Haute Couture, Made in Calonge
This may or may not interest you. I am writing about it because things like the following interest me. There is a small village between Felanitx and Cala d’Or with […]
The Fortress of Sant Carles
Palma’s Fortress of Sant Carles celebrates a 400 year anniversary this year. Around the year 1600, the Mallorca’s Col·legi de la Mercaderia (Merchants’ Guild) proposed the construction of a stronghold […]
The Oratori de Sant Josep in Sineu
The Oratori de Sant Josep in Sineu is a charming old chapel. Until now, I had never managed to get a look inside as the oratory had always seemed closed. […]
Poetical Minimalism
Cecilia Segura is a youngish artist (1974) with Mallorcan roots, based in Barcelona, with currently a fascinating exhibition at Palma’s Casal Solleric (November 25th, 2011, to January 15th, 2012). The exhibition […]
The Gothic Altarpiece
La Seu, Palma’s Cathedral of Light, is always worth a visit. In case you haven’t been back to the Cathedral, you might wish to consider revisiting. Recently, scaffolding was lifted […]
Can Marquès, Locked, Stocked And Barrelled
For the last ten years or even longer, Can Marquès in Palma’s Dalt Vila (upper old town) was open to the public as a Casa/Museu. Now, its doors are closed […]
Saint Juniper
Miquel Josep Serra i Ferrer was born in Petra, Mallorca, in November of 1713. He is better known as Fray Junípero Serra, a name he took on in honour of Saint […]
The Da Vinci Code
I do not have many regrets in my life; nothing serious, anyway. But, I wish I had learned Latin. It was never offered to me; I never went to that […]
The International Museum Day
Yesterday, the International Museum Day was celebrated worldwide with some 30,000 museums participating. In Mallorca, there are perhaps seventy museums, half of which joined this initiative organized by ICOM, the […]
Jurassic Park
The island of Mallorca, and the Balearic Islands in general, were probably formed some 400 to 300 million years ago. Allow me to quote from the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 edition […]
The Museum Of Smells
The other day, I was conversing with a local person about how much things have changed in Mallorca over the last twenty or thirty years since I first came to […]
The Balaguer Family Crest
Allow me to share a little gem with you which I chanced upon the other day in the village of Muro. I found this small plaque on an exterior wall […]
The Museu d’Història de Manacor
Sorry, if I bother you with a second blog entry about museums in Mallorca within just three days. Normally, I would take great care to give you an ample variety […]
The Shoe Making Museum
Mallorca now has a shoe making museum, in Inca, where else. Until very recently, when China captured the market of shoe making and everything else, Inca was big in leather […]
A Lack Of Harmony
The verdict is out. Frédéric Chopin never did touch the piano (above) on display in Valldemossa’s cell no. 2, nor did he ever put his head to rest there either, […]
The Torre de Ses Puntes
The Torre de Ses Puntes in Manacor dates back to the early 14th century when it was a fortified stronghold ready to defend against intrusion from Saracen or pirate invaders. […]
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