Garden Miramar

Fascination with the beauty of the mountain range and intense blue of the sea made Archduke Lluís Salvador turn this old medieval monastery into his permanent residence. Situated in a privileged enclave 350 metres above sea level, it gave its name to the Park that the romantic traveller thought up so he could enjoy the natural beauty of the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range.

Miramar is the place where the wilderness interacts with the gardens created by the Archduke as a tribute to Ramon Llull, a sage, poet and philosopher who founded the monastery and a school of oriental languages in 1276. 

Visitors will first come across the garden in front of the house, which is laid out in the shape of a cross and features palm trees that the Archduke had transported from Elche. They can also admire the remains of a Gothic cloister from a former convent in the city of Palma. Next is the garden of the Chapel of the Trinity, where a large Byzantine cross in boxwood and Chinese orange wood commemorates the place where the old monastery once stood.

Finally comes the Moro garden, situated right on the edge of the cliff and built upon mighty retaining walls topped with crenelated ramparts. Interlinked circles and triangles are drawn on the ground, reproducing the geometry of the Ars lul·liana, the most important philosophical work by the medieval mystic.