The name Petra itself illustrates the particularities of the village. The Roman settlers symbolized with a stone the main essence of this place and still today, after almost twenty centuries, the same image serves to define the physical and human landscape of the town. Petra brings together all the basic and common ingredients of the villages of the Pla: a plain of fertile land interrupted by small elevations. In the case of Petra, the Puig de Bonany is the counterpoint that breaks the horizontality of the area and the places from where you can admire a good part of Mallorca, the Plan, the Tramontana mountain range and the Bay of Alcúdia. This exceptional viewpoint has always been the historical-social and religious reference of the Petrers, the point around which the life of the people has revolved so that in the Puig was found the Mother who has protected the crops and the health of the population. Petra is a rural village of great agricultural and livestock activity until the very recent past, which is testified by the mills that still exist, by the possessions such as Son Mieres, Son Santandreu, Los Cabanells Viejos and Ses Cabanasses and for the craftsmen's trades dedicated to the manufacture and maintenance of traditional agricultural machinery. The other main activity of the village has been the extraction of sandstone and construction material. It is also an important endavament of communication routes with other towns of the Plan and the east of the island, and this has facilitated the socioeconomic relations with these regions.
Agriculture has been the main wealth of the village for centuries, as evidenced by the thirty-six windmills that are still preserved and the good number of possessions such as Sa Torre, Son Lluís, Es Pagos, Se Monjes, Son Porquer or Sa Bastida. The quality of the land is suitable for cereals, almond trees and vines. In some periods saffron has also been cultivated and the production of apricots has been for decades the activity for which Porreres has distinguished notably. Sandstone and stone, basic materials of the various religious monuments that stand throughout Porreres, are also identifying symbols of the town and have served as an alternative to the current stagnation of the agricultural sector. The sandstone and stone, basic materials of the various religious monuments that stand throughout Porreres, are also identifying symbols of the town and have served as an alternative to the current stagnation of the agricultural sector. Monti-Sion is a must-see mountain because it is a splendid viewpoint over the region and the Migjorn de Mallorca. It is the chosen scenario for festivities and traditions, sacred place and seat of knowledge where centuries ago the future university students of rural Mallorca learned Latin. The Porrerenca people and their character still have a reputation for being enterprising and determined, determined to achieve whatever they set out to do, qualities that made them the protagonists of a revolt in the last century and allowed them to fertilize the road to Monti-Sion in a single day. This capacity for struggle and voluntarism has also been reflected in culture and the arts.
Santa Maria del Camí is a municipality in the autonomous community of Balearic Islands, Spain. Located on the island of Mallorca. It borders Consell, Santa Eugenia, Palma de Mallorca, Marratxí, Bunyola and Alaró. Santa María del Camí is known for the market held every Sunday throughout the year that attracts many people from all over the island of Mallorca.
Antonio Maura Avenue is an avenue located in the city of Palma de Mallorca, capital of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is named after Antonio Maura, a lawyer born in the city who served as president of the Council of Ministers repeatedly between 1903 and 1922. The avenue is located in the Central District and delimits the neighborhoods of La Lonja-Borne and La Seu. It extends to the Muelle Viejo, where it connects with the Paseo Sagrera, the Avenida de Gabriel Roca or the Autovía de Levante, from the Plaza de la Reina, where other main roads of the city center are born, such as the Paseo del Borne or the Calle Conquistador. It is not a very long road, with a total length of 350 meters. It is home to one of the busiest green areas in Palma, the Jardines del Huerto del Rey, built on the site of an old theater - the Teatro Lírico - and located between the cathedral and the avenue. On the sidewalk opposite the gardens are several cafes and shops. The avenue also has a subway parking lot, inaugurated in 2004. During its construction, several ruins from the Roman Palma were found, dating from the first century BC. Their discovery was not without controversy, as both the city council and the Island Council of Mallorca were in favor of continuing with the works and destroying the site, which was later restored.
Es Jonquet is an old fishermen's neighborhood composed of old low houses, narrow but lively streets where you can still breathe the quiet and relaxed atmosphere of the neighborhoods of yesteryear. The walk through the neighborhood will take us back to another era, between humble houses of Mediterranean style colors, narrow cobbled streets and crowning the whole architectural ensemble the large mills dominating the city. These mills date back to the 14th and 15th centuries, although over the centuries they have been on the verge of disappearing on several occasions to build housing developments. Today we can still see 5 mills standing, 3 of which are in a rather deteriorated state, but there were once seven flour windmills, located on a natural slope and facing the sea.
Brilliant old bull ring. empty but atmospheric. definitely worth a visit. free to get in.
Teatre Principal dates from the nineteenth century and which boasts a new image after 6 years of reforms: the structure of the building has been reinforced, all the service infrastructures and accesses have been renovated and the theatre has been equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The stage, for example, has grown from 14 to 23 metes, which will allow practically all kinds of performances to be held. In addition, as a historic building, special care has been made to restore Teatre Principal as it was when it first opened in 1932. The main hall has recovered its original structure, the amphitheatre has been eliminated, the loge system is now in use again, the so-called tertulia hall has been recovered and Felix Cagé's ceiling paintings have been restored.
The Church of San Nicolás is located in the street of Estrecho San Nicolás in Palma, on the island of Mallorca. The primitive building of the church of San Nicolas was a parish temple from 1302. Between 1309 and 1349 the new temple was built. At the end of the 15th century it was rebuilt due to the collapse of the nave. The main façade and the two portals date from this period. In 1681 another important reform was carried out that completely changed the apse, the cover and the decoration. The main doorway is ogival and is decorated with vegetal motifs and lateral pinnacles. The tympanum niche frames the image of Saint Nicholas, a 17th century work. The lateral doorway is also ogival but with a classic 18th century portal surmounted by a gutter. It has a single nave with five rectangular side chapels and a barrel vault roof with lunettes. Likewise, the chapels open under semicircular arches with molded pilasters and capitals with vegetal decoration. The bell tower has a hexagonal floor plan. The main altarpiece has a 15th century Gothic painting depicting St. Nicholas and is the work of Miguel de Alcañiz.
The church of Santa María la Mayor is Baroque in style and was built on an old site where the previous 13th century parish church was located. The current temple has a single nave ending in a semicircular apse. It is covered by a half barrel vault with stained glass windows. The bell tower (16th-17th centuries) is separated from the main façade and predates the construction of the present church. A characteristic feature is the neoclassical façade with the sculptural group of the Mare de Déu dels Àngels.
The church of San Pedro, a huge mass, at least for the dimensions of this town, which stands proudly in the middle of the Plaza de España. One looks at its neo-Gothic façade and the large central rose window, shining in the sun, seems to return your gaze. Not surprisingly, despite being unfinished, it is considered the great architectural work of the municipality, based on a project by Gaspar Bennàssar. It is dedicated to San Pedro, patron saint of Esporles, and its construction began in 1904, when its first stone kissed the ground of this square. Two decades later, its facade was already scratching the sky of the Tramontana mountain range, although unfinished, like the bell tower. Nevertheless, there it remains, surprising the unsuspecting passerby.
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