How I Missed The Winter Solstice
I have an admission to make: I have failed you. I am terribly sorry. This is about the event of the Winter Solstice. You may know (or you may have […]
Live Nativity Scenes
You may well suspect by now that I am somewhat infatuated with Beléns (nativity scenes). Now is the time to enjoy an untold number of smaller and larger ones, here […]
The Chant Of The Sibil·la
Before I came to live in Mallorca, I had never heard the Cant de la Sibil·la. This Gregorian chant combines a liturgical prophecy with lyrics describing the Apocalypse of the […]
To Light A Candle
Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, is now concluded for this year. Tomorrow, the Christian Noche Buena is upon us and the day after, Nadal (Navidad, Christmas). You might want […]
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 Cathedral of Light
The Cathedral of Palma de Mallorca is called La Seu in Mallorquín. The basilica is also known under the names of Cathedral of the Sea, Cathedral of Space and Cathedral […]
Soaking Wet
The island suffered more downpours yesterday. Everything and everybody almost anywhere in Mallorca got soaking wet. This autumn is really turning into one of the wetter ones for a very […]
Two Mallorcan Organ Festivals
October is usually the month of organ music in Mallorca. This year, two important organ festivals coincide where top organists of international renown will be performing. Last night saw the […]
The Oratory Of Sant Feliu
One of the nicest places of devotional worship in Palma de Mallorca to my mind is the Oratori de Sant Feliu, not far from the Passeig des Born. The Gothic […]
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 […]
Church Organs in Mallorca
Mallorca is blessed with a rich choice of outstanding church organs. We are quite lucky here in this respect. And we are privileged when we can hear this instrument being […]
The Churches Of Petra
I’m always amazed when small Mallorcan pueblos pride themselves of more than one Catholic church. Petra for instance has two very formidable churches, the església de Sant Bernardí de Sena […]
Es Coll d’en Rabassa
Es Coll d’en Rabassa is a suburb of Palma de Mallorca, not far from the Palma International airport. The suburb is home to just over 10,000 inhabitants, mainly Mallorcans, foresters […]
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 […]
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