The Chopin Quandary
Two hundred years ago next March will be the anniversary of the birth of Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 – 1849), Frédéric Chopin to you and me. But there appear to […]
The Belén Of The Caputxines Nuns
The Monasterio de la Puríssima Concepció is also known as the Convento de las Caputxines, where nuns live in a closed order. But at the occasion of Christmas, the doors […]
A Ginjoler Tree of 200 Years Of Age
The Monestir de la Concepció in Palma de Mallorca can be proud of many things. Sadly, hardly anyone can ever enjoy or appreciate its architecture going back to the 14th […]
Looking At Miramar
Around 1255, Ramon Llull tutored the young prince Jaume II de Aragon and later served him as his seneschal (major-domo). After the prince became King of Mallorca in 1276, Llull […]
The Palace of Rey Sancho
The Palau del Rei Sanç (palace of Rey Sancho) forms the original part of La Cartoixa (Carthusian monastery) in Valldemossa, a pueblo in the Tramuntana mountain range with an altitude […]
Tempora Tempore Tempera
The Convento de Santa Teresa de Jesús is one of the 43 monasteries that once existed in Palma de Mallorca. Nowadays, only six or seven of them are still operating […]
The Ermita De Valldemossa
The Ermita de la Santíssima Trinitat (Santísima Trinidad) is situated halfway between Valldemossa and Deià. This sanctuary, also called the Ermita de Valldemossa, is one of the earliest hermitic monasteries […]
The Real Cartuja de Valldemossa
Originally the Real Cartuja de Valldemosa (Royal Carthusian Monastery) was the site of a royal palace for Rei Sanxo I (1311-1324). In 1399 the palace was given to the Carthusian […]
The Festa de la Beata a Palma
Every year on the third Saturday in October, Palma celebrates the Festes de la Beata. Festivities started yesterday at the Convent de Santa Magdalena, a closed convent that specially opened […]
The XXX Pujada a Lluc
Last Saturday night to Sunday, some 10,000 Mallorcans participated in this year’s Pujada a Lluc a peu de la Part Forana. This annual event was celebrated for the 30th time […]
Mallorca’s Hermitages
All of Mallorca’s hermitages can somehow be traced back to 1275 when Ramon Llull first started the Mallorcan Eremitismo. Ermitas are religious retreats of originally a small proportion, all of […]
The Dancing Sun In Sant Joan
Yours truly had to get up nice and early this morning to see El Sol Que Balla (the dancing sun) rise and dance above the pueblo of Sant Joan in […]
Mare de Deu, 75 Years On
The town of Felanitx had cause for a little celebration yesterday. 75 years ago, the town’s people decided to have their Mare de Déu (Virgin Mary) fitted with a crown. […]
The Plague
The village of Artà had the misfortune of being infested by the peste (plague) in 1820. Other Mallorcan pueblos such as Son Servera and Capdepera suffered a similar fate, then. […]
The Monestir de Miramar
The Monestir de Miramar between Valldemossa and Deià was founded in 1276 by Jaume II, the first ever King of Mallorca, at the request of Ramon Llull. Miramar was not […]
One Mountain, Three Monasteries
The table mountain of Randa is really more of a large hill with its height of 548 metres. The location feels like a very powerful place indeed. The mountain is […]
