Commissioned by Mallorcan financier Joan March Ordinas, the March Palace, located in the old town -- specifically, where Conquistador Street meets the steps of the Cathedral, and with its main entrance on Palau Reial Street --, was built between 1939 and 1945.

With some of the fees collected with the eco-tax (which the tourists were paying from May 2002 until October 2003), the government purchased the 400- hectare finca Son Real in the bay of Alcúdia.

Indigenous  to  Mallorca, the Myotragus Balearicus (Balearic Islands cave goat) was discovered in 1909. 

The Santueri castle is located strategically on top of a hill, at 408 metres above sea level in Majorca’s Serra de de Llevant.

The “Bulls of Costitx” or “Caps de Bous” (Bull Heads) are three bronze heads from the Talayot period. 

Between 455 and 534 the island confronted part of the Vandal Kingdom. Already in 425 they had landed in the island, they plundered and destroyed Pollentia. From the year 534, Majorca began to form a part of the Byzantine Empire.

Modernism arose in Europe during the fi nal decade of the nineteenth century as a reaction to the Classicism of the previous centuries.

Traditional dress plays an important role in Mallorca’s history and culture. Known as the “dress of the countryman” or “baggy dress”, it is the typical clothing worn by the general population in imitation of the upper classes.

During the talayót era and before the conquest by the crown of Aragon, this castle used to be the centre of the Arabian resistance.

The slingshot has played a significant role in the history of the Balearic Islands. It would be impossible to delve into the history of the Balearic Islands without making reference to the Balearic slingers, for the very word, “Balearic”, means, literally, “Master of Throwing”. The islands’ slingers were introduced to the world of slinging at birth.