La Rambla district*

Palma was founded in the year 123 B.C. by the Roman Consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus, Ca Sa Padrina is located near some possible roman constructions.

The Virgin Mary covering with her mantle the 5.000 people that died

The important part of the history of the Turismo de interior and all lower Palma was at three in the morning of the year 1403 of october 14th. The stream Sa Riera that was located at the end of the steet in Las Ramblas flooded. 20.000 people were sleeping. 5.000 people died making it the worst eveenviromental accident in the four islands. The whole area was destroyed but two churches. So the building of Ca Sa Padrina had to be built after 1403.

Commemorative oil painting installed in the Cathedral
Plano Antoni Garau 1644*
Unknown artist Palma 1644*

Drawing from 1736, Carrer Missió with Tereses.

Ca Sa Padrina was the hotel of the building besides (Convento de la Misión de Palma). That is the Convent Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit of Palma. This order had misions in Southeast Asia and when the fathers came to Mallorca stayed in Ca Sa Padrina, that at that time was part of the complex called Convento de la Misión de Palma.

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Juan Alvarez Mendizabal, Minister of the Treasury

In betwen the years 1835 and 1844 a sad event took place. The minister of the treasury of Spain started a project called Desamortización de Mendizabal. This law meant the takeover of the property of the religious orders, in the case of Convento de La Mission, the goverment only took Ca Sa Padrina that was sold.

Even today the fathers of the convent talk about this event and they are not very happy.

Modern Plan with Ca Sa Padrina and Convent de la Missió and the church of la Misión.

Arround 1960 the house had a restoration. In 1999 the facade was restored. The previous owners were from Soller and installed in Palma. In the past there was not many hotels and comunication was complicated, if you came from Soller you had to sleep in Palma, so many people had a property in Palma

Façade of Ca Sa Padrina (C/Tereses 2) and neighbour buildings.

In 2004 The Turismo de Interior Dalt Murada, in the interest to make a good quality Turismo de Interior but at low price.

Bought the building to the family that had owned the house forever and restored the building.  

La Rambla district Source: Las Raices de Palma, Carlos García Delgado pag. 102 Plano Antoni Garau. 1644 Source: Wikipedia Unknown artist 1644 Source https://www.gifex.com/fullsize/2011-02-28-13037/Palma_de_Mallorca_siglo_XVII.html

Picture Mendizabal: Wikipedia https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_%C3%81lvarez_Mendiz%C3%A1bal#/media/Archivo:Juan_Alvarez_Mendiz%C3%A1bal.png