Calvià Vila is the administrative center of the municipality. Located 14 km. from Palma, the capital of the island of Mallorca. It is located in the mountainous foothills of the Sierra de Tramuntana. Geographically the town of Calvià is located in the area with some hills or slight elevations, surrounded by more or less flat lands destined to the cultivation of olive and almond trees. The first news we have of this municipality refer to the existence of the church, which is mentioned in 1248 in the papal bull of Innocent III in which the parishes of Mallorca are recognized under his protection. The village is configured in a central nucleus surrounded by scattered houses, with orchards and fields. The village does not have large buildings, however the church of San Juan Bautista, and some houses such as es Pontet, Can Verger, Ca's Metge vell stand out. The church of San Juan Bautista dates back to 1248, but of this original building, hardly any original remains are preserved as it has been replaced at different times by more modern constructions. The last major renovation dates from 1867. The current building has a historicist facade that combines neo-Romanesque elements with a large neo-Gothic window and two slender twin towers where the bell tower is located. The town hall building, located at the entrance of the village, was inaugurated in 1989 and was designed by the architects Rafael Balaguer and Jaime Vidal, who knew how to combine elements of popular and traditional Mallorcan architecture such as tiles, marés or crushed stone, functionality and the design of an avant-garde construction. Every Monday there is a market where you can buy local products. The festivities of this area are those of Sant Jaume from 20 to 25 July.
Escorca is a municipality where the sea and the mountains are always present. This town -which includes the villages of Escorca, Lluc, Cala Tuent and Cala Sa Calobra- is the largest and least populated in Mallorca. One of the most beautiful routes that you can do in Escorca is to go through the spot of Sa Calobra and the Torrent de Pareis, in the Sierra Tramontana. Torrent Pareis is a canyon that is three kilometers long and has walls two hundred meters high. The arrival to this place can be done by sea and by a road of fourteen kilometers of curves. In addition, in this locality you will be able to enjoy numerous historical monuments of great importance. One of them is the Sanctuary of Santa Maria de Lluc. This place is a Marian sanctuary dating from the thirteenth century and is home to the Virgin of Lluc, patron saint of Mallorca.
Santa Margalida is a small village in the northwest of the central area of Mallorca, known as the Pla de Mallorca. Here you can also find the famous tourist area of Can Picafort and the beach of Son Serra de Marina. This locality has more than 3.500 residents and has all the services to live comfortably. For centuries, the fertile land in the surrounding area has been used for agriculture and livestock farming. Santa Margalida, which is often overlooked by its better known neighboring villages, is popular for its procession of La Beata, the patron saint of Mallorca.
Son Servera is one of the localities of the Majorcan east, famous in the island for having some of the calmest beaches of Majorca and with a wide gastronomic offer, which makes it ideal to spend a vacation of disconnection in contact with the rural and natural.
Sant Llorenç des Cardassar is the main nucleus of the municipality of the same name and is located in the northeast of the island of Mallorca. In 1892 it became independent from Manacor and began its journey as a municipality, so much so that it is in this inland village where the administrative center of the municipality is located. Old sayings say that a town is born where water is found, and so it was in the case of Sant Llorenç des Cardassar; the Pou Vell, the main enclave for the water supply, once guaranteed the supply of this precious good for the people and animals of this town. The village is located in a valley, surrounded by a great natural and agricultural landscape. Its possessions (typical Mallorcan agricultural estates), lands, orchards and flocks, are very representative of Sant Llorenç, closely related to the countryside and rural traditions. With the construction of the first hotels on the coast, tourism, construction and associated activities have been the economic engine of the municipality, which has adapted to the new times.
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