Majorca – in between modernism and modernity – a cultural approach

Let’s take them step by step. First and foremost, as I am addressing to tourists, I’ll write about Gran Hotel. It had many details almost unthinkable for the time. It was planned from the beginning with electricity, had an elevator, independent bathroom in each room, telephone to call reception … come on, what is now in any pension. If there had been Instagram then, it would have been filled with photos of the hotel. How the times change!

Modernism in Mallorca, firstly appeared due to the presence of figures so representative of Catalan modernism, such as Antoni Gaudí i Cornetand Lluís Domènech i Montaner.  They firstly moved to the island to perform some job that had been entrusted to them. The largest number of modernist works were carried out by private initiative, promoted by the new Majorcan bourgeoisie, which, at the beginning of the 20^thcentury, was quite rich, thanks to trade, industry and emigration. The generation of local architects adopted the new style, leaving its imprint on a set of buildings destined for social life, the private sphere and the commercial and industrial world.

Because I always want to facilitate your access to information, of all kinds, here you can find a short list of important points if you are pursuing the encounter between modernism and modernity. Therefore, here you have it:

-Antiguo Círculo Mallorquín. (Actual Parlament Illes Balears)

– Edificio Paraires.

– Can Roca

– Can Canals

– Can Casasayas

– Gran Hotel

– Forn des Teatre

– Almacenes El Águila

– Can Forteza Rey

– Casa de las Medias

– Can Barceló

– Catedral de Mallorca, La Seu

Don’t worry, with just a simple search, on every digital map  application, you will easily find each and every one of these buildings. You will be more than happy (we are completely sure of that) to see that every building has o story to be told. Come on and explore it!

Photo credits: visitpalma.cat, oficinas.cbre.es, ultimahora.es, pinterest.es and spain.info.