The Fortification At Es Fortí de Cala Llonga
When I last visited the cliff top fortification at Es Fortí de Cala Llonga in Cala d’Or, some twenty years ago or even longer, it was in a pretty bad […]
Air Attacks Over Palma in 1937
75 years ago this week, there were two days of severe air attacks over Palma, coming from the Republican resistance to the military putsch of the Falangist movement. Plenty of damage […]
A Submarine Visit in Palma
Not often do we have an opportunity to look at a submarine vessel here in Mallorca. There was a time when such visits were more frequent, during the seventies and […]
The Invasion That Never Came
You will probably have seen the bunkers on the beach of Es Trenc, strange and somewhat brutal reinforced dugouts made of concrete. They are a bit of an eyesore. The shelters were […]
The Castell de Bellver
The Castell de Bellver (Bellver Castle) just outside of Palma is unique among Spanish castles in being entirely circular. It was built between 1309 and 1311 for Rey Jaume II, […]
Memories of a Dark Past
Yesterday was the 75th anniversary of the assassination of Emili Darder Cànaves (Mayor of Palma), Antoni Mateu Ferrer (former Mayor of Inca, below right), Antoni Maria Qués Ventanyol (founder of […]
The Aeròdrom Militar de Pollença
Mallorca has three airports; did you know? There is Son Sant Joan, there is Son Bonet, and there is an airbase in Port de Pollença. The Aeròdrom Militar de Pollença […]
Prisoners of War Camps in Mallorca
In a blog entry a couple of years ago, I reported about a number of Concentration Camps in Mallorca. Perhaps that term was a bit harsh. Perhaps one should call […]
Tunnel Visions
It may not be a phenomenon specific only to Mallorca, but there are a large number of underground passages and tunnels burrowed into the island’s underbelly. Think of the Roman […]
The Fortress of Sant Carles
Palma’s Fortress of Sant Carles celebrates a 400 year anniversary this year. Around the year 1600, the Mallorca’s Col·legi de la Mercaderia (Merchants’ Guild) proposed the construction of a stronghold […]
How Mallorca’s Highest Peak Was Robbed of 9 m in Altitude
In 1953, Spain’s dictatorial leader, Francisco Franco, signed a deal […]
The Mysterious Obelisk Towers in Badia d’Alcúdia
If ever you walk along some or other stretch of […]
The Latest Addition to the Spanish Armada
Sometimes it happens that I get excited. This mostly happens when I get a chance to do something or go somewhere that I have longed to do or to go […]
Protected Housing in Can Ribas
Weaving and industrial fabrication of textiles were a big industry in Mallorca at the end of the 19th century with perhaps a dozen factories sharing the market between them. Can […]
The Fiesta Nacional de España
Yesterday, October 12th, was a National holiday in Spain, the day of the Fiesta Nacional de España, formerly also known as Día de la Hispanidad. As is usual in Spain, […]
18 July 1936
July 18th, 1936, was a fateful day, when the Spanish Guerra Civil (civil war) began 75 years ago today. Actually, the putsch had started the day before, on the 17th […]
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