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Pollença

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Pollença (Balearic Catalan: [poˈʎɛnsə]) is a town and municipality in the northern part of the island of Mallorca, near Cap de Formentor and Alcúdia. It lies inland, about 6 km (4 mi) west of its port, Port de Pollença.

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Origins

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History

The origin of the name "Pollença" can be traced back to the name of the Roman settlement of Pollentia, the excavated remains of which lie several kilometers away, at the modern municipality of Alcúdia. The displacement of the toponym is due to the fact that, during Late Antiquity, the city of Pollentia became depopulated, but the name remained to designate the region. In the Islamic period, the capital of the district, called Bullansa, was located in the place where, centuries later, the town of Pollença would be founded.

Throughout its history, Pollença was a site of significant military confrontations, due to its prominent geographical position, some 6 km (4 mi) from the coast, in an effort to avoid pirate attacks. It witnessed the battles of the Christian conquest and the expedition of King James I of Aragon, and also became the last stand of King James III of Majorca.

After the Conquest of Majorca, the Order of the Temple and other magnates acquired lands in Pollença, which later passed to the Order of Saint John in 1312. The population grew rapidly until the Black Plague of 1349. Pollença was a key site in military conflicts, such as the Christian conquest and the struggles between the kings of Mallorca and Aragon. During the Revolt of the Brotherhoods, Pollença aligned with the rebels, but in 1522 it was brutally suppressed by the royal army on the day known as the "Day of the Devastation."

During the 15th and 16th centuries, Pollença also had to face pirate attacks. In 1534, the people of Pollença repelled a landing in Formentor; in 1537, they ambushed a group of Saracen corsairs who had disembarked at Cala Estremer. However, the events of 1550 stand out, when the Turkish corsair Dragut occupied the town with 1,500 men. The people of Pollença, led by Joan Mas, confronted them and managed to force them to re-embark, though they lost more than thirty captives in the process. The bravery of Joan Mas and the other fighters contrasted with the negligence of the watchtower guards, the castle keeper, and the captain of arms, Pere Brull, who was punished with banishment from the town. These events are commemorated every 2nd of August during the town's patronal festivals with a reenactment of the battle between Moros i Cristians.

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What to visit

Desde los primeros años del siglo XX, Pollensa se convirtió en un lugar predilecto para los pintores que visitaban la isla. Nombres como Miguel Costa y Llobera, Ramón Picó Campamar, Santiago Rusiñol, Joaquín Mir, Anglada Camarasa, Tito Cittadini, Dionís Bennássar y muchos más han contribuido con sus obras (literarias y pictóricas) a hacer de Pollensa un lugar conocido dentro y fuera de Mallorca.

Actualmente Pollensa sigue gozando de renombre dentro del mundo cultural y artístico gracias a iniciativas públicas como el Festival Internacional de Música, el Museo de Pollensa y a iniciativas privadas como la Casa-Museo Dionís Bennàssar, el Museo Martí Vicenç y a un gran número de galerías de arte.

El puerto de Pollensa inspiró a la compositora argentina Marilina Ross, durante su exilio, a escribir la canción «Puerto Pollensa», popularizada por la cantante Sandra Mihanovich.​

En mayo de 2017, un grupo de artistas desarrolló una obra de la serie Horizontem360, que consiste en la transformación del interior de uno de los antiguos barracones militares construidos durante la Guerra Civil junto a la Atalaya de Albercutx, en Puerto de Pollensa. Esta obra trata de que el elemento militar desaparezca en el horizonte.

Gastronomía:

Igual que el resto de la isla la zona de Pollensa refleja en su gastronomía la tradición de la cocina mediterránea. La zona ofrece una amplia oferta en restauración, tanto de cocina local como internacional. También los embutidos entre los que destacan la sobrassada, la longaniza, los butifarrones. En Pollensa a diferencia del resto de localidades de Mallorca camaiot es el jamón serrano en vez de los butifarrones, que se llama butifarró.

Muy peculiar es el plato de sopes mallorquines elaborado con pan moreno mallorquín, verduras y carne, el pa amb oli, el tumbet, arroz brut, las coques de trempó y verdures, lomo con col, la lechona, los caracoles, el frito de matanza o de freixura, las panades, y els cocarrois.

Entre los platos de pescado y marisco se destacan els molls, el cap-roig, el dentón, la llampuga, el llobarro o el popular arroz de pescado, y la caldereta de langosta.

La repostería de la isla cuenta con la ensaimada, la greixonera de brossat, el gató con almendras, o els robiols y los crespells, postre típico de Semana Santa.

Mallorca disfruta también de una gran tradición vinícola y de una gran calidad de licores, como el palo, el vino dulce, las hierbas que pueden ser tanto dulces, secas o semisecas.

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Festivals

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Rest of the year

  • January: Fiesta patronal: Antonio Abad (17)
  • April: XXIII Edició Fira del Vi (25) · Feria de Abril
  • July: Fiesta de La Patrona (24)
  • August: Fiesta patronal: Virgen de los Ángeles (2)

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Trails and hiking

Ruta de Pedra en Sec (GR 221)

Ruta de Pedra en Sec - Variant H Puig de Maria (GR 221-H)

Ruta de Pedra en Sec - Etapa 8 (GR 221, 6.743 km)

Ruta de Pedra en Sec: Stage 7: Son Amer - Pont Romà (GR 221, 17.450 km)

El Camí IT4TR3 El Camí Illenc: de l'Alguer a Formentera (CC-C)

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Famous people

Miguel Costa y Llobera, poeta y sacerdote español

Joan Antoni Moreno

Alfonso Benavides, piragüista español

David Tavaré, cantante español

Marcos Jiménez de la Espada Martín, futbolista español

Bartomeu Rull Cànaves, obispo español

Town hall

Alcaldía: Martí Xavier March i Cerdà

Web oficial: http://www.ajpollenca.net/

Town hall of Pollença

Alcaldía: Martí Xavier March i Cerdà Web oficial: http://www.ajpollenca.net/

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How to get there

  • 🚗 53 km from Palma (about 37 min by car)
  • 🚗 211 km from Eivissa (about 149 min by car)

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  • ✈️ 54 km from Palma de Mallorca airport (about 38 min by car)
  • ✈️ 128 km from Menorca airport (about 90 min by car)

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🅿️ Where to park

  • Where to park · 0.3 km away
  • aparcament del puig de Maria · 0.4 km away
  • Can Conill · 0.4 km away

🏧 Nearest cash machine

  • Colonya · 0 km away
  • Banca March · 0.1 km away
  • Caixabank · 0.1 km away

⛽ Nearest petrol station

  • Repsol · 0.4 km away
  • Galp · 1.5 km away
  • Just Fuel · 1.5 km away

ℹ️ Tourist office

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  • Tourist office · 0.4 km away
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🔭 Viewpoints

  • Mirador del Calvari · 0.5 km away
  • Viewpoints · 0.6 km away
  • Mirador del Molí Vell · 1.1 km away

🏖️ Where to swim

  • platja del Port de Pollença · 5.8 km away
  • Cala Barques · 5.9 km away
  • Cala Clara · 5.9 km away

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