The Plaza Mayor of Palma de Mallorca is located in the central district of the city of Palma de Mallorca a few meters from other significant monuments such as the Church of San Miguel or the Teatro Principal. The space occupied by the Plaza Mayor of Palma de Mallorca is that of the old convent of San Felipe Neri and some neighboring houses. Until 1823 the square was the seat of the Inquisition. It has a rectangular floor plan and an arcaded perimeter, on which stand buildings of three or four floors. Once the headquarters of the Inquisition were demolished, ten years passed before work began on the first wing, which was completed in 1838. Work continued well into the 20th century, with the construction of a subway parking lot and shopping arcades. Leaving towards the Plaza del Marqués del Palmer, at number 1 is the El Águila building, which shares the metal structure of the lower body with Can Rey, two buildings from the early 20th century, built according to the Catalan Modernist model, with abundant decoration on the façades, where the polychrome ceramics of the Mallorcan factory La Roqueta stand out.
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Antonio Maura Avenue is an avenue located in the city of Palma de Mallorca, capital of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is named after Antonio Maura, a lawyer born in the city who served as president of the Council of Ministers repeatedly between 1903 and 1922. The avenue is located in the Central District and delimits the neighborhoods of La Lonja-Borne and La Seu. It extends to the Muelle Viejo, where it connects with the Paseo Sagrera, the Avenida de Gabriel Roca or the Autovía de Levante, from the Plaza de la Reina, where other main roads of the city center are born, such as the Paseo del Borne or the Calle Conquistador. It is not a very long road, with a total length of 350 meters. It is home to one of the busiest green areas in Palma, the Jardines del Huerto del Rey, built on the site of an old theater - the Teatro Lírico - and located between the cathedral and the avenue. On the sidewalk opposite the gardens are several cafes and shops. The avenue also has a subway parking lot, inaugurated in 2004. During its construction, several ruins from the Roman Palma were found, dating from the first century BC. Their discovery was not without controversy, as both the city council and the Island Council of Mallorca were in favor of continuing with the works and destroying the site, which was later restored.
Es Jonquet is an old fishermen's neighborhood composed of old low houses, narrow but lively streets where you can still breathe the quiet and relaxed atmosphere of the neighborhoods of yesteryear. The walk through the neighborhood will take us back to another era, between humble houses of Mediterranean style colors, narrow cobbled streets and crowning the whole architectural ensemble the large mills dominating the city. These mills date back to the 14th and 15th centuries, although over the centuries they have been on the verge of disappearing on several occasions to build housing developments. Today we can still see 5 mills standing, 3 of which are in a rather deteriorated state, but there were once seven flour windmills, located on a natural slope and facing the sea.
Las Ramblas de Palma de Mallorca is one of the main roads of the city. Formerly it crossed the Sa Riera Torrent but due to a flood in the 16th century that caused a large number of deaths the torrent changed its path. Nowadays the Las Ramblas promenade is lined with trees and numerous flower stores.
The old slaughterhouse in Palma de Mallorca, has become a cultural and entertainment area where you can enjoy a cinema from the original version to a wide range of bars and cafes.
The neighborhood of Santa Catalina, historic in the city of Palma de Mallorca due to its location near the sea was a fishermen's neighborhood. In the neighborhood we see how the houses do not exceed three floors and have characteristic terraces and facades with Majorcan shutters. The neighborhood has undergone several transformations throughout the year since the eleventh century, with modernist buildings where the theater of the Sea and Land and the Hostal Cuba are preserved. At present the Santa Catalina neighborhood has several pedestrian streets where different restaurants and pubs have been located, which have become a great nightlife area within the city.
Gothic building built as an exchange for merchants in the XV century by Guillem Sagrera, architect and sculptor, it is a symbol of the days when Mallorca was the centre of a flourishing maritime trade. Today this space is dedicated as a centre for art exh Facing the sea and fronted by the palm trees on Paseo Sagrera stands the silhouette of La Lonja in Palma, the former site of the Merchants Association, which was this trade's guild in Mallorca. Work on the building began in 1421 under the direction of architect and sculptor Guillem Sagrera (1370' -1456), who was born in Felanitx and abandoned the nearly finished project in 1446 because of differences with the developers. The last details on La Lonja would be terminated in 1488. Sagrera was an influential figure who participated in major works (some even simultaneously) in the lands of the Crown of Aragon, including the cathedrals of Mallorca, Perpignan and Castelnuovo in Naples, among others. Architecturally, La Lonja is a large rectangular space articulated in three naves supported by six slender helicoidal columns with a ribbed vaulted roof. The ribs of the arches of the vaults merge with the spiral of the columns and are embedded in the walls on the sides. Four octagonal towers at each end, ten smaller towers that act as buttresses, eight large windows and decorative gargoyles and statues characterise its façade. Today, this masterpiece of civil Gothic architecture and Maestro Sagrera's most important work is used for cultural events and official functions.
It is the main square of the municipality of Llucmajor, where we find first of all the town hall of the municipality and in addition to a series of bars and restaurants where we will be able to taste the typical gastronomy of the zone and of the own island of Majorca.
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