle of the Tramuntana
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Lluc sits high in the Serra de Tramuntana and is the spiritual centre of Mallorca — the sanctuary of the Virgin of Lluc, known as La Moreneta, which legend says a shepherd and a monk found on a rock outcrop beside the torrent that still runs behind the sacristy. Spain has other black Virgins called moreneta — Montserrat and Candelaria among them. Its choir school, Els Blauets, is named for the blue cassocks the boys wear and sings the office in the basilica. Pilgrims walk up from Palma overnight every August in the Marxa des Güell a Lluc a Peu. The mountains round it are the roughest country in the Balearics.
Required Activities
1
of 5
Hear Els Blauets sing, the boys' choir named for the blue cassocks they wear
2
of 5
Find La Moreneta, and find the torrent behind the sacristy where a shepherd and a monk are said to have found her
3
of 5
Walk part of the Camí Vell from the coast up to the sanctuary, which is how people used to arrive
4
of 5
Do the Marxa des Güell a Lluc a Peu in August if you want to walk from Palma overnight with everyone else
5
of 5
Walk into the Tramuntana around it, which is the roughest ground in the Balearics
Hear Els Blauets sing, the boys' choir named for the blue cassocks they wear
Find La Moreneta, and find the torrent behind the sacristy where a shepherd and a monk are said to have found her
Walk part of the Camí Vell from the coast up to the sanctuary, which is how people used to arrive
Do the Marxa des Güell a Lluc a Peu in August if you want to walk from Palma overnight with everyone else
Walk into the Tramuntana around it, which is the roughest ground in the Balearics
Before you go
Every August pilgrims walk overnight from Palma to Lluc in the Marxa des Güell a Lluc a Peu.
Tramuntana roads are narrow and winding with heavy cyclist traffic. Mountain weather here turns quickly.
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300 XP
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