Welcome to the MajorcanVillas.com Blog - written by Andrew Ede. This will be updated all the time so please do check back frequently!
21.6.2020Spring 1820: Abolition In Majorca
There was a public health crisis - the plague - which historically has overshadowed what were two significant developments in Majorca in June 1820. These concerned the Inquisition and the guilds.
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30.5.2020The Noble Founding Of Colonia Sant Jordi
Colonia Sant Jordi was the first of the nineteenth century farming colonies to be founded.
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23.4.2020Formentor, Wisdom And Tourism
The Hotel Formentor has been the venue for weeks of wisdom and congresses about the Majorcan mystic, Ramon Llull. It is also intimately linked to tourism development.
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27.3.2020Fiction, Film and Football: Adolfo Vázquez
Adolfo Vázquez founded what was to become Real Mallorca and also wrote a novel that was made into a film in the 1920s.
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21.3.2020Spring in Majorca
"In spring, the almond trees show off their branches full of white blossom like silver."
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15.3.2020The Short Life Of Majorca's First Car
The first car arrived in 1897. There was great anticipation. It was not fulfilled.
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7.3.2020From Paper To The City Of Lakes: Albufera
There was once a thriving paper factory in the Albufera wetland; then came tourism.
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29.2.2020A Tuesday in March
The official introduction of the Balearics statutes of autonomy in 1983 was not an occasion for the celebrations that now accompany Balearics Day.
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22.2.2020Carnival: Bull dung and nettles
Carnival in Majorca used to be unsophisticated and an occasion for playing tricks.
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9.2.2020The Lives And Deaths Of Los Bravos
A legendary group, now re-created, and one marked by tragedy.
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2.2.2020Agatha And The Rains Of Sencelles
Saint Agatha is the patron saint of Sencelles. But how did this patronage come about?
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26.1.2020The Dragons Of Majorca
The dragon features in Majorca's mythology and folklore, and dragons breathe fire at fiesta time.
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