Increase in Legal Immigration
With all the bad news we had recently, how about a piece of good news, for a change? Thousands of legal immigrants have arrived on the island, the Conselleria de […]
The Catalan Atlas of 1375
During the 14th century, Mallorca was particularly renowned for its cartographers, mapmakers and makers of portolan charts. The most famous ones were Abraham Cresques and his son, Jafudà (shown in […]
Halal Butchers
Some of you may have recently come across a shop in Mallorca like the one shown here, selling meat slaughtered the Halal way. This prevalence has to do with the […]
The Torre de Pareires in Porto Pí
Palma’s Avinguda Gabriel Roca is locally better known as Passeig Marítim. Interestingly, the water-faced side of this stretch along the seafront does not come under the auspices of Palma’s municipal […]
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 Necrópolis of Son Real
The Necrópolis de Son Real is situated on the outskirts of Can Picafort. This prehistoric graveyard dates back to the Iron Age and was used until the Roman period. More than […]
Raimundus Lullus
Ramon Llull (also Raimundus Lullus or Raimundo Lulio) is probably one of the most important figures in Mallorcan history. I have blogged about him already, in my entry dated November […]
Fundación Jakober
After 385 plus blog entries, there might be the risk of an occasional repetition, a trap that I sincerely try to avoid. I had talked about the Æonium holochrysum plant once before, […]
Voluntas Virtus Veritas
Ramon Llull (or Raimundus Lullus) was a very eminent writer, thinker and philosopher. You ought to know a thing or two about him (perhaps you do). Llull is considered one […]
Miró’s Egg
Joan Miró is the artist of the sculpture Monument a la dona (1972), reputedly the work of art most often photographed by tourists visiting Palma de Mallorca. The public has […]
Hail, Raimundus Lullus
Raimundus Lullus, better known as Ramon Llull, was a writer, a mystic and a philosopher from the 13th Century. He was born in Palma de Mallorca in 1232. His personæ […]
Spirit and Genius
Most art museums offer you the artists’ work without any reference to the artists themselves. At the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, in Palma de Mallorca, you are […]
Zen Garden in Palma de Mallorca
Not quite as special as the famous Zen Gardens in Kyoto, this little corner at the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró in Palma de Mallorca invites you for a little […]
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