The "patios" in the Palma stately homes, from monumental beauty and lavish impressions, make up a unique architectural space where time stops and life appears, capable of atracting and surprising the eye of their visitors. The historic centres are architectural redoubts which bring to mind a refined and cultured Majorca with its own personality.
The "patios" of the Palma stately homes make up a unique architectural space, with its own, different aesthetics without which the old centre would lose its identity which characterises it. That is why Palma is above all a city of patios.
These semi-public places were marked by a social and even economic life. The Palma "patios", above all those which belonged to private families (Most of them), have today become inaccessible to pedestrians, this being the main sad thing that this century has given to the history of the patios. Some have railings that allow contemplation from the street and only those buildings that have been turned into museums, cultural foundations or diverse civic centres can be visited without restriction.
This is the reason that in this itinerary around the Stately Palma, we will only highlight those patios that can be visited or observed easily. This visit will take us to the small back streets with the highest historic lineage in Palma. The seats of noble families, properties of influential names within the Palma bourgeoisie where many of these small palaces from the XVI,XVII and XVIII centuries are still inhabited.
The Palma patios are a result of the evolution through the history which began in roman times, coming to a fore in the XIII century and reaching its peak in the XVII and XVIII centuries after reforming the main Palma stately homes of the era in the renaissance style of the that time.
Due to the darkness caused by the amount of narrow streets that the old part of the city of Palma de Majorca is famous for, the houses were built with an interior patio to function as a skylight and around it the whole house was erected. The house became an element of social prestige that showed the importance of each family and its social standing. One of the most important aspects of these patios is the stairway that increases the grandiose effect of the stately home.
The social role of the used to offer water and shade during the summers and shelter from the rain and a play area for the children and an open air discussion area for the adults. The "patios" played an important role in the social life in Palma, they were even used to announce an important event, if the gate was left ajar it meant that one of the residents had died, later the clothes and personal possessions of the deceased were auctioned off. This custom was maintained until the end of the XVIII century, as they were semi-public places that the neighbours used freely and without having to ask the owner permission. If on the other hand the gates were wide open and decorated with plants and flowers, it announced the birth of a child.
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Colour and Light in Gothic Palma Cathedral
It is not surprising that in the Middle Ages an art form was developed in which the brilliance of simple colours is married to the brilliance of light.The developement of Gothic arquitecture which led to the virtual replacement of wall by window provide the opportunity for combinig pictorial embellishment with intense luminiscense.
It helped that Light was often cited as a metapfor for God , and even believed to be a manifestation of the deity .
Despite the concerns voiced by austere monastic oders that such sensuous stimulation might detract from focusing on God , bishops and lay patrons gave free rein to the creative possibilities of brilliant, multi-coloured glass . Its beauty seems largely to have been indivisible from the cognitive understanding of symbolism, delight in colour was remarkably direct and uninhibited.
Light was other source of immediate aesthetic uplift - The light of the sun , the glitter of gold and polished surfaces and all forms of luminosity.
This tour will show you the color significance the conflicting aims of richness of colour and illumination of the interior,the meaning,symbolism and narration, revelatory of the fundamental shifts which occurred during the course of the Middle Ages in theology,intellectual outlook and society generally.
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Palma Cathedral and Gothic quarter
Personal Tour guide conducting private guided tours
The tariff for the walking guided tour is ... Euro for the group, it is the same if you are two people or if you are 15. As it is a customized service we can make it last until max. up to three hours. The meeting point has to be in any point of the historical center easy to locate ( ej.Miró monument in Plaza de la Reina). The walking tour included Palma cathedral, unique of the world where we wil apreciate the contrast of the gothic with the Art noveau (of Antonio Gaudi) and the Privitivisme (of Miguel Barcelö) recently inaugurated. Our walk continues trough the narrow streets that conform the old gothic district and the Alfama of the Jewish quarter, description of typology of casals and patios etc. etc.
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The metaphysical significance of the numbers in Palma Cathedral
The basis of many churches is sacry geometry and proportion. Numbers had a metaphysical significance, and were thought to have occult power. Every aspect of the medieval cathedral utilized that significace: the number of pillars in the choir, the ratio of the levels of in the triforium, etc. Rose windows are no exception to this rule. The triangle means stability trascending duality.Our rosewindow composed of twenty four triangles twelve of them represent the shape of six pointed star.
The most visual presence of the three in the cathedral is the one of its architectonic structure , it is a cathedral of three naves, the cathedral can be perceived like the conjunction of three churches.
1.The first that was constructed named Chapel of the Trinidad, there is above, to where the pantheons of the mallorcan kings are located
2.Second , the Royal Chapel, where it is now the altar and presbitery.
3.Third it arises when the construction is tripled and appeared the building of the three aisles.
There are three the rosewindows , entering by the greater vestibule.
There are three the most excellent lampadarios,
1.the one of the seven lamps on the episcopal chair,
2.the one of the octogonal crown of the baldaquino on the greater altar and
3.the one of lucerna conical truncated in center of the central nave.
Number three is not absolutely strange to the cultural patrimony of the Church.
The Christians adore a trinitary God
1.Father,
2.Son and
3.holy Spirit
Three are three teologal virtues - faith, hope and charity.
Not only the Christian cultural patrimony has been constructed, partly, on the paradigm of the three. The old civilization celta counts on the three spirals of the Kristel, Dante divided in three parts the Divine Comedy, are famous the three laws of Newton.
The great reform that Obispo Campins proposed to the artis Antonio Gaud� formulated through a triple charge:
1. to obtain an altar for God,
2. a chair for the bishop and
3. a great space for the people.
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Palma Jewish quarter
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The Jewish quarter itinerary is designed to offer tourist,visitors or residents a chance to discover one of the most important jewish quarters in the medieval Mediterranean, inhabited by sages,doctors, astronomers and cartografers Jafuda and Abraham Cresques.
This itinerary is designed to last approximately two hours in order to guarantee suitable management, with the aim of highlighting certain especially relevant aspects to be observed by the official guides who will lead the tour.
The best tour of Palma de Mallorca for your group could be the icredible Jewish Quarter "el call " in the old Alfama of Medina Majurca.
You will imagine how the " xuetes" (Converted Jews) used to live and how they were
organized in social levels Those of the "orella alta " (High class) or those of
"orella baixa" (Lower class). They lived in the ghetto untill the last pogrom
(1391). Then they were forced to convert by the Spanish Inquisition . Some of them
continued as "Cripto-jew", and it was not until the end of the 17th century
that the label "xueta" was truly earned and the whole community was properly
Catholic.
The Xuetes have historically been stigmatized and until the first half of the
20th century practiced, and were seen aligated to practice, strict endogamy.
Today, an estimated 18,000 people in the island carry Xueta surnames
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Monumental Palma
Palma awaits you all year round. Get to know the history of the city by strolling through the heart of its old quarter. Its Roman, Moslem and Christian past make it an amazing city to visit. With this tour that takes you through its peaceful streets, you will discover the rich heritage of its buildings, squares, palaces, courtyards and gardens, like the cathedral, the Almudaina Palace, the city’s ancient walls, the Lonja building, the Arab baths or the City Hall.
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When the portal was opened wide at dawn was decorated with bouquets and plants,it was an invitation to share the joy of a birth.The predominance of either laurel or myrtle proclaimed whether it was a boy or girl.On this occasions,it was a well-established tradition until the beginning of the 19th century that whoever passed by had a perfet right to cross the courtyard,climb the stairs to the house and partake of"refreshment" to clebrate the event.It was a society in which the community shared its family occasions without any class distinctions".Walkig tour last about 3 hours and for groups of maximun 15 persons
Plus if you wat to get into the cathedral add 4� fee per person.
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