This is the first Museum of Footwear and Leather in the Balearic Islands. It opened fairly recently (in March 2010) and is currently displaying a permanent exhibition of machinery and objects related to the leather industry. It also has space set aside for temporary exhibitions and for holding events such as talks and presentations. The one-storey building is a place dedicated to footwear and to the culture that has grown up around it, which is very important to the city and region. The Museum is housed in the Former Cavalry Barracks, popularly known as the General Luque Barracks. The building was designed by Francesc Roca Simó and alterations were carried out by Captain of Engineers Joaquim Coll Fuster. It was inaugurated in 1915. It is made up of a main structure and several wings which enclose a stone-paved parade ground. The façades have a symmetrical layout. The central part stands forward from the rest and features a Gothic arch leading onto the parade ground
The Ramis Factory is closely linked to Mallorca’s industrial heritage. After painstaking remodeling, it has re-opened its doors to hold corporate, institutional and private events. This iconic building was built at the end of the 1920s to house a textile factory. In the 1960s, the businessman, Antoni Ramis Tortella, purchased and converted it into a leather goods factory. In the late decades it was run by Francisco Ramis Obrador Today, the family has created a center to hold all types of corporate, social and cultural events. The building consists of four bays spanning 1,000 square meters each and a central patio and green area measuring 300 square meters. The central patio is also an ecological garden and features a sample of typical flora from the Balearic Islands. The factory’s most distinguishing feature is still the slim, 26-meter-tall chimney, a testament to the city of Inca’s industrial past and its ties to the world of leather goods and shoes.
The presence of painted tiles in the eaves is typical in Mallorca rural houses. Your background are medieval and the oldest part of Mallorca dates from the s. Xll. The function of the decorated eaves is a protective symbol of the roots and their inhabitants and in this case the eaves of the cloister was decorated with painted tiles whose inscrpition possibly represented a biblical, poetic or even profane text related to the convente. Once all the decorated tiles have been recovered, this text could serve as a basis for a reading of the same. The part of the tile that was hidden from the view had no preparation, and the symbols, signs or acronyms that can be seen in them were painted directly on it with red orcher (iron oxide). These signs consist, in a number and below a letter, uppercase or lowercase always inverted. It was assumed that they were codes to order the text when placing them. In this way the piece of decorated tile was visible, while the unpainted piece was hidden in the roof. The tiles have uniform measurements of 5cm in length, 24 cm in their larger opening and 16cm in their smaller opening. The restorción has made possible the recovery of many elements, previously beacuse of the dirt that impregnated the tiles and prevented their reading
It is the most important monument of the architectural heritage of Sineu. The old church was victim of a fire in 1505 and immediately after the construction of the new temple, also in Gothic style, began. In the years 1880 and 1881, this new temple underwent major expansion work, among which highlights the new chevet and transept, with an impressive octagonal dome on trumpets, which draws an agile play of star-shaped ribs. The main facade is of an austere Gothic style, and the crowning takes the form of a triangular headwall, with an opening where formerly there was a belfry. The lateral façade has an elevation divided into two sections. The interior of the church has a single nave plan with a transversal transept, with five chapels on each side. The roof of the nave has a ribbed ceiling. The church is presided over by the Gothic image of the Virgin Mary of Sineu, one of the so-called "virgin-sagrary", the work of Gabriel Mòger dated 1509. The fourth chapel on the left is the Capella Fonda, which is covered by a dome on pendentives, and houses the impressive Baroque altarpiece of the Virgin Mary of Rosal, from 1672, with paintings by Rafel Guitard. Closed for a period of 7 years, the church is now fully restored, all the stained glass windows that were missing have been installed, and, in addition, the pieces of the old altarpiece have been restored. It is also worth mentioning that in the vicarage of the same church, a museum has been opened with an important collection of antique escutcheons.
The Hospital of Sineu was possibly founded around the year 1240 by royal concession of Jaime I. In 1918 the first stone of the asylum that has housed until today was laid. Currently, the construction of a day care center is being planned. Within the Hospital grounds is the Oratory of St. Joseph, which was originally dedicated to St. George, until 1630 when it was dedicated to St. Joseph. Inside are numerous pieces of great value, among which are a Renaissance painting on panel, representing the Mother of God of the Rosebush and Blood, (work of Gaspar Gener), two holy water fonts, one with pedestal and the other attached to the wall; a wooden sculptural group of the seventeenth century that comes out in the processions of Holy Thursday and Good Friday and another sculptural group of wood and carving of the sixteenth century that also parades at Easter.
Son Real was purchased by the Balearic Government in 2002 to preserve its natural and ethnological values and prehistoric sites. Son Real is located on a stretch of coast between Can Picafort and Son Serra de Marina in the municipality of Santa Margalida. A variety of elements on its 379 hectares make it an exceptional, unique value. Alongside traditional farming practices, which today are biological, autochthonous farm animals are also raised. A number of different buildings and digs have demonstrated the ethnological values the farmstead has boasted from medieval times until now. Furthermore, joining the above is the large number of archaeological remains from different cultures. The farmsteal's natural beauty includes almost 200 metres of shoreline on the virgin coast in this enclave in Mallorca. The Balearic Government has been effecting improvements in both the architecture as well as in the preparation of facilities for visitors' enjoyment, which includes an office with explanatory material to attend to the public. Under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, the Foundation for Sustainable Development in the Balearic Islands is in charge of managing this publically-owned property.
The farm known as Gabellí Petit is a beautiful spot near Campanet that regularly offers the magnificent spectacle of underground waters coursing to the surface in the midst of a verdant grove of oak trees. In 2005, the Balearic Government acquired the emblematic 44.91-hectare farmstead called Gabellí Petit, home to Les Fonts Ufanes, which was declared a natural monument in 2001 and is part of the public heritage. This phenomenon usually takes place after a period of more or less intense rains that generate a spontaneous water course that can vary between 3,000 to 100,000 litres per second. The discharge is produced when the impermeable layers of clay are saturated and impede the circulation of underground waters, causing them to flow to the surface. The stream is fed by the waters of the aquifers in the zone (Sa Pobla, Pollença, Campanet and Búger) and the Albufera Nature Park. Plans are in place for the farm to become a part of the future Tramuntana Mountains nature park, which currently boasts 62,677 hectares.
The farmstead of Planícia nestles in a priceless natural, scenic setting. The farmstead has been owned by the Balearic Government since February 17, 2009. Planícia is located in southwest Mallorca and its 445 hectares make up 25 percent of all the land in the municipality of Banyalbufar. Its terrain ranges from rugged coastlines to the peak of Sa Mola de Planícia Mountain (934 m) and its natural treasures include groves of Holm oak and pine trees and associated fauna. Farming at the possessió (the local name for the islanl's great rural farmsteads) revolves around olive oil, which is why olive crops and large olive presses are other points of interest. Also abundant are lime kilns and rotlles de sitges, which were used to make coal from Holm oak in the olden days. The paths crisscrossing the farm are ideal for hiking, since they run through beautiful, peaceful landscapes. Planícia is located on the GR-221 route, known as the Drystone Route, which cuts across the Tramuntana Mountains from north to south. The Balearic Government, through the Ministry of the Environment, and the Spanish Government have joined forces to place this natural space at the islanders' service.
The National Maritime-Terrestrial Park of Cabrera's interpretation centre is located in the Colònia de Sant Jordi in the municipality of Ses Salines. Although the sub-archipelago of Cabrera belongs to the city of Palma administratively speaking, its geographic proximity to Colònia de Sant Jordi makes the latter the logical place for the park's interpretation centre, since boats to the park also leave from Mallorca's southern zone (Portopetro and Colònia de Sant Jordi). The interpretation centre allows visitors to garner first-hand knowledge of the wealth of nature that makes this island deserve the maximum protection. Because of the park's fragile environment and so as not to disturb the peace and quiet of its different species, visits are only allowed in the environs of the port of Cabrera, which is why the interpretation centre is an excellent opportunity to understand its values better. Aquariums display the different species that can be found in the surrounding waters and another section introduces its terrestrial medium. These contents are framed by Mediterranean history and culture on display in facilities whose main building is inspired by the megalithic talayotic constructions of the islands of Mallorca and Menorca.
S'Albufereta is the perfect spot for bird watching all year round. 196 of the 325 known species in the Balearic Islands can be seen there. With waterfowl closely related to those in S'Albufera de Mallorca, it is the nesting grounds for rare species such as the purple gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio), marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus), stilt sandpiper (Himantopus himantopus), yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) and moustached warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon), as well as other, more common species such as the little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), coot (Fulica atra) and moorhen (Gallinula chloropus). S'Albufereta is an important stopping off point and feeding grounds for migratory fowl during spring and autumn and also the habitat of birds from northern European in winter. The wetlands encompass three clearly differentiated areas: a sandy coastal strip that measures 50 to 100 m wide, floodlands with channels and lakes (S'Albufereta's two almost permanent lakes and a salt lake known as Sa Barcassa, which is flooded in winter) and sporadically flooded areas which feature the largest grove of tamarind trees in the Balearic Islands, made up of Tamarix gallica and T. Canariensis. Studies of plant life indicate the presence of 349 different species in the S'Albufereta Nature Reserve, and the Autonomous Community protects six endemic varieties, three others species (Pancratium maritimum, Chamaerops humilis and Myrtus communis), one genus (Tamarix) and one family (Orchidiaceae).
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