Es Drac de Na Coca

Es Drac de Na Coca, in Palma

Es Drac de Na Coca is a famous legend of Palma, evoked by a small crocodile sculpted on a façade. The Palma audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this fascinating story, which mixes popular memory and heritage, on a small square of the old town.

The legend of the dragon and the sculpted crocodile

You are here on a small square, facing the diocesan museum and a fine neo-Gothic villa. On its façade hides a small sculpted crocodile: to find it, you must not look for it on the door, but much higher, at the corner of the building. This discreet sculpture evokes the legend of Es Drac de Na Coca, the dragon of Na Coca, one of the most famous stories of the folklore of Palma. Tradition tells that a monster, a sort of dragon or crocodile, formerly haunted the sewers and the canals of the town, sowing terror among the inhabitants, until a brave knight confronted it and slew it. The stuffed beast would have long remained exhibited in the town. This legend, mixing fear, the marvellous and heroism, illustrates the popular imagination and the rich folklore of Majorca, transmitted from generation to generation. The small stone crocodile discreetly perpetuates the memory of it. A curiosity laden with legend, Es Drac de Na Coca is an interesting stop of the discovery of Palma.

What to see

Here you look, on the façade of a fine neo-Gothic villa facing the diocesan museum, for the small crocodile sculpted at the corner of the building, which evokes the legend of Es Drac de Na Coca, a famous story of the folklore of Palma telling of a monster formerly haunting the canals of the town, slain by a brave knight. Es Drac de Na Coca is a legendary curiosity of Palma. It is a stop to be discovered, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

Es Drac de Na Coca is discovered on a small square facing the diocesan museum, in the old town of Palma, reachable on foot. It is an open-air curiosity, freely visible: it suffices to raise the eyes towards the corner of the neo-Gothic villa to spot the small sculpted crocodile.

What does the legend of Es Drac de Na Coca tell in Palma?

It tells that a monster, a sort of dragon or crocodile, formerly haunted the sewers and the canals of Palma, sowing terror, until a brave knight confronted it and slew it; a small crocodile sculpted at the corner of a neo-Gothic villa perpetuates the memory of it.

Where is Es Drac de Na Coca in Palma?

On a small square facing the diocesan museum, in the old town of Palma de Mallorca, in Spain.