Category: Iconic characters

Archiduque Luís Salvador de Austria
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Archduke Luis Salvador

Palma de Mallorca is a medium-sized city with about 450,000 inhabitants. Obviously it has many streets, some named after regions of Spain, or rivers, or different personalities. And among these…

From Mallorca to California: the story of Junípero Serra
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From Mallorca to California: the story of Junípero Serra

Junípero Serra was a friar from Mallorca who played a key role in the history of California and in the expansion of the missions in the United States. Thanks to…

Errol Flynn en Mallorca
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Errol Flynn in Mallorca

The cover photo shows Errol Flynn in Mallorca, aboard his yacht Zaca in the bay of Palma. He is accompanied by his wife, Patricia Wymore, and in the background you…

Joan Miro
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Joan Miró and Mallorca

“Island of calm”… with that name is also known to Mallorca, and surely that is what our island transmitted to Joan Miró, tranquility and much peace. This famous painter was…

Eaktai Ahn: the Korean musician who founded the Balearic Symphony Orchestra in Mallorca
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Eaktai Ahn: the Korean musician who founded the Balearic Symphony Orchestra in Mallorca

Mallorca has historically been a meeting place for cultures and people from all corners of the world. But few would have imagined that the founder of the Balearic Symphony Orchestra…