It is 1810 and a man is painting the walls of the church of Sant Miquel. His wife, Catalina, arrives and asks him about the meaning of the paintings he is doing, to which Bartomeu, the painter, has few answers. The person who does provide answers is the Monsignor, who surprises the workers from the pulpit. He explains that the political situation is turbulent, that Carlos IV was deposed just a few years ago, and that José Bonaparte now holds power in Spain. Despite this, he refuses to remove the royal flag ‘because you never know’. The Monsignor also takes the opportunity to ask the parishioners to make a donation to the church ‘of whatever they can spare’ in order to raise funds and thus honour Sant Miquel.
This is just a small fragment of the dramatised visit that took place on Saturday morning at the church of Sant Miquel. Lourdes Ferrer, Vicent Marí ‘Palermet’ and Miquel Vingut brought to life a group of people who put on a theatrical performance inside the religious building. Their performances were accompanied at all times by historical explanations about the church.
Torres explained many things, including the structure of the site, which has three chapels carved into the walls. Each chapel is dedicated to a religious figure: the first is dedicated to Mare de Déu del Carme, the patron saint of sailors who is of great importance in the area; the second is dedicated to Vicent Ferrer; and the third is dedicated to Sant Antoni.
The story then went back further in time to 1690, when the church was dedicated to the brotherhood of Santo Jesús. At that time, the brotherhood had 300 members, but it gradually lost parishioners until the church was finally dedicated to Sant Josep.
All of these details were revealed in the side chapels of the church, including the fact that the wooden crucifix that can be seen today was discovered during restoration work in 1995.
As the clock struck twelve, the parish workers and the Monsignor made their way outside the church into the courtyard. Once the visit was over, the audience applauded the performers and congratulated and thanked them for recreating this