The monastery, originally a palace and later donated to the monks, was actually made famous by the visit of Frederick Chopin, the Polish composer, and his French mistress, George Sand, the writer of "A Winter in Mallorca". Ironic that an autobiographical travel novel negative about a cold & rainy, unwelcoming Mallorca would drive thousands of visitors each season to the monastery where the couple stayed with her two children in the winter of 1838. Chopin still managed to compose significant pieces here, later finished in Paris. They should have stayed for the Spring when the weather turns delightful.
