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  1. When Capdepera Had Its Own Ship

    18.5.2019When Capdepera Had Its Own Ship

    One hundred years ago, Cala Ratjada was enjoying - in relative terms - a boom, courtesy of the new industry of tourism and the new ship.

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  2. Guillem Bestard - A Photographic Chronicle

    9.5.2019Guillem Bestard - A Photographic Chronicle

    To say that the photographs provide an essential record of former times is an understatement; they are priceless treasures that reveal how Majorca and its people once were.

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  3. The Vegans Of Old Muro

    2.5.2019The Vegans Of Old Muro

    The Sant Francesc fair in Muro is described as being one of Majorca's most important and oldest fairs. It owes its traditions to the vegans of the Minims Order.

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  4. Sant Jordi: Conquest, A Book And A Rose

    23.4.2019Sant Jordi: Conquest, A Book And A Rose

    The Day of Sant Jordi (Saint George) is more about the book and the rose than the saint's protection during the 1229 conquest and his links with Aragon and Catalonia.

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  5. Blood Brothers: Guilds and Easter Processions

    17.4.2019Blood Brothers: Guilds and Easter Processions

    The guild brotherhoods play a key role in Majorca's Easter celebrations. Over the centuries, the brotherhoods have experienced rise, fall and revival.

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  6. A Port From Ninety Years Ago

    7.4.2019A Port From Ninety Years Ago

    In 1928, the mayor of Sa Pobla had a plan to establish a port in Sa Pobla - a river port.

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  7. Jump Around: Ball de Bot

    2.4.2019Jump Around: Ball de Bot

    It isn't clear when what we might call the Majorcan folk dance movement really took hold, but the assumption is that the tradition - a relatively widespread tradition - is no more than two hundred years old.

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  8. Praying For Miracles

    24.3.2019Praying For Miracles

    Nowadays there are detailed forecasts and analyses of aquifer capacities, there are desalination plants, there are meteorological models. Back then, all they had were prayers.

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  9. Saint Patrick and Majorca's Irish ties

    18.3.2019Saint Patrick and Majorca's Irish ties

    The historical links with Ireland are there, even if they weren't to mean the firm establishment of a celebration of Saint Patrick. For that, one needs to come up to more modern times and to Santa Ponsa.

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  10. The "Carrusel de Mallorca", the greatest fun fair in Majorca

    11.3.2019The "Carrusel de Mallorca", the greatest fun fair in Majorca

    In 1972 the announcement was made of the opening of the "Carrusel de Mallorca", the greatest fun fair in Majorca.

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  11. The Forgotten Jack Bilbo

    3.3.2019The Forgotten Jack Bilbo

    Jack Bilbo had a bar that was "a meeting place for all the lunatics in the world".

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  12. The survivor from Majorca's nineteenth century banking

    7.2.2019The survivor from Majorca's nineteenth century banking

    The sole survivor is a local savings bank that was founded with modest and philanthropic ambitions.

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