La Trapa Nature Reserve is an estate located in the southwest corner of the Tramuntana mountain range. It is named after the presence of the Trappist monks, who settled in the valley around 1810. During their stay, they built a monastery, created a system of water supply through water collection mines and built terraces and walls, following the traditional dry stone technique. In La Trapa you can find elements of traditional architecture such as the houses of the old monastery and the remains of a chapel, the mill, the threshing floor... But, of obliged visit is the viewpoint, an exceptional balcony overlooking the island Dragonera, which looks like a dragon coming out of the sea.
It was designed by Emili Pou. It was inaugurated on May 15, 1861 as a 6th order lighthouse, with catadioptric optics and fixed light. In 1863 an iron beam roof was installed (the wooden ones were already rotten). In 1866 the launch service was auctioned (as in the other lighthouses that needed this service) and was granted for 584 escudos per year, so that in 1867 the sailors stopped living on the island and moved to Puerto de Alcudia, having to make two weekly trips to the lighthouse, or extra trips if the lighthouse keepers communicated an urgent need by means of the placement of a white flag. In 1917 rotating screens were installed in the optics, having a luminous appearance of 3+1 occultations and producing the luminous focus by means of an acetylene gas burner. The gas was elaborated in the same lighthouse, using for it a gasogen where stones of calcium carbide and water were mixed. In 1922 the roof was replaced by a tiled roof, due to severe infrastructure problems caused by humidity. In 1960, the lantern was removed and a non-visitable lantern was placed in its place, and at that time the solar valve was automated. This was the reason why, the following year, the lighthouse was left without resident personnel. Its luminous appearance then became one of equidistant white flashes. Later, in the nineties, solar panels were installed, which allowed the gas apparatus to be removed. Today, although it retains the old AGA gas lantern, it has a modern 54-watt LED acrylic optic inside. As in many other lighthouses, the lighthouse keepers of Alcanada took an active part in the rescue of the victims of several shipwrecks.
The "possessió" of Can Garra Seca, is located in the "Camí de sa Torre", in the municipality of Llucmajor and has an extension of 100 cuarteradas (about 71 hectares). It is a real hidden treasure. It is an agricultural-livestock and forestry exploitation with numerous ethnological elements (flour windmill, cisterns, wells, lime kiln, barracks, cisterns, ...), farming areas with almond and carob trees, garrigue zones, etc. The set of Can Garra Seca is a good example of the impact of human processes, both production and adaptation in the natural environment. The ethnological elements that we can find are: * Dwelling * Vegetable garden and flour windmill. * Roter's hut * Barca of carriage * Raft with pointed roof * Lime kiln * Coal bunker * Ponds and "cocons" * Megalithic elements * Megalithic elements * Shared cistern * Gazaperas * Flora and fauna
on Mut Nou, an estate in the heart of the Marina de Llucmajor, in Mallorca, for preserving and studying historical varieties and enhancing their value. That is the goal of Montserrat Pons y Boscana, a pharmacist from Llucmajor whose love for fig trees and the study of their importance in the life and history of Mallorca has led her to undertake a unique project in the world. Son Mut Nou is an experimental field where fig trees are cultivated in order to study them and promote their scientific knowledge. In this way, the importance of fig trees in the development of a society such as the Mallorcan one, which has been formed and nurtured by rural and agricultural work, is also analyzed.
Type of construction 70 000 m2 park. Important aspects Place to relax and study nature. Distinguished elements Humid area, organic vegetable garden, gardening school, 200 holm oak
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.
This stone monument is located far up the Ma-12 motorway, near the turn-off that leads to Son Serra de Marina. It is a characteristic example of a quadrangular talayot, with carved ashlars and a well-preserved lintelled doorway. Around it, there are several walls and attached constructions. When the motorway was built, a sanctuary that used to be in the same spot was destroyed.
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.
In the municipality of Campos we also find one of the typical products of the Mediterranean, a place where water is left to evaporate for the production of salt, for different commercial uses. It has a great visual impact due to the great height that can have these small mountains of salt.
Defense tower located on a cliff above the Cala de Ses Ortigues.
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