Majorca Blog

Welcome to the MajorcanVillas.com Blog - written by Andrew Ede.  This will be updated all the time so please do check back frequently!

11.2.2023Palma's Born and a love story that went tragically wrong

It is a story that has rarely been told, but it is a story from Majorca's past that is worthy of greater recognition. It is a love story, but one of taboo.

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10.4.2022The white palms of Majorca (and Alicante)

Majorca was once as important as Elche when it came to producing white palms for Palm Sunday.

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25.2.2022Having a lark - Carnival in Majorca

The first mention of "Carnival" in Majorca was in 1230. Things have changed somewhat since then.

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24.12.2021The Song of the Sybil - where did it come from?

The first Majorcan version of the Cant de la Sibil·la is said to date from the very end of the fourteenth century.

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13.12.2021Lloret, aviators and an angels' removals firm

Lloret de Vistalegre owes nothing to aviation as such but a great deal to some angels in the late thirteenth century.

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17.1.2021The business of Majorca's snow

Snow houses in the mountains were used to store snow and ice. Once upon a time, there was a great deal more snow than there is now.

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8.11.2020The tragedies of Majorca's cycling pioneers

Competition cycling posed far greater risk than it does today. The bikes, the racing conditions, the protection, the support were from a different world.

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26.9.2020Minstrels and the story of puppets in Majorca

The festival of "teresetes" (puppets) recognises a tradition that goes back to mediaeval times.

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14.9.2020September the twelfth and all that

The Carta de Privilegis i Franqueses, literally the Letter of Privileges and Franchises, was dated September 12, 1276.

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30.8.2020The Majorcan fig through history

The fig has a long association with Majorca. Considered to be indigenous, it was nonetheless introduced to the island, but before the Romans arrived and when Pliny the Elder could rave about the qualities of the Majorcan fig.

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15.8.2020Before and after: Miles Davis and jazz in Majorca

Miles Davis in Palma in November 1986 was described as "the event of the decade".

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25.7.2020Festa de la Mare de Déu de la Victoria

Festa de la Mare de Déu de la Victoria refers to a victory, but there are three possible victories, one of which against pirate invaders is almost certainly not the correct victory.

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