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Valldemossa is a village and municipality on the island of Majorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x769, 146 KB) Summary Valldemossa, Majorca, Malorca, Spain. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x769, 146 KB) Summary Valldemossa, Majorca, Malorca, Spain. ...
A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...
Majorca (Mallorca in Catalan and Spanish, sometimes also encountered in English),: from Latin insula maior, later Maiorica, (major island) is one of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears, Spanish: Islas Baleares), which are located in the Mediterranean Sea and are a part of Spain. ...
Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ...
Capital Palma de Mallorca Official languages Catalan and Spanish Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 17th 4 992 km² 1,0% Population – Total (2003) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 14th 916 968 2,2% 183,69/km² Demonym – English – Catalan – Spanish Balearic balear balear Statute of Autonomy March 1, 1983 ISO 3166...
Valldemossa grew famous for one landmark: The Royal Chartreuse of Jesus of Nazareth, built from the first years of the XIV century, when the mystic and philosopher Ramon LLull was living in this area of Majorca.
From 1835, after the government confiscated The Chartreuse to the Christian Order of St Bruno, aiming to rise money for arms during a Civil War, the historic estate was sold to private owners who have housed since several prominent guests. Among the most famous guest were the composer Frédéric Chopin and French writer and pionnering feminist George Sand (who wrote her acclaimed novel "A Winter in Majorca" based on their visit, praising the natural beauty of this island but highly critic about the prejudice and moral vices of native population). Frédéric François Chopin as portrayed by Eugène Delacroix in 1838. ...
George Sand in 1864 (picture by Nadar). ...
Later the Hispanic poet Rubén Darío was host of the Sureda y Montaner families who own the Chartreuse estate. To fight his own nightmares Rubén Dario would sleep in monk habits, however his drink habits cause a rift with his private hosts and thus his departure from the former monastery and from Majorca. Félix Rubén GarcÃa Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 – February 6, 1916) was a Nicaraguan poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Rubén DarÃo. ...
Also Jorge Luis Borges lived in the town with his parents and his sister Norah, after the First World War let them free from their Geneva´s refuge. Borges passionate friendship with the young artist Jacobo Sureda Montaner, son of the excellent painter Pilar Montaner, was decisive for Borges creating mainly in Spanish. Jorge Luis Borges (born August 24, 1899 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; died June 14, 1986 in Geneva, Switzerland) was an Argentine writer who is considered one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century. ...
Since the XIX century Valldemossa was promoted internationally as a beautiful spot thanks to the affection of a distinguished traveller and cultural writer, the Austrian Archduke Ludwig Salvator.
Another curiosity, which might go unnoticed to tourists, not really the most commendable curiosity of Valldemossa, is the incredible fact that the town's mayor is the only one in the democratic Kingdom of Spain to remain in power since the tyranny of Franco, more than 30 years. This Guinness record is an inexplicable anachronism, which Plato and Antonio Maura had fought because it ruins democracy. Even the European Union passed a recent resolution asking to remove all vestiges from the Franco's dictatorship. Thus Valldemossa may make an interest place to visit not only for those who search natural beauty and history but also for those interested in social pathologies, as George Sand indicated in her book "Winter in Majorca". Because of this political anachronism, what remains of its famous landmark: The Royal Chartreuse estate is under threat of disappearing under a new wave of cement.
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (683x1024, 124 KB) Summary Beschreibung: Kloster in Valldemossa, Spanien, Mallorca Quelle: selbst fotografiert im Mai 2004 Fotograf / Zeichner: Berthold Werner Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Valldemossa ...
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