Can Juny

Description

The semicircular doorway leads to the entrance, which is covered with a coffered wood ceiling. A lowered arch with pilasters, traditional ionic capitals and square-angled base with animal foot decoration gives access to the courtyard. To the right hand side, a semicircular arch encloses the beginning of the staircase, which has a simple iron handrail. At the back of the courtyard, a further basket-handle arch gives way to an additional covered area. In the centre of the courtyard we find an octagonal basin.
It is said that Emperor Charles V once stayed here, although there is no historical evidence for this. It is said that the visit gave rise to the creation of a Renaissance window portraying the Emperor. As the Archduke once said, "perhaps this window only represented the loyalty felt by the owner of the house towards Charles V". This window was later relocated to the March Palace in the year 1945.

History

The house was built following the Gothic style of the 16th century but was subjected to major reforms at the end of the 17th century. The porch was added at the beginning of the 19th century. The capitals that can be seen in the courtyard are decorated with a quartered shield featuring a knight's helmet and the coats of arms of the Sala, Juny, Cotoner and Berga families. In the 16th century the house was owned by the Pi de Juny family. The last member of the Juny family was Joan Pi de Juny y de Verí, who died in 1640. On his death, the estate of the Despí and the Juny families passed on to the Sala family, which was subsequently inherited by the Berga family. In the 18th century, the house was owned by the Cotoner family; in the 19th, it was bought by Bartomeu Borrás and subsequently acquired by Jacint Sastre Quetglas, who set up his shoe workshop there. Between 1920 and 1974, the house was owned by the Bishopric of Mallorca.

Reference:

- Habsburg-Lorena: La ciudad de Palma (The city of Palma), 93

- Pascual-Llabrés, 2001, p. 72

- Patis de Palma (Inner Courtyards of Palma): Town Council of Palma - Baltar & Associats, 2002, p. 27.

- Catàleg Ajuntament de Palma (Catalogue of the Town Hall of Palma), 2005.

- GEM VII, 245; XVI, 42-43