Greed
Every now and then the island capital Palma de Mallorca gets an extensive overhaul done by its municipal town planners. The Romans had their main roads as an axis leading […]
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 […]
Shearing The Sheep
If you don’t own sheep of your own, you may never have witnessed a sheep shearing procedure, unless you have holidayed in Australia, that is. Sheep shearing used to be […]
The First Major Female Poet In Catalàn
Maria Antònia Salvà i Ripoll is considered as the first major woman bard in the history of poetry written in the Catalàn language. Salvà Ripoll (1869-1958) was Mallorcan. Her own […]
Terror Campaign in Mallorca
The Basque Separatist organization ETA yesterday admitted responsibility for the Palmanova car bomb attack, eleven days ago. Also yesterday, ETA warned of three impending bombs to go off sometime between […]
The Prince’s Son From Felanitx
In 1956, Robert Graves published a compelling translation of George Sand’s Winter in Majorca (Valldemosa Edition, Mallorca, 1956). In a footnote to the book, he claimed that Christopher Columbus, the […]
Seeing The Sights
Only nine days have passed since the Palmanova bombing. Everything seems back to normal. Whilst there was police presence everywhere on Mallorca’s roads in the immediate aftermath of the horrific […]
The Museo de Mallorca
Amongst all of the museums in Palma de Mallorca, the Museo de Mallorca plays a rather special role. The majority of these museums are either owned by the municipality of […]
Zea Mays, the Columbus Grain
Historians tell us that Christopher Columbus brought maize (Zea mays) grains back to the Spanish court, originating from the Greater Antilles in the Caribean, and thus maize was grown in […]
The Almond Tree Pest
Mallorcan farmers are very concerned about their almond trees. Apparently, quite a number of almond trees are dying as a result of a tree pest which might be caused by […]
The Myotragus Balearicus
The Myotragus balearicus is a small sized wild goat that is as extinct and dead as a dodo. The only chance to see one is in its skeletonised form and […]
The Fiestas de la Patrona de Pollença
Pollença may be in a bit of a dilemma today. The Fiestas de la Patrona de Pollença 2009 started last Saturday, July 25th, with activities scheduled to come to their […]
Mallorca In Mourning
Mallorca is in mourning after Thursday’s car bomb attack in Palmanova resulting in the death of two young Guardia Civil agents. Three days of mourning were declared last Thursday for […]
Not A Pretty Sight
A car bomb exploded yesterday at 13h40 in Palmanova (Calvià), Mallorca, claiming two fatalities and shattering the tourists’ holiday dreams. Two Guardia Civil officers on duty were killed in the […]
Out Of Business
This week, Mallorca is enjoying one of the busiest weeks of this year’s temporada alta (high season). The tourist season 2009 does not seem all that bad for Mallorca considering […]
A Book Lover’s Treasure Trove
El Bazar del Libro in Palma de Mallorca is a book lover’s treasure trove. It is one of Palma’s institutions and a bit of a legend really. No matter what […]
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