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 […]
Knick-Knacks
Many years ago, there were a number of outlets in Palma de Mallorca for knick-knacks, antiques, bric-a-brac, whatever you choose to call them. Nowadays, either demand has gone back in […]
The Muro de la Memoria
Last Friday, a memorial was inaugurated for the henceforth unnamed victims of the Guerra Civil (Spanish Civil War) in Palma’s Cementerio Municipal (municipal cemetery). I went to the cemetery yesterday […]
Bread And Puppet Theater
For the last 13 years, an annual festival of Teresetes (puppets and marionettes) has been organised in Mallorca, with performances being held in Palma as well as the pueblos (villages) […]
The Ironman Mallorca Triathlon
Yesterday, some 1.698 participants competed for the first ever Mallorcan Ironman, a triathlon competition that covered a swim course of 1.9 km, a cycling distance of 90.1 km up to Selva […]
The Emir’s Arch
Unfortunately, not many buildings remain of the Moorish period, here on the island of Mallorca, and only scarce remnants can be seen of the former Islamic religious architecture. Apart from the […]
MCMXCIX
The sundial facing the Plaça Nova in Sant Llorenç des Cardassar belongs to the Vicario (vicarage) building. I guess that it was designed sometime around 1895 to 1905. The inscription […]
Election Day
Ten days from now, on May 22nd, Spain will hold municipal as well as regional elections. Whilst there is the classical left-right divide all across Spain, with the conservative parties […]
Moorish Attacks in Sóller
450 years ago today, on May 11th 1561, some 2,000 Moorish intruders arrived in the Port de Sóller from Algeria, and their intentions were unfriendly, hostile and violent. The attack […]
Rollets in Felanitx
Yesterday, I made a brief mention of the Salers in Felanitx, a group of mostly young folks of my hometown who come out once a year at Easter to celebrate […]
Playing Marbles
The Salers de Felanitx were busy ball de bot-ing yesterday afternoon in the Parc Municipal de Sa Torre, in Felanitx. Rollets were on sale at the occasion, circled biscuits made […]
Pa de Xeixa
The forns and panaderías (bakeries) in Campos staged the first ever Mostra de Pa Pagès (bakery presentation) as part of this year’s Fira de Maig. You wouldn’t believe what amazing […]
The Firas de Maig
Just in case you don’t know what to do in Mallorca today or tomorrow, here are some of the options. May is the month when the big annual Firas are […]
Holocaust in Mallorca
In Spain, during the 15th to 19th centuries, members of the Jewish religion, as well as other transgressors such as Protestants, blasphemers, sodomites, bigamists and crypto-Jews, suffered severe persecution, expulsion […]
The Sea Daisies (Asteriscus maritimus)
The Sea Daisies (Asteriscus maritimus, Spanish: Estrella de Mar, Catalan: Pare i fill), also known as Sea Aster or Gold Coin, is in flower now, between April and July. It […]
Promoting Wine
Mallorca has had its ups and downs with wine production. In 1891, there were almost 75,000 acres of land cultivated with vines, that’s just over 30,000 hectares. Now, this land […]
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