Santuari de Sant Salvador

The Santuari de Sant Salvador monastery (Spanish: Santuario de San Salvador), founded in 1342, is located at an altitude of 509 meters on Puig de Sant Salvador mountain in the southeast of the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, near the town of Felanitx.

The origins of the San Salvador monastery can be traced back to 1348 and to King Pere IV of Aragon, who commissioned its construction. The original pilgrimage church was built on the 509-meter-high mountain of the same name after a plague wave. As this church could no longer cope with the flow of pilgrims, the current church was built in 1715. In 1885, the site was auctioned off by the town of Felanitx. Until 1992, the monastery was managed by monks; since 1992, it has been run by two Mallorcan families who operate a restaurant and rent out rooms here.