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Iglesia de Sant Joan

Atypical Temple (S. XVIII), built next to an ancient chapel

Altar mayor de la iglesia de Sant Joan, en Ibiza Photo: Xescu Prats
La fachada principal de la iglesia de Sant Joan destaca por los colores blanco y amarillo
La fachada principal de la iglesia de Sant Joan destaca por los colores blanco y amarillo Photo: Xescu Prats
Nave de la iglesia de Sant Joan, al norte de Ibiza
Nave de la iglesia de Sant Joan, al norte de Ibiza Photo: Xescu Prats
Capilla honda de la iglesia de Sant Joan de Labritja
Capilla honda de la iglesia de Sant Joan de Labritja Photo: Xescu Prats
Escalera del coro de la iglesia de Sant Joan
Escalera del coro de la iglesia de Sant Joan Photo: Xescu Prats
Porche anexo a la iglesia de Sant Joan
Porche anexo a la iglesia de Sant Joan Photo: Xescu Prats
Cúpula de la capilla honda de la iglesia de Sant Joan
Cúpula de la capilla honda de la iglesia de Sant Joan Photo: Xescu Prats

The church of Sant Joan was built in the eighteenth century and is an exception in the architecture of temples Pitiusan because it look like the temples in the peninsula.

The church is attached to a chapel built a few years earlier, in 1720, on land donated by Antoni Marí to attract more farmers to work the land because until that moment, to attend religious services, they moved through tortuous paths to Santa Eulalia or Sant Miquel.

 

iglesia de sant joan de labritja san juan ibiza eivissa
Altar mayor de la iglesia de Sant Joan, en IbizaPhoto: Xescu Prats

When the ecclesiastic hierarchy decided to build the new temple, a few years later, the neighbors refused to be built in another place where the chapel was Mila. The solution was not the most pleasing to the authorities, but residents, who were those who would build the church with his own hands, imposed their criteria. The temple was completed in 1770 and five years later, with the creation of the Diocese of Ibiza and the arrival of the first bishop, Manuel Abad y Lasierra, became parish.