So called because it was the place where the dead were buried in the past. Since the 14th century, the cattle market has been held every Wednesday. At the top of the market is the covered market, which was built in 1956 and was where the animals were weighed.
It is the largest of the five managed by the Port Authority of the Balearic Islands and is located in the middle of the city, just in front of the labyrinthine old town. Connected from one end to the other by the promenade, which was literally stolen from the sea in the sixties, it is divided into four distinct areas: the commercial docks, the Poniente docks, the sports docks and the West dock. It has services that, even though it has faced space limitations, have made possible the consolidation of the port as one of the most important in the whole Mediterranean in relation to cruise traffic. The combination of cargo loading, yachting (the Bay of Palma is the setting for some of the most important regattas in the Mediterranean: the King's Cup and the SAR Princesa Sofía Trophy), passenger arrivals and departures, and fishing, makes it necessary to optimize the use of the facilities and, above all, the space. With the perfect combination of tradition and technological advances, this port is the physical demonstration that the Mediterranean has its own philosophy, slow and calm; but, that it has a character that does not forget modernity and that makes it a place that both visitors and inhabitants appreciate very much.
The Plaza Gomila is a square located in the neighborhood of El Terreno in the city of Palma de Mallorca, capital of the Balearic Islands, in Spain. It is located near the port and the promenade, crossed transversely by the Joan Miró Avenue. Plaza Gomila is a small but compact center of the city's nightlife, the clubs, bars and shows attract both local and international people. The neighborhood in which the square is located, El Terreno, underwent a major urban and social change. For years it was a place of residence and leisure for Palma's jet set, although the lack of urban control transformed the neighborhood into a place of contrasts.
The Avenida de Gabriel Roca, with its 5,500 meters, is popularly known as Paseo Marítimo. It runs along the stretch of the Bay of Palma that runs between the old Portopí Lighthouse at the west end and the Cathedral of Mallorca to the east. In the Passeig Marítim we find important monuments such as La Lonja, a Gothic marvel built by the architect Guillem Sagrera between 1426 and 1447 and completed by Guillem Vilasclar. The avenue is named after the engineer Gabriel Roca, who was head of works of the port of Palma between 1940 and 1962 and strongly promoted the construction of the road. In the Passeig Marítim also highlights the building of the Consolat de Mar (XVI century). XVI), current seat of the Balearic autonomous government; the Auditorium of Palma -where important artistic events are held-, bars with large terraces, restaurants, emblematic discotheques such as Tito's, stores, the Quarentena Park, the Mediterráneo building -where the cupletista Sara Montiel lived and, in the background, at the west end, we have the Club de Mar and the Portopí Lighthouse, the second oldest in Spain, behind the Tower of Hercules in A Coruña and the third oldest in the world, behind the previous one and the Lantern of Genoa. It was built in 1617
Jaime III Avenue is located in the city of Palma de Mallorca, being one of its main commercial arteries. The avenue was the opening of a wide road in the old city, to connect it with the widening of the Poniente district. It has a rectilinear and uniform layout, with arcaded arches and homogeneous facades. It is one of the most active and exclusive shopping streets in Palma de Mallorca. In Concepción Street, a crossing of Jaime III Avenue in front of the Sa Nostra Culture Center, is located the fountain of the Holy Sepulchre, which preserves the neck of the tenth-century Arab fountain and a thirteenth-century temple. Its name honors Jaime III of Mallorca (1315 - 1349), king of Mallorca between 1324 and 1349.
Gabriel Roca Avenue, popularly known as Paseo Marítimo, is a promenade located in the city of Palma de Mallorca, capital of the Balearic Islands, in Spain. It is named after the engineer Gabriel Roca, head of works of the Port of Palma de Mallorca between 1940 and 1962, as well as being the main promoter of the construction of the promenade. The avenue is located in the south of the city and crosses the districts of Playa de Palma, Levante and Poniente, as well as the neighborhoods of Can Pere Antoni, Zona Portuaria, Es Jonquet, Son Armadams, El Terreno and Portopí. It has a total length of 5500 meters.
* Joan Miró Avenue is an avenue located in the city of Palma de Mallorca, capital of the Balearic Islands, in Spain. It is named after the famous painter Joan Miró, who lived and died in the city. * The avenue is located in the Poniente District and crosses the neighborhoods of Los Armadamos, El Terreno, Puertopí, Cala Mayor and San Agustín. It extends from Calle del Marqués de la Senia (next to the Paseo Marítimo) to the municipality of Calviá. * It has a total length of 5400 meters.
In August 1902 the walls of Palma de Mallorca began to be demolished. Months before, the city council had called a municipal competition to choose a project for urban remodeling, the winner of the competition was the engineer Bernardo Calvet with his project Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. Calvet conceived a circular crown-shaped expansion around the old town, following the principles of the radioconcentric plan. The project had three main promenades: one to the south, on the land reclaimed from the sea; another on the San Magin torrent; and the third, the current avenues. Originally, the Avenidas were a public promenade, divided into different sectors by the streets that divided it (Manacor, Aragón, 31 de diciembre and General Riera). Each sidewalk was four meters wide and had an additional meter on the sides for trees, nine meters were set aside for each direction of traffic and in the center was a ten-meter wide promenade. In the 1970s, the increase in the number of vehicles and the population of the city led to the decision to dismantle the central promenade, increasing the number of traffic lanes from two to four in each direction. It was only maintained in the Avenida de Gabriel Alomar, where it functions as a parking lot; on Saturday mornings a flea market is held there, popularly known as Es baratillo. It is planned that in the future four of the lanes will be for the exclusive use of the streetcar, buses and the bicycle lane.
Well known avenue of Palma de Mallorca. Its name is due to Alejandro Rosselló y Pastorn. 1 (Palma de Mallorca, February 7, 1853-Madrid, April 8, 1928) was a Spanish lawyer and politician, Minister of Grace and Justice during the reign of Alfonso XIII.
The Plaza del Mercat is located in Palma, on the island of Mallorca. This place, before the construction of the third enclosure of walls of Medina Mayurqa, in the eleventh century, was covered by the waters of a cove that was the mouth of the torrent Exequin, Arabic name of the Riera. This third enclosure passed through the center of the square, which had already dried up the creek and had become the bed of the torrent that reached the current Paseo del Borne. Since the 12th century, the time of the Almoravids, the market was held here. In the 13th century this square received the name of Santa Margalida la Vella because just after the conquest of Mallorca (1229) until 1278 in the current Can Berga house a convent of Augustinian nuns of Santa Margalida was installed. In 1302, by privilege of King Jaume II of Mallorca, the installation of the market was allowed every Saturday. Until 1613, most of the space was occupied by the bed of the torrent that hindered trade. From 1712 there is news about the fencing of oxen, old bull races, in this space. During the 18th century and part of the 19th century it was a place for public excursions, since there were the forcas, which used to be on the quay. At the beginning of the 19th century trees were planted in such a way that it became a promenade linking the Rambla and the Borne. In this square is the church of Santo Nicolau. In the center of the square is the sculptural ensemble in homage to Antoni Maura (1853-1925), president of the Spanish government on several occasions.
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