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This Mallorcan friar, who was born in Petra, personally founded nine missions that became some of the most important cities in Alta California (the U.S.) over time. [+] |
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The public farmstead of Son Real was purchased by the Balearic Government in 2002 to preserve its natural and ethnological values and prehistoric sites. [+] |
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Frederic Chopin and George Sand: A Winter in Mallorca
The singular couple, along with her children, came to Mallorca in the winter of 1838 and stayed at the Royal Monastery in Valldemossa [+] |
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It is the best conserved mountain castle which exists in Mallorca. The Santueri Castle has been a witness and protagonist of numerous episodes of Balearic history and also legends, fed by names as illustrious as the Archduke Luis Salvador. [+] |
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Over 15 sites, 9 architectural elements of ethnological interest and examples of typical groups of Balearic flora can be found within a 10-km radius. [+] |
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Pol·lèntia is the only Roman city that can presently be visited in Mallorca. It is also the best example of the Romanisation of the Balearic Islands, its ruins telling us of the pax romana times. [+] |
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Eaktay Ahn was born in Pyongyang, Korea in 1906 and lived in Mallorca from 1946 until his death in 1965. [+] |
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Can Lis and Can Feliz, two of his poetic architectural works on the island [+] |
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Tireless sailor, explorer, writer of travelogues and art and science enthusiast, Archduke Louis Salvador was captivated by Mallorca right from his first visit in 1867. [+] |
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The saint who inspires the most devotion and popularity in Mallorca: St. Catalina Thomàs, better known as the Beata or Beateta. [+] |
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