Interesting to not that Palma is in fact the only town in Mallorca that is actually on the sea. Most others have the town just a few kilometers away from the coast and a ‘Port de’ being the port of the said town. Apparently almost 2500 years of invasions has taught to people of Mallorca not to show their wealth or lack of it along the coastline. There has been an incredible influx of people of varying nationalities which have left their mark on the Mallorcan people from the French who were driven here by hunger and poverty to those who came to conquer such as the Romans, Vandals and the Arabs, all leaving their traitson the island in a variety of forms, and especially in the architecture.
It is a known fact that the Mallorcan were well known as mercenaries thousands of years ago and their style of fighting is still now represented in the name of the three islands Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza. The name Balearic stems from the Greek ‘ballein’ which meant ‘to throw a sling’ which apparently the Mallorcans were famous for using. Their impertinence as pirates finally disturbed the ‘pax romana’ to such an extent that the Romans were forced to conquer the island, the first of the many conquerers on the island of Mallorca.
More interesting information next time. I feel perhaps it is more interesting to find out and inform about Mallorca and all it has been and is now rather than go on about advertising. So, that said I will be concentrating more on the island and its idiosyncracies.
