Daily Life
This monument can be found in Felanitx, Mallorca. It hails the Concepción Inmaculata (the Virgin Birth) and urges us to Pray for the People, or something to that extent, if […]
Daily Life
This is part of the seafront in Palma de Mallorca, at the height of the cathedral. Palma would not be Palma without its palm trees. The photo was taken in […]
History
Fray Junípero Serra was born in Petra, Mallorca, Spain. California, USA, hails this missionary as the Founding Father of their state. The photo was chosen from my archive. It was […]
Daily Life
Mallorca traditionally was a rural society including animal husbandry and livestock. Animals are not seen as pets but as working dependants or else, for breeding or for food consumption. Things […]
Mallorca
The Nyctaginaceæ family of flowering plants does very well in Spain, thank you very much. Especially the Bougainvillea, of which this one is a very pleasant example. The photo was taken […]
Mallorca
The biggest attraction of living in Mallorca must be the light. Oh yes, and the blue skies. The photo was taken in Sa Rapita, Mallorca, near the beach of Es […]
History
The cathedral in Palma de Mallorca was begun to be built shortly after the Reconquista in 1229. It was built over an older Arab mosque, and it is said that […]
Daily Life
In Palma de Mallorca there is a place near the cathedral where the local Forum Romanum was once situated, some millenniums ago. It is not there anymore, but the Studium Generale […]
Daily Life
In the old days, Palma’s inner courtyards were places to meet with the neighbours. On sunny days, here you were finding shade. And passers-bye were given water for the asking. […]
Mallorca
Palma de Mallorca is laden with old buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries. Many of these building are graced by courtyards. If you have a chance, take a guided […]
Daily Life
I do not know what these ladies had at this Palma restaurant, but it was coming up for lunch time, and a Menu del Día was advertised on the blackboard. […]
Daily Life
Parking can be a bit of a problem in Mallorca’s old towns and villages, especially on Market days when just everywhere is parked up. Even your own, private garage gets […]
Art & Artists
Not quite as special as the famous Zen Gardens in Kyoto, this little corner at the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró in Palma de Mallorca invites you for a little […]
Mallorca
Petra in the centre of Mallorca, Spain, is the birth place of the Mallorcan missionary, Fray Junípero Serra. Serra is considered the Founding Father of California, USA. In July 1997, […]
Art & Artists
‘Tengo hambre’ is Spanish for ‘I’m hungry’. This is a graffiti that I found spray-painted onto a bunker shell from the Spanish Civil War, at the beach of Es Trenc, […]
Daily Life
Mallorca with its 1,000,000 inhabitants offers the interested reader a choice of 3 daily newspapers in Spanish, one in Catalán, and one in English. The Majorca Daily Bulletin is the […]