hay que incluir un plan del Hotel Colon
La capital de la Comunidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares es Palma de Mallorca, elegida como sede de la Universiada de 1999. Situada al sur de la Isla, con una población de 350.000 habitantes, tiene buenas comunicaciones por tierra con los cuarenta y nueve municipios restantes que cubren los 3.640 kilómetros cuadrados de extensión. Por mar están cubiertos los servicios con los principales puertos del Mediterráneo y por aire las rutas se encaminan a todos los lugares del mundo. (Información de vuelos del aereopuerto de Son Sant Joan)
La Ciudad , con una superficie de unos 200 Kms2 ,que ha conocido diferentes culturas fue fundada por los romanos en el año 123 antes de Cristo, y los vestigios que han quedado de tantas civilizaciones no han impedido que actualmente esté en consonancia con los tiempos modernos. (Más Historia)
Paralelamente a los actos deportivos de la Universiada será de gran relieve la oferta cultural que se iniciará este mismo año con la celebración de conferencias a cargo de destacados dirigentes y deportistas de élite, exposiciones de afamados pintores, etc.
Otras páginas que hablan de Palma
Hotel Colon
Ayuntamiento de Palma
Hoteles
Playas : Playa de Palma , Playa de Can Pere Antoni y Cala Mayor .
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Restaurantes
Gimnasios
Photos : Playa de Palma , Catedral , Castillo de Bellver , Plano de Palma , Almudaina ,
Fundacions: Miró - la Caixa - Sa Nostra.
Mercados: Diarios - Rastrillo Sábados ( Avenidas ) - Artesanal
lunes , viernes y sábados (plaza Major).
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HISTORY
Palma, capital of Mallorca and of the
Illes Balears, it was founded the year 123 aC. for the Roman consul Fifth
Cecilio Puts it, developing you as strategic point of the trade in the
Mediterranean. He receives the name of Palma, for the palm leaf, as symbol
of victory.
Toward the year 903 D.C., it was invaded
by the troops of the emir of Córdoba. The Muslims baptized her Medina
Mayurca and it was one of the cities but important of the Al-Andalus,
becoming commercial center of the western Mediterranean. The Islamic domain
lasted three centuries.
The king Jaime I conquered it to the Muslims
the year 1229, becoming governed, inside the Kingdom of Mallorca, by Jaime
II together with the Rosellón and Montpellier. He incorporated to
the Calatano-Aragonese crown the year 1349.
The XVI century it is characterized by a
great insecurity due to the Turkish pirates.
Was because of the Ordinance of New Plant,
starting from the XVIII century, when its history is bound to the rest
of the Spanish State.
VISITS:
-Catedral. Known popularly as
"la Seu", it is the artistic but representative monument of the
Illes Balears. It was initiate their construction for the king Jaime II
and it was completed totally the year 1.601. The material employee for
his construction was the stone of Santanyí. Their towers have 60
meters of altitude with 9 bells.
Has three portals: Mirador, Almoina and
Major.
The rosettes give a majestic aspect
to the interior that has three ships and eight chapels. Of the chapels,
the Major and the Trinidad they are of great beauty.
Its worthy of admiring, the cloister, the
pulpits, the room to surrender, the tombs and the treasure.
-Palacio de la Almudaina. Old Muslim strength located beside the Cathedral that the I laughed Jaime II make in real residence and place of the court. It highlights among the 4 towers, that of the l'Àngelhomage, built by the Muslims. They have been indications of culture talayótica and it is believed that it is the headquarters of the first urban establishment of Palma. At the moment it is the headquarters of the General Captaincy of Balearic and official residence of the Kings of Espanya Don Juan Carlos I and Mrs. Sofía, those which during their stays in Palma, in the Sala Major, they offer their official receptions.
-Claustro de San Francisco. It works Gothic of slender columns. It was built between the year 1287 and the 1390, it is one of those but beautiful of Palma, he is inside San Francisco's Convent where Fray Junípero lived it Saws before his evangelizing departure for lands of California. Inside the church it is the tomb with the philosopher's remains and theologian mallorquín Ramón Llull.
-La Llotja. Of Gothic style of the XVI century, building from where it was regulated and it protected the trade and the port was administered. It was built among the years 1421 and 1448. The windows gives him an excellent illumination. It is historical-artistic monument and at the moment it is dedicated to exhibitions and cultural activities.
-Baños Arabes. They are one of the few vestiges of the Muslim architecture in Mallorca. They have their orígen at the end of the XI century. There is documentation of five Arab bathrooms and one is only conserved in the Street of Ca`n it Salas, 7. Of this last one, the room of the bathroom of vapor is only conserved.
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-Castillo de Bellver. In a circular way, as much their towers as the enclosure, are one of the first panoramics that are come when arriving for sea. It is located 140 meters of altitude. Their construction was ordered by the king Jaime II and its works began among the years 1309 and 1311.
-Historical center.
-Patios típicos.
-Monasterio La Real.
-Cuevas of Génova.
-Pueblo Español.
DATA
Surface: 200 Kms².
Inhabitants: 303.485
Holidays: 20 January (San Sebastián)
- 31 December (Party of the Banner).
Bought: Every daay - I Rake Saturdays -
Handmade Monday, Friday and Saturdays (bigger square).
Trips on food: The Molinar - Forest of Bellver
- Coll d'en Rebassa.
Beatches: Cala Major - Ca'n Pere Antoni
- Cala Gamba - Ca'n Pastilla - Beach of Palma.
Museums: Cathedral - Diocesan - Museum of
Mallorca.
Fundacions: Miró - la Caixa - Sa
Nostra.