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Visiting Can Lis: A Modernist Icon by the Sea

June 28, 2025June 27, 2025

Perched high above the Mediterranean where ochre stone meets sky, Can Lis rests on the cliffs near Porto Petro. Sunlight dances across the marés, casting long shadows on tiled floors. Sea breezes drift effortlessly through open courtyards. Here, architecture doesn’t impose on nature, it responds to it. Visiting Can Lis on Mallorca’s rugged southern coast offers an immersive experience of light, silence, and elemental beauty. Spectacular Simplicity Designed in the early 1970s, Can Lis unfolds in…

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Markus Linnenbrink at Casal Solleric: A Sensorial Journey

May 21, 2025

The latest exhibition by renowned German artist Markus Linnenbrink has transformed historic Casal Solleric into a kaleidoscopic exploration of color, space, and perception. It’s a sensorial journey that reshapes the way we see and move through space. Open to the public through September 7, 2025, “WHAT WE THINK AS INSIGNIFICANT PROVIDES THE PUREST AIR WE BREATHE” is a striking example of how contemporary art can redefine and reframe architectural space. A Symphony of Color in the Heart of Palma…

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Aljub de la Misericòrdia: Palma’s Hidden Gem

December 11, 2024December 10, 2024

Step by step a tunnel leads you down into a world of its own. Dark at first until the eyes had time to adjust. In the meantime you sense the humidity of the former cistern. While an ethereal sound fills the space, blue and white lights…

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Mallorca Weather Report: Rain or Shine

November 2, 2024November 3, 2024

Mallorca Weather Report, Plaça d'Espanya, Palma

Palma’s Plaça d’Espanya is the geographical kilometer zero of Mallorca. And it is busy day and night. Commuters on their way to the train, tourists waiting for the bus, kids meeting after school, people resting on a bench in the shade. A churro…

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Cementiri de Palma: Memento Mori

October 31, 2024November 2, 2024

On All Saints’ Day people make their way to the cemetery. Following the tradition of visiting deceased family members and other loved ones. Many lay flowers on the graves and in front of the tombs, honoring the memory. Looking back to remember…

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Open House Palma 2024: Behind the Scenes

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024

The festival of architecture for non-architects is just around the corner. During Open House Palma 2024 you can take a look behind the doors of the most emblematic buildings on Mallorca. More than 60 edifices and spaces that are usually not…

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Open House Palma 2023

October 29, 2023October 29, 2023

If you have always wanted to sneak a look behind the doors of the most emblematic buildings on Mallorca, here you go. Open House Palma 2023, the festival of architecture for non-architects, is about to start. More than 60 edifices and spaces…

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Behind the Scenes: Open House Palma

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022

This coming weekend, the city’s most emblematic buildings open their doors to the public. After last year’s huge success Open House Palma, the festival of architecture for non-architects, takes place for the second time. On Saturday 22 and…