DISCOVER THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ANDRATX
On Wednesdays in Andratx you can enjoy a market morning where you will find a wide variety of artisan products, gastronomy, textiles, flowers and much more.
You can also take the “Ruta del Pariatge” where you will get to know the most emblematic places of Andratx and discover each of its corners.
Every Wednesday at 11am in the Plaza de España you can follow the route with a tourist guide.
A boundary cross that provides access to the old town of Andratx from the royal road to the sea. It presided over the entrance to the Pantaleu neighbourhood through the wall gate and the Torre Gran de la Vila, now disappeared. Its uniqueness lies in its 17th century Baroque capital, the use of a shaft with a variety of sundials and the neo-baroque cross.
A free-standing defence tower from the 15th century that formed part of the defensive system together with the wall and its five towers. Built to defend against pirate attacks, it conserves both the entrance gate and some of the original windows, although it has been sectioned off, with the upper floor missing.
It was the seat of the old town hall of Andratx until 1998, built in the classicist style at the end of the 19th century after several fires. It is located in the main square right where the medieval grain warehouse and later a military barracks used to be. As a curiosity, the real headquarters of the Cúria del Pariatge was located right in front of this building presiding over the square.
A typical Gothic house from the 16th-18th centuries located in the area that gave rise to the village of Andratx. It is one of the few examples preserved without later modifications. It stands out for its entrance doorway with a large semicircular arch and the windows with moulded sills.
An old passageway in Sa Creu street that corresponds to one of the entrances to the historic centre of Andratx. It is made up of several terraced houses, creating one of the gates to the fortified enclosure that characterised Andratx since the 15th century.
A boundary cross documented since the 16th century, marking the royal road to Calvià, the access to the parish and the Pou Amunt neighbourhood. It was looted in 1578. It only conserves the original Baroque capital crowned by a 19th-century neo-Gothic cross vault. It is located above one of the oldest public wells in the village.
The parish church was built between the 18th and early 19th centuries on top of the old one erected in 1248. Gothic in style, it stands out for its size and its Baroque-influenced façade. Its interior has a single nave with side chapels, a ribbed roof and the Fonda chapel. It conserves a great artistic heritage, with several baroque altarpieces standing out.
The current seat of the town hall corresponds to a large house in the possession of an old Arab farmhouse. Since medieval times it has undergone extensions and modifications. The tower known as Torre des Sagrament from the 15th century and the modification of the whole complex at the beginning of the 20th century in a monumental neo-Gothic style with large terraces and the location of the sculpture of the head of the pirate Barbaroja of mythological inspiration stand out.
Welcome to the Ruta del Pariatge, a small route through the historic centre of Andratx, where you can explore the ancient buildings and streets that marked the history of this seafaring town besieged by Saracen pirate attacks from medieval times until almost the 18th century.
