Mallorca (AA Island Maps)

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Keenan, Steve (6 July 2009). "Mallorca v Majorca: which is correct?". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 6 June 2010 . Retrieved 7 April 2013.

Florio, Erin (19 July 2018). "Spanish Island Tells Tourists to Stay Home". Condé Nast Traveler. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019 . Retrieved 20 November 2019. The Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin, together with French writer Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (pseudonym: George Sand), resided in Valldemossa in the winter of 1838–39. Apparently, Chopin's health had already deteriorated and his doctor recommended that he go to the Balearic Islands to recuperate, where he still spent a rather miserable winter. [39] [40] Emilio Rappold (29 July 2014). "Mallorca ist das 17. Bundesland"[Mallorca is the 17th federal state]. HuffingtonPost.de (in German). Archived from the original on 6 December 2015 . Retrieved 29 December 2014.

French writer Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (pseudonym: George Sand), at that time in a relationship with Chopin, described her stay in Mallorca in A Winter in Majorca, published in 1855. Other famous writers used Mallorca as the setting for their works. While on the island, the Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío started writing the novel El oro de Mallorca, and wrote several poems, such as La isla de oro. [42] Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival". abcMallorca. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015 . Retrieved 10 October 2015.

Eaktay Ahn (1906–1965), founder of the Balearic Symphony Orchestra and composer of the Korean national anthem, lived in Mallorca from 1946 until his death in 1965. [79] Watch as Conor Benn speaks fluent Spanish to trash talk opponent in face-off". talkSPORT. 9 April 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021 . Retrieved 12 June 2021. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Since the 1950s, Mallorca has become a major tourist destination, and the tourism business has become the main source of revenue for the island. [63] Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer, former Real Madrid player and currently at Paris Saint-Germain,, was born in Palma, Mallorca.Jorge Luis Borges and Mallorca". Balearsculturaltour. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017 . Retrieved 28 September 2017.

Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana – UNESCO World Heritage Centre". Unesco. 27 June 2011. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013 . Retrieved 26 March 2013. In 427, Gunderic and the Vandals captured the island. Geiseric, son of Gunderic, governed Mallorca and used it as his base to loot and plunder settlements around the Mediterranean [15] until Roman rule was restored in 465. Nigel Tisdall (29 December 2009). "Majorca: sun, sand and Chopin". Travel. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 29 December 2014. Mary Ann Sieghart (5 February 2011). "George Sand's Mallorca". Independent. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015 . Retrieved 29 December 2014.

Destinations

Turistas con destino principal las Illes Balears por periodo, isla y país de residencia"[Tourists with the Balearic Islands as their main destination by period, island and country of residence] (in Spanish). Institut d'Estadistica de les Illes Balears. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014 . Retrieved 8 September 2017.