Culture

The museum of modern and contemporary art in Palma was inaugurated in 2004 by the Spanish royal couple. Baluard means fortress in Mallorcan. This building was constructed in the 16th century by the Italian military engineer Captain Fratin.

Palau means palace in mallorcan language. The idea of palaces always was recognized as the king’s home, lord’s house or with the high classes in Europe. The buildings use to be huge and mainly in the past they had all kinds of luxury things for their neighbors. The history of mallorcan palaces or mansions started in the XIII century. Nowadays they are the crown’s jewels. Palma has approximately 60 palaces that were built in different styles: medieval, gothic, baroque, renascence, etc.