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San Juan also became the center for the Catholic Church’s evangelization of the New World; numerous churches, convents, and monasteries were established throughout the island to aid in this effort.
In a valley of orange orchards and olive groves, Sóller is a compact little town of well-preserved 18th- and 19th-century mansions and agreeable churches and convents.
These Christmas Masses, as they were called, were celebrated in the convents and churches, but eventually were moved to the haciendas, farms, and ranches, and finally to the neighborhoods.
As you explore the neighborhood, you’ll come across the historic parish church with its landmark bell tower, and the convents of La Trinidad and San Francisco (it is said that Miguel de Cervantes, creator of the famous Don Quixote, lodged at the latter).
Some Bevilacquas drank even less water than their wineloving neighbors ( Bevivinos may have been even more intemperate); the spiritual love of some Amantis was directed toward women other than their wives and the patronymic form D'Amanti given to the children of such unions; some Santillis and Salvos were notably profane; and some Carideos and Donadios were assumed to be dear to or given by God because no one else stepped forward to explain how they came to be left on the steps of convents or monasteries.