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Arab culture
It’s a theme that has exhaustively been analyzed by critics all over time, this being the main reason for which I wanted to talk about this theme in my blog. Having an important cultural echo, you might have wondered whether Palma had a Muslim footprint or not. If this is the case, I am confident that this article will be quite explanatory.
They are accessed through a portal, with a horseshoe arch. ...
Persisting in my daily describing of Palma’s iconic buildings, today I am going to present you a new beautiful place, that’s just next to the royal palace of the Almudaina (linking with yesterday’s article): the “Hort del Rei” - "orchard of the king".
This place is made of small gardens that in the past were also royal property and included fruit trees, vegetables, medicinal plants and ornamental ...
Starting by having the same reputed cathedral as a point of reference, as it represents a symbol of religious power, there is the royal palace of the Almudaina, a symbol of civil power, counterpartying it. Here, the Arabs settled and, after the Reconquista, it hosted the courts of the kingdoms of Mallorca, Aragon and Spain.
The remains of the Arab baths, the collections of Flemish tapestries and ...
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