Old mill with productive purposes in the municipality of Campos, which is currently protected as an Asset of Cultural Interest.
You take the calle Castanyer as far as calle Reial, where at number 34 you can see the house of Can Ledesma, built around 1900. The façade is divided into three sections with the striking plant-life decoration of the balconies with a balustrade in the second section, the windows with segmental arches and the main doorway on the ground floor with a semicircular pediment and floral adornments.
The building that currently houses the Balearic Islands Parliament dates back to the 19th century and was born as a result of two processes. On the one hand, the development of the former Santo Domingo convent grounds, which had been affected by confiscation, and on the other, the unification (in 1851) of two of the three casinos present in Mallorca in the second half of the 19th century - the Casino Balear and the Liceo Mallorquín. This is how the Círculo Mallorquín, the social headquarters of the Mallorcan bourgeoisie of the era, came into being. The Círculo Mallorquín was the venue for conferences, meetings, concerts and chamber music recitals. The musician Antoni Noguera (1858-1904), was the heart and soul of musical meetings and activities and the first to study Mallorcan musical folklore. Following the tender to carry out the extension of the building, held in 1898, the contract was awarded to Catalan architect Miquel Madorell i Rius. The fact that the works did not start until 1913 explains why the façade features characteristics that are closer to eclecticism than modernism. The building occupies one site with façades on two streets. The façade on calle Palau Reial maintains the 19th century portico, designed by architect Antonio Sureda. Meanwhile, the façade on calle Conquistador was completely remodelled with a symmetric composition, featuring eclectic architecture motifs that are more reminiscent of the late 19th century. The modernist ornamentation can be seen in the decorative floral elements in windows, columns and capitals. In its interior, highlights include the Sala de las Cariátides (Caryatids room), the former ballroom which was decorated by artist Ricard Anckerman in the 1880's, the library, the Montenegro room, the former lift and the former dining room-smoking room. Works were completed in 1918. Since 1982, it has housed the regional Parliament.
Albarca or Matzocs tower is on a coast cliff of the cove of Es Matzocs. It was built by order of the University of Artà -fore Town Hall- in 1751 to be a watchtower for the Menorcan Channel, as the British had occupied the neighbouring island. Although it is popularly known by these two already mentioned names, its original name is San Fernando Tower. The tower is a two storey cut cone building with an 11 metres high terrace. The original entrance was on the top floor but after some time, another one was opened on the ground floor. The ground floor, divided in three spaces, was where gunpowder was kept. Access to the terrace is made through a spiral staircase, where a cannon is still preserved. Nowadays it has been declared a Cultural Interest Site (BIC).
Moreia Watchtower is on the summit of Morei mountain, in the heart of the Natural Park of Levant. It was built in 1557 as a guard element from pirate attacks, mainly Argelian, controlling all the bay of Alcudia and the Menorcan channel. It is a tower of circular floor plan of 10 metres height with one sole room and a terrace. Access through the door, which is 5 metres from the ground for defensive reasons, was made by an easy to dismantle wooden stair. Furthermore, there are remains of a machicolation that was placed on top of the entrance doorway.
The Font de la Vila in s'Hort des Bril was an important water supply point for the village of Artà since the Muslim period. Over the years, a series of structures were created to overcome the difficulties presented by the unevenness of the land. Nowadays, we can find some remains of all this infrastructure created to transport water from its original spring to distribute it among the country and the village. Pont den Vell is the best example, an impressive aqueduct dated from the 16th century. It is situated over Es Revolts torrent, a hundred meters away from town, on the Artà-Alcudia road. Defined by a round arch made with pieces of sandstone, stone and mortar, it has a big buttress to support its weight on one of its sides. We find other points where the canal is preserved, probably reusing the old Muslim water network known as Qânat. Qânat is a network of subterranean water canals (siquies) built around the 10th century during the Arab occupation of the island. Construction consisted in excavating a shaft down to the aquifer, from where the water springs. The water was drawn out using a small canals and gravity. The entire complex was covered by a dry-stone barrel vault and every so often a cistern was built, offering access for maintenance as well as providing air and light. We find the Qânat of Font de la Vila on the Artà-Alcudia road, 300 metres away from the aquifers and two kilometres away from town. It features a 100 meters long mine with eight cisterns or entrances. Its dimensions permit access by one person on foot. The gallery was excavated using dry-stone supports on the sides and is covered with irregular and plain stone blocks. At some points, its flat roof becomes a gable roof. The central canal is excavated in the rock to permit water circulation on its sides. This construction is still used to this day due to its quality and functionality.
The complex of the road of the prisoners or soldiers is formed by two elements: the road leading to sa Tudossa hill and the remains of a labour camp. Republican soldiers were imprisoned after the Spanish Civil War (1941-1943) and condemned to hard labour, which consisted in the construction of the present road that communicates sa Tudossa and sa Talaia hills. We can still find the ruins of the camp next to the road.
Devesa of Ferrutx is found over the road of Colònia de Sant Pere, on the foot of Ferrutx hill. A large possessió that in 1302 was acquired by king Jaume II of Mallorca to use it as a devesa, a pastureland where it is possible to hunt. It was enlarged by king Sancho, who introduced foreign species such as deer and wild boar. This Royal Hunting Reserve disappeared during the same century and its central building became a possessió, where a defence tower was built during the 16th century. The tower, of circular floor plan, is divided in two storeys and a terrace. We can observe two machicolations on the facade. We enter the tower through the house attached to it. It is a one story house with two corridors and two longitudinal bays covered by a barrel vault. The entrance portal features a stilted arch on the intrados and a round arch on the extrados. Surrounding the complex there are other isolated premises like stables and troughs. Devesa of Ferrutx was sold to the painter Miquel Barceló and now hosts his studio.
This house was renovated in approximately 1725 by Juan Sureda i Villalonga, the first Marquis of Vivot, over a medieval structure. It became the Sureda family home from the 18th century and was previously home to the Villalonga family. The patio of this house is the result of a general reform directed by Jaime de Espinosa. The entrance floor is of compacted earth, columns with entasis and Corinthian capitals. The gallery features three arches. An arch with pilastres in the shape of a truncated inverted pyramid stands at the bottom of the staircase.
This house is of Gothic origin and has some interesting vestiges, such as the medieval ribbed squinch with heraldic motifs in the patio. According to the “Apeo” survey of 1818, it was then the property of the presbyter Joan Busquets. During the first third of the 20th century it was the seat of the local committee of the Radical Republican Party. In the 20th century it also belonged to the Fiol family. It has been the Sans Theatre since 1984.
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