Escorca
Escorca with its only 276 inhabitants, is located on the northwest coast of Mallorca in the mountains of the Tramuntana.It is the coldest and wettest place on the island and thus the most scenic place.
Each year more than 1 million tourists in the peaceful town, because the stone is Escorca sea gate of Sa Calobra with the same winding road, on the other hand, the famous mountain gorge Torrent de Pareis. Escorca is before the de Puig Major, also located at the two reservoirs.
The central focus of the community is the Lluc with the legendary "Black Madonna", and nobody knows where she has appeared. In this monastery trained priests since 1456. Even today the Priest entertain beside a monastery hostel a few museums.
History
Mallorca was conquered by the Christians, a rich Arab couple lost their possessions. To be able to live, they switched over to the Christian faith and had their children baptized. Luke (malloquinisch Lluc) was the little son, a shepherd and is responsible for the sheep and goats. One day he saw a light and found a small statue of Mary, which oddly enough had the same dark skin like him. He brought them there in the church, where they disappeared strangely and found the next day from small Lluc in the same place, where he found her the day before and she was put back into the church. This event is often repeated, were left to the statue of Mary, where she was found by Lluc.
The story spread among the faithful and in honor of the Black Madonna at the site of a chapel built and is still run by monks as a place of pilgrimage.
The Templars played in this community a great role. The Order was involved in 1229 under James I with the Christian conquest, and was rewarded with lands and manor houses in Escorca. There they took items that today comes close to the town hall.
Sights
Museu de Lluc
Sanctuary of Lluc Torrent Pareis
Sa Calobra
Cala Tuent
Interesting Links
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escorca
La Calobra, Torrent de Pareis http://www.teleweb-mallorca.com/GB/paginas/036_sa_calobra_en.htm