Architectural description
Palma de Mallorca
The conquest of the island by the King of Aragon signifies a before and after in the history of Mallorca and, by extension, of the Balearic Islands. It is from 1229, with the creation of the Kingdom of Majorca, when the foundations of current Majorcan society are laid: religion, culture, institutions, customs, language... Medina Mayurqa was renamed the city of Majorca.
During the French War (1804-1814) Mallorca was not the scene of any battlefield, however this does not mean that it lived on the margins. Palma became a refuge for many peninsulars. The city was filled with people of all kinds and conditions. Despite this sudden increase in population, Palma continued to grow within the walls. Only suburbs like Santa Catalina or Molinar timidly spread. It was not until 1900 that Palma approved the Calvet Plan for urban planning, from which the city expanded far beyond its defensive walls. In 1902 the demolition of the walls began, with which the city began to expand. Towards the decade of the fifties of the last century, the tourist industry developed strongly and became the main engine of the island's economy. When, at the end of the 1970s, Palma was already a tourist capital immersed in a modernizing process and significant urban growth took place again, lasting almost until the first decade of the 21st century.
