Palma - Catedral de Mallorca

Mallorca is the largest island in the Mediterranean Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain. Mallorca is an extremely popular holiday destination. The Palma de Mallorca Airport, one of the busiest in Spain, is used by about 30 million tourists per year.

Palma is the political and economic center of the autonomous region of the Balearic Islands. Palma is a Roman foundation from the time the island was occupied by the Roman Empire in 123 BC. Almost half of the island´s population of more than 890.000 today live in Palma.

From Between 902 and 1229, the city was under Islamic control and the Palma Cathedral ("Catedral de Santa María de Palma de Mallorca") was erected on the site of a former mosque. Designed in the Catalan Gothic style, it was begun by King James I of Aragon (Jaime I de Aragón) in 1230 but only finished in 1601.