Island of Mallorca

Spain

waterfront in Palma, Mallorca
(February 1958)

the cathedral

Palma is beautiful and impressive, with the grand bulk of the cathedral towering above the old town and the remnants of the medieval walls. In these are encapsulated much of the city's and island's history: Moorish control from the ninth to the thirteenth century, reconquest by Jaume I of Aragón and a meteoric rise to wealth and prominence in the fifteenth century as the main port of call between Europe and Africa.
 

my Pension and "push start" Taxi
(in 1958)

Finding your way around Palma is fairly straightforward once you're in the centre. The obvious landmark is the cathedral - La Seu in Catalan - which dominates the waterfront and backs onto the oldest part of the city, a cluster of alleys and narrow lanes whose northern and eastern limits are marked by the zigzag of avenues built beside - or in place of - the city walls. On the west side of the cathedral, Avinguda d'Antoni Maura/Passeig d'es Born cuts up from the seafront to intersect with Avinguda Jaume III/Unio at Plaça Rei Joan Carles. These busy thoroughfares form the centre of the modern town.

door knocker

store front

Palma streets

glass blowing

textiles

citrus in February

fishing village on North side of island

costumes

horse and cart

Palma street scene
(fire is to make hot coals to warm inside of houses in winter)

Mallorca hotels

Return to People and Places

Other Countries in Europe

Return to People and Places of the World