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Sights & Activities
Calvari PILGRIMAGE SITE
(Carrer del Calvari) They don't call it Calvari (Calvary) for nothing. Some pilgrims do it on
their knees, but plain walking up the 365 cypress-lined steps from the town centre to the
18th-century hilltop chapel, the Oratori del Calvari , is penance enough. This may not be
a stairway to heaven, but there are soul-stirring views to savour back over the town's mo-
saic of terracotta rooftops and church spires to the Tramuntana beyond.
Església de la Mare de Déu dels Àngels CHURCH
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(Plaça Major; 11am-1pm & 3-5pm Jun-Aug, shorter hours rest of year) A church was first
raised on this site in Gothic style shortly after the conquest in 1229, but was given a com-
plete makeover in the 18th century, so what you see today is mostly baroque. The unusu-
ally simple rough-sandstone facade is a lovely backdrop to the square. Lit by a rose win-
dow, the interior has an unusual barrel-vaulted ceiling and extravagant ceiling frescoes.
Museu de Pollença MUSEUM
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(Carrer de Guillem Cifre de Colonya; adult/child €1.50/free; 10am-1pm & 5.30-8.30pm Tue-Sat
Jun-Sep, shorter hours rest of year) This museum's star attraction is the 17th-century
baroque cloister of the Convent de Sant Domingo, in which the museum is housed, and a
bright Buddhist Kalachakra mandala donated by the Dalai Lama to the town in 1990.
Other exhibits include archaeological finds from the surrounding area and some Gothic
altarpieces.
Museu Martí Vicenç MUSEUM
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( www.martivicens.org ; Carrer del Calvari 10; 10.30am-2pm & 5-8pm Mon & Wed-Sat,
10.30am-2pm Sun) A short way up the Calvari steps is the Museu Martí Vicenç.
The weaver and artist Martí Vicenç Alemany (1926-95) bought this property, once part
of a giant Franciscan monastery that also included the nearby former Església de Monti-
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strewn around several rooms.
Casa-Museu Dionís Bennàssar MUSEUM