Most Spanish towns and cities have statues and memorials for their war dead. The battles won, or lost, most often refer to the victims of the Civil War, 1936-39. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
The island of Mallorca, Spain, offers about 26 lighthouses, called faros, to the seafaring community. That number includes two faros each on Isla Dragonera and on the Archipelago of Cabrera. […]
There are perhaps 45 monasteries on the island of Mallorca, including a dozen or so in the island capital of Palma de Mallorca. Less than fifteen are still run by […]
