Mallorca (AA Island Maps)

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The highest peak in Mallorca is Puig Major, at 1,445m (4,741ft), in the Serra de Tramuntana. [34] As this is a military zone, the neighbouring peak at Puig de Massanella is the highest accessible peak at 1,364m (4,475ft). The northeast coast comprises two bays: the Badia de Pollença and the larger Badia d'Alcúdia. mallorca.com - all about Mallorca - weekly updated portal with a information about Regions, Beaches, Sights, the life & activities on the island

Concha Buika, contemporary flamenco singer. Concha Buika was born on 11 May 1972, in Palma de Mallorca. Entstehung Mallorcas [German]". Archived from the original on 28 May 2012 . Retrieved 13 December 2019. Watch as Conor Benn speaks fluent Spanish to trash talk opponent in face-off". talkSPORT. 9 April 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021 . Retrieved 12 June 2021. Bruyèl-Olmedo, Antonio; Juan-Garau, Maria (19 September 2015). "Minority languages in the linguistic landscape of tourism: the case of Catalan in Mallorca". Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 36 (6): 598–619. doi: 10.1080/01434632.2014.979832. ISSN 0143-4632. S2CID 145220830. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022 . Retrieved 17 February 2022.

Presentación". AENA Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 November 2014 . Retrieved 7 September 2017.

The Largest Islands Of Spain By Size". worldatlas.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018 . Retrieved 8 January 2017. The poet Miquel Costa i Llobera wrote in 1875 his famous ode, the Pine of Formentor, as well as other poems concerning old Mallorcan traditions and fantasies. Many of the works of Baltasar Porcel take place in Mallorca. In the ensuing confusion and unrest, King JamesI of Aragon, also known as James the Conqueror, launched an invasion which landed at Santa Ponça, Mallorca, on 8–9 September 1229 with 15,000 men and 1,500 horses. His forces entered the city of Medina Mayurqa on 31 December 1229. In 1230, he annexed the island to his Crown of Aragon under the name Regnum Maioricae. Since the 1950s, Mallorca has become a major tourist destination, and the tourism business has become the main source of revenue for the island. [63]

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Florio, Erin (19 July 2018). "Spanish Island Tells Tourists to Stay Home". Condé Nast Traveler. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019 . Retrieved 20 November 2019. Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana – UNESCO World Heritage Centre". Unesco. 27 June 2011. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013 . Retrieved 26 March 2013. Camí de l'Arxiduc"[Path of the Archduke]. Mallorca Aventura (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 28 January 2013 . Retrieved 28 September 2017. Jørn Utzon, an architect best known for designing the Sydney Opera House, designed and built two houses in Mallorca, Can Lis and Can Feliz. WMO Normals Spain 1991–2020, Palma Puerto (Excel)". NOAA. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023 . Retrieved 7 October 2023.

Emblematic objects for societies in transition. An archaeological and archaeometric study of the sword of Serral de ses Abelles (Puigpunyent, Mallorca). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume 40, Part A, December 2021, 103201 The two official languages of Mallorca are Catalan and Spanish, [56] a dialect of the former being the indigenous language of Mallorca. [57] The local dialect of Catalan spoken in the island is Mallorquí, with slightly different variants in most villages. Education is bilingual in Catalan and Spanish, with some teaching of English. [58] Rent a boat mallorca guide". Archived from the original on 23 September 2020 . Retrieved 20 September 2020. Thursday, 10 September 2020 Andreu Manresa (17 July 2012). "El PP recorta el peso oficial del catalán en Baleares"[The PP reduces the official standing of Catalan in the Balearic Islands]. El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 May 2013 . Retrieved 26 March 2013.Las playas menos famosas de la isla de Mallorca". Vipealo. 3 December 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021 . Retrieved 3 December 2020. Maria del Mar Bonet, musician, member of the Catalan language group Els Setze Jutges in the 1960s with brother Joan Ramon Bonet. Joan Miró en Mallorca". Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 November 2012 . Retrieved 4 November 2012. Joan Miró, a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist, had close ties to the island throughout his life. He married Pilar Juncosa in Palma in 1929 and settled permanently in Mallorca in 1954. [53] The Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró in Mallorca has a collection of his works. Es Baluard in Palma is a museum of modern and contemporary art which exhibits the work of Balearic artists and artists related to the Balearic Islands.