Military – The Mallorca Photo Blog

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 […]

Events

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 […]

Boats

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 […]

Architecture

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 […]

Architecture

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, […]

History

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 […]

History

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 […]

History

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 […]

Felanitx

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 […]

Architecture

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 […]

Architecture

How Mallorca’s Highest Peak Was Robbed of 9 m in Altitude

In 1953, Spain’s dictatorial leader, Francisco Franco, signed a deal […]

Architecture

The Mysterious Obelisk Towers in Badia d’Alcúdia

If ever you walk along some or other stretch of […]

Boats

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 […]

History

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 […]

Customs & Traditions

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, […]

History

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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