City Hall presides over Plaza de Cort, and all the pretty streets that lead to it; next to City Hall is the palace that is home to the...

Did you know that the garden of the Hesperides is found in Punta Alcanada (Mallorca) Pinar’s hill? Sa Bassa Blanca Museum (msbb) is that...

In 1571 a wall was built to protect Santanyí from looting by the Saracens, we still access the town’s centre through the old porta murada...

The Museu de Mallorca exhibits works of the fine and decorative arts, that cover the period from the conquest of Mallorca, in the 13th...

When walking around the heart of Palma, we come across many Majorcan patios that bear witness to history, art and time. One of the most...

Back in 1911 Joan Magraner and Margalida Vicens opened their modernist mansion in Calle Lluna, Soller. A century later, the Fundació Tren...

Ca’n Carasses or Ca’n Pavese is a building in the middle of Palma.       Despite its medieval structure, what it is truly famous for are...

Can Balaguer is right in the centre of Palma, right next to the commercial area of Jaime III and the Paseo del Born. Thanks to a six-year...

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

A visit to the Diocesan Museum in Mallorca includes a full tour of the island’s Christian art. The permeant collection of the Diocesan...

Mallorca has the most sundials per square kilometer in all of Spain. Mallorca boasts an abundance of sundials, many churches, monasteries,...

Calle Temple number 9 is built over an archway that looks like a fortified door. And it is, it covers old Muslim towers and was the access...

Landscape Worship: Interpretation of landscapes can be varied, and depends on each person’s technique. If we focus on pictorial art, many...

In the last twenty years, Palma de Mallorca has worked on new city parks and beautified or enlarged those that were already there. The...

Access to the La Real monastery is through a door on the side of the church, there is a two-story cloister, with three point archways...

Behind the walls of the Santa Maria Magdalena convent, we find the regular Lateran canonesses nuns. Crossing a flower walkway, we find the...

Maria Antonia Salvà (1869 – 1958) is the foremost modern Catalan poet. She lived the early part of her life in La Llapassa, Llucmajor,...

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

Mallorca is so much more than just sun, sand and sea. Mallorca has a very wide and varied cultural offer. Those that love cultural...

Between 455 and 534 the island confronted part of the Vandal Kingdom. Already in 425 they had landed in the island, they plundered and...

Castellitx, Santa Lucía, Sant Pere d’Escorca, Santa Ana, Sant Miquel de Campanet, La Sangre in Muro, Santa Fe in Palma. Most of these...

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

Market and art; until now two almost contradicting words that when placed together in a sentence can even offend those who think that...

The Sant Francesc Royal convent in Palma de Mallorca, set in the square bearing the same name, has a beautiful, perfectly conserved Gothic...

Antonia Tomás has a special way of celebrating Christmas. Each year she creates a nativity scene that has been getting bigger and bigger...

The importance and efficiency of using a planning and comprehensive planning and conscious Mallorca goes back to Roman colonization. That...

A tour: from the end of the 19th century till the beginning of the 20th. Many different cultures, social and intellectual movements have...

When that came out of Siurell figurine, have been attributed to this small flute magic forces. The winds of Mallorca, Gregal, Llevant,...

Traditional dress plays an important role in Mallorca’s history and culture. Known as the “dress of the countryman” or “baggy dress”, it...

The Son Real public estate, with an area of 395 hectares, is located on the Northeast coast of Mallorca, in the municipality of Santa...

Fray Junípero Serra / placa en Petra

The patios of the noble houses in Palma are one of the urban elements most characteristic of the city. While today, their preservation...

The Archaeological museum of Son Fornés is located 2.5 km northwest of the town centre of Montuïri, Mallorca, on the estate which bears...

James I of Aragon, the son of Peter II the Catholic, King of Aragon and Earl of Barcelona and of Mary of Montpellier was born in...

The Jewish community spread out across various areas of Palma, making its mark throughout a large area of the historic centre. Walking...

History Bendinat Castle Bendinat is an old Moorish farm estate, documented in the 13th century with the name ‘Bendinex’. It has passed...

The ancient city walls of Palma were knocked down decades ago, but some valuable traces remain: the bastions of Sant Pere and of the...

Let’s take a walk through the city's main streets, visiting the first churches to be founded after the conquest of Mallorca.        ...

Palma’s Calle Sant Roc 4, holds a long cultural tradition. This palace, that backs on to the Cathedral, has hosted the headquarters of...

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 Myotragus Balearicus was a mammal, endemic to Mallorca. Was discovered in 1909 by the palaeontologist Dorothea Bate. It is a largest...

There is a magnificent monument on the Paseo Sagrera in Palma de Mallorca that cannot be missed when one visits the city. La Lonja is a...

The Jardines de la Misericordia (Gardens of Mercy) is a small, charming park that abounds with vegetation, sunny and shady areas as well...

The building that housed the El Águila stores and the Can Forteza Rey building, located in Plaza del Marqués del Palmer in Palma, are so...

The Song of the Sibyl is one of the most deeply rooted traditions in Mallorca, a medieval liturgical chant that has endured throughout the...

A few kilometres away, leaving the town of Sineu, is the Delfa or Adelfa estate, surrounded by extensive farmland and a lush woodland,...

The so called “snow houses” are an important part of our cultural and ethnological heritage. In Mallorca, collecting and trading snow to...

A Catholic Cathedral located in Palma de Mallorca. Popularly known as La Seu, construction began in 1229 and went on for three centuries....

The beginning of reign of King James I was marked by the battle of Muret (1213), in which his father Peter II the Catholic, died and left...

There is a varied selection of exhibitions programmed for the Can Prunera Modernist Museum for this year. There will be an exhibition of...

The Crystal church is a structure of dazzling beauty, built upon concrete and iron ribs that sustain 39 stained glass windows, providing...

One of the few remaining examples of Moslem architecture still preserved on the island, the Arab Baths can be found in the gardens of Can...

The ancient Roman city of Pollentia is located within the medieval walls of the old historical centre of Alcúdia.      ...

Capdepera Castle in Mallorca is a fortified structure that surrounded the primitive town of Capdepera, built on the Benifilia settlement....

The slingshot has played a significant role in the history of the Balearic Islands. It would be impossible to delve into the history of...

Dry Stone walls go right back to prehistoric times, we can see examples such as the “navetas” or the “talayots” (local prehistoric...

Commissioned by Mallorcan financier Joan March Ordinas, the March Palace, located in the old town -- specifically, where Conquistador...