Happy Anniversary, Es Baluard
The Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma celebrated its fifth anniversary yesterday, January 31st. The occasion was marked with a day of Open Doors. Also, some rather […]
Stripped Down
Rebajas (Rebaixes, Sales) are in full swing in Mallorca. The January Sales in Spain always start the day after Three Kings. Apparently, sales during the first week of Rebajas was […]
Social Justice
I had the dubious pleasure of attending a legal dispute at the Juzgados in Palma de Mallorca, the other day. The purpose-built Court is housed in a new building called […]
In the Trenches
The scene shown here can be found at the Museu d’Història Militar in Palma de Mallorca (Castell de Sant Carles). The setup is a recreation of a defence position during […]
The Occasional Coves de Bellver
Outside of Palma, atop a hill called Puig de Sa Mesquida, sits the Castell de Bellver, built between 1300 and 1309 for Rei Jaume II., Mallorca’s first ever very own […]
Fewer Road Deaths
Spain seems to be an accident happy country; Heaven knows, why. Whenever there is the end of a holiday period or of a long weekend, or of a puente, the […]
The Convent of Santa Magdalena
The Convento de Santa Magdalena in Palma de Mallorca is the monastery where in 1552, a 21 year old girl was admitted into sisterhood. Catalina Tomàs eventually became Mallorca’s only […]
The Crocodile of Na Coca
There are no crocodiles in Mallorca, as far as I know. It’s not the proper climate for reptiles, really. Funny then, that there should be a mummified crocodile on permanent […]
Palma Military Headquarters
It is thought that the first Roman settlement was built at the spot where today we find the Castell de l’Almudaina (also known as Palacio de l’Almudaina), shortly after 123 […]
Murciélagos
I know I am repeating myself when I point again to Palma’s coat of arms including a murciélago, or bat. But the Palma insignia shown here was too nice to […]
Post Mortem
Little curly-haired María P. B. was the first baby to be born in Mallorca in 2009, to the joy of her happy parents, E. P. and L. B. She was […]
The Torre de Pareires in Porto Pí
Palma’s Avinguda Gabriel Roca is locally better known as Passeig Marítim. Interestingly, the water-faced side of this stretch along the seafront does not come under the auspices of Palma’s municipal […]
The Winter Solstice Rose Window
A rather stunning and beautiful apparition could be observed in Palma de Mallorca over the last fortnight, early in the mornings. On the day of the Winter solstice, the light […]
Mounted Police
The Policía Municipal in Palma de Mallorca has some of their agentes municipales mounted on horseback, you might be interested to know. Of course, the Palma policeman is usually on […]
Joan Miró Died 25 Years Ago Today
The Catalan artist, Joan Miró i Ferrà, died on Christmas Day 1983, 25 years ago today. At the time of his death he was one of Spain’s most important contemporary artists. Since then, […]
A Mallorcan Christmas Tradition: Neules
Delicately cut-out paper disks are a Mallorcan Christmas tradition going back perhaps 200 years: Neules. They are a sort of doily cut out of white paper. Some of these decorations […]
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