Alaró

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Alaró is a municipality in the autonomous community of Balearic Islands, Spain. Located on the island of Mallorca, belonging to the region of Raiguer. It borders Bunyola, Escorca, Lloseta, Mancor del Vall, Binissalem, Consell and Santa María del Camí. Its origin dates back to the Islamic period, in the farmhouse of Oloron. The documented history begins in the 13th century, during the reconquest of Mallorca, being its castle the center of this. During the Aragonese occupation of the Kingdom of Majorca, its Muslim inhabitants resisted in the Castle of Alaró (one of the only rock castles of Majorca), being this one of the last places where the Christian reconquest arrived in the islands. The Mallorcan nobles Guillem Cabrit and Guillem Bassa, after being captured, were condemned to die roasted over burning embers by King Alfonso III of Aragon, as indicated by the surname of one of the defenders of the Castle, who during the resistance had not recognized the invader of the Kingdom of Mallorca as king, remaining loyal to their king Jaime.