Mallorca (AA Island Maps)

Product Information

Ein Felsen, der aus dem Meer gewachsen ist" [German], interview with geologist Rosa Mateos in Mallorca Magazin 13/2009, pp. 62-63. Since the 1950s, the advent of mass tourism has transformed the island into a destination for foreign visitors and attracted many service workers from mainland Spain. The boom in tourism caused Palma to grow significantly. Margaritoff, Marco (20 September 2019). "3,200-Year-Old Bronze Age Sword Unearthed On Spanish Island Of Mallorca". All That's Interesting. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019 . Retrieved 30 October 2019. Tisdall, Nigel (2003). Mallorca. Thomas Cook Publishing. p.6. ISBN 9781841573274. {{ cite book}}: |work= ignored ( help)

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. Camí de l'Arxiduc"[Path of the Archduke]. Mallorca Aventura (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 28 January 2013 . Retrieved 28 September 2017.Restaurants". Infomallorca. Consell de Mallorca. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023 . Retrieved 15 September 2018. Carlos Meneses. "Borges y España — Mallorca en Borges"[Borges and Spain — Mallorca in Borges]. Centro Virtual Cervantes (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 May 2012 . Retrieved 28 September 2017. Ramon Llull, a friar, writer and philosopher, who wrote the first major work of Catalan Literature; 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. Majorca: definition". Collins Dictionary. n.d. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018 . Retrieved 16 October 2010.

Valenzuela, Alejandro; Torres-Roig, Enric; Zoboli, Daniel; Pillola, Gian Luigi; Alcover, Josep Antoni (29 November 2021). "Asynchronous ecological upheavals on the Western Mediterranean islands: New insights on the extinction of their autochthonous small mammals". The Holocene. 32 (3): 137–146. doi: 10.1177/09596836211060491. ISSN 0959-6836. S2CID 244763779. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021 . Retrieved 23 January 2022. French writer Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (pseudonym: George Sand), at that time in a relationship with Chopin, described her stay in Mallorca in A Winter in Majorca, published in 1855. Other famous writers used Mallorca as the setting for their works. While on the island, the Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío started writing the novel El oro de Mallorca, and wrote several poems, such as La isla de oro. [42] Mallorca, [a] or Majorca, [b] [2] [3] is the largest island of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Eaktay Ahn (1906–1965), founder of the Balearic Symphony Orchestra and composer of the Korean national anthem, lived in Mallorca from 1946 until his death in 1965. [79] History of Majorca". Majorcan Villas. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018 . Retrieved 15 September 2018.El nacimiento de Papeles de Son Armadans"[The birth of Papeles de Son Armadans]. Papeles de Son Armadans (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 May 2017 . Retrieved 28 September 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. It is responsible for culture, roads, railways (see Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca) and municipal administration. As of September 2023, Llorenç Galmés [ es] ( PP) serves as president of the Insular Council. [78] There are approximately 79 ferries between Mallorca and other destinations every week, most of them to mainland Spain.Conor Benn, British professional boxer, spent twelve years of his childhood living in Mallorca. [81] Article 4 of the "Estatut d'autonomia de les Illes Balears"[Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands] (PDF) (in Catalan). 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2014 . Retrieved 10 June 2014. Catalan language, Balearic Islands' own language, will have, together with the Spanish language, the character of official language.

Nonetheless, his time in Mallorca was a productive period for Chopin. He managed to finish the Preludes, Op. 28, that he started writing in 1835. He was also able to undertake work on his Ballade No. 2, Op. 38; two Polonaises, Op. 40; and the Scherzo No. 3, Op. 39. [41] Literature [ edit ] Fantastic views from the top of Palma Cathedral". Majorca Daily Bulletin. 3 May 2019. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020 . Retrieved 29 January 2020. Rubén Darío en Mallorca" (PDF). Centro Virtual Cervantes (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 December 2014 . Retrieved 30 December 2014. 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]The Largest Islands Of Spain By Size". worldatlas.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018 . Retrieved 8 January 2017. Mallorca is the largest island of Spain by area and second most populated (after Tenerife in the Canary Islands). [32] [33] Mallorca". www.illesbalears.es. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016 . Retrieved 15 May 2016.