The Placeta de Sant Jeroni
The Placeta de Sant Jeroni in Palma’s old town is adorned by a very charming fountain with four water spouting lion heads, dating from 1860. The small square lies at […]
Air Conditioning
Suddenly, it’s getting hot. It seems that Summer is breaking out with a vengeance. There is a Yellow alert on mainland Spain with temperatures yesterday reaching 38° C in Sevilla […]
Casa Morell (Casal Solleric)
Not very often are we allowed to enter a private home in Mallorca. In the olden days, it was customary to receive visitors on the ground floor. No-one other than […]
A Swan Song
I am not suggesting that the swans in the Jardins de s’Hort del Rei in Palma de Mallorca are singing their beautiful legendary song. A swan song is sung only […]
The Seven Pillars of Science
If ever you have visited Ramon Llull’s tomb, inside the Basilica de Sant Francesc in Palma de Mallorca, you may have found yourself confronted with seven beautifully carved pieces of […]
The Museum Of Closed Doors
The Museu de Mallorca continues to be closed. Tancat. Cerrado. Fermé. Geschlossen. I elaborated earlier on the museum of the closed doors (last August), in case you wanted to freshen […]
School’s Out
Youngsters all over this island are thrilled and excited. The academic year is about to come to an end any moment now. A big sigh of relief has not only […]
The Year of Chopin 2010
Frédéric François Chopin, the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish parentage, was born 200 years ago this year on March 1st, 1810. To mark this bicentenary the Govern de […]
The 125,322,801.26 € Swindle
Every time I drive into Palma, I get annoyed about the massive new furuncle of a building site, at the end of the motor way, just at the entrance to […]
Art of the Seventies
The Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma is a bit of a strange place as I may have mentioned here before. Be that as it may, I […]
La Roqueta Ceramics
Some of the nicest buildings in Palma de Mallorca, architectonically speaking, date from the Modernismo period, a time and an architectural style that coincided with Art Nouveau and Art Deco. […]
The Fira del Llibre
The 2010 Fira del Llibre (Book Fair) opened in Palma de Mallorca yesterday in the Passeig des Born. The fair will be open daily from 10h00 to 14h00 and from […]
Sensuous Ice Cream Pleasures
No-one has ever claimed that the pleasures of ice cream were invented on the island of Mallorca. But ice-making and subsequently, the making of ice-creams have been a Mallorcan tradition […]
Moondials
Mallorca is big on gnomonics, the art of using dials and sundials. There are plenty of sundials in Mallorca and especially, in Palma, some of which are pretty ancient. But […]
Diego Rivera
The Mexican painter, Diego Rivera (famous for his revolutionary murals) came to Mallorca in July 1914, together with his friend Jacques Lipchitz. Rivera had been in Paris since 1912, where […]
The Passeig d’Alt Murada
I’d like to tempt you to take a stroll along Palma’s Passeig d’Alt Murada, between La Seu (the Cathedral) and the newly restored Baluard del Príncip. As you amble along […]
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