Sancta Cæcilia
Santa Cecília (Saint Cecilia, Latin: Sancta Cæcilia) is the patron saint of musicians and Church music. Her feast day is celebrated in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic […]
Aki Murieron Mis Sueños
I came across a graffiti inscription on a house façade in Palma’s centre a couple of years ago. It is still there, today. It reads: Mallorca aki nacieron mis hijos, […]
The Bee’s Knees
Honey is one of the great quality products of Mallorca, together with local wines, olive oils or cheeses from the island. One estimates that there are some 500 beekeepers on […]
The Arc de l’Almudaina
In the heart of Palma’s old town, halfway between the cathedral and the Palma townhall in Plaça Cort, we find the Carrer de l’Almudaina. There we find a rather old looking, […]
The Refuge of Son Amer
The Ruta de Pedra en Sec in Mallorca’s Tramuntana mountain range is a wonderful route for aficionados of walking and hiking. The Consell de Mallorca maintain five refuges along that path, […]
Spuds From Sa Pobla
A century ago or so, the Mallorcan potato (Solanum tuberosum) evolved from being a traditional crop destined for local consumption to a product for export. Since then, Mallorcan potatoes turned […]
The Porto Pi Lighthouse
The Torre de Senyals, also known as Faro de Porto Pi, in Palma de Mallorca, is a historic lighthouse which was built in 1290 but relocated and heightened in the […]
Fira de s’Oliva
After a bit of a decline in olive oil output during the Seventies and Eighties, Oli de Mallorca has come back with a vengeance. Production of olive oil in Mallorca had […]
The Baluard del Príncep
During the Middle Ages, Palma de Mallorca was a heavily fortified city. The medieval city walls were rebuilt, reinforced, strengthened and widened during the 18th century. Some of these walls […]
Dijous Bo
Every year on the third Thursday of November, Inca stages its Dijous Bo market, the year’s biggest market on the island. This year, for some reason, Dijous Bo falls on the […]
A Day in the Life of a Prison
For some reason, society seems to need prisons. Mallorca is no exception. A few years ago, a new prison was inaugurated in Palma de Mallorca. The old and previous prison […]
Cruising the Med
Most visitors to Mallorca arrive by plane, as we all know. However, between January and September of this year, more than 800,000 visitors arrived on board cruise liners. That’s quite […]
Shoeshine Boy
Chances are that you might have come across Alejandro Herranz at Mallorca’s PMI airport on one of your many comings and goings, or haven’t you? Alejandro Herranz is Mallorca’s last official […]
Pablo Picasso Meets Joan Miró
The artists, Pablo Ruiz Picasso from Málaga (1881-1973), and Joan Miró i Ferrà from Barcelona (1893-1983), shared a life-long friendship. Both had emigrated from their native Spain to Paris where they met […]
Sulayman Ibn Mansur
Let’s take a look at Mallorca’s history: From about 535 AD, Mallorca became part of the Byzantine Empire, although from the years 698 AD to 902 AD the island was […]
A Skeleton in the Closet
Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón Real, famous for having Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet arrested in London some years ago, initiated a process of bringing into the open some dark, shameful secrets in the Spanish […]
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