Notable Majorcans
Famous Majorcans include writer and philosopher Ramon Llull and Junípero Serra, the Franciscan friar who founded the mission chain in Alta California. On the 1800s, the military commander Joaquín Jovellar y Soler as well as-time Spanish Premier Antonio Maura. Sportsmen from your island include cager Rudy Fernández, in addition to former world no. 1 tennis players Rafael Nadal and Carlos Moyá. Rafael Nadal's uncle may be the former Spanish international footballer, Miguel Ángel Nadal. In 2006, Majorca's Jorge Lorenzo won the globe 250cc grand prix motorcycle title and also the 2010 MotoGP World Championship . Former Everton footballer, Duncan Ferguson now resides in Majorca. Cynthia Lennon, former wife of John Lennon with the Beatles also lives in Majorca.
The region is home to dance artist/producer DJ Sammy and contemporary painters for example Miquel Barceló, José María Sicilia, and Astrid Colomar. Maria del Mar Bonet and her brother Joan Ramon Bonet, both members in the gang of Mallorcan language singers often known as Els Setze Jutges in the 1960s, are from Majorca, out of the box the contemporary pop group Antònia Font.
Abraham Cresques was obviously a 14th-century Jewish cartographer with the Majorcan cartographic school from Palma; Cresques is credited using the authorship of the famous Catalan Atlas.
The members of the Spanish Royal Family spend their summer holidays in Majorca the spot that the Marivent Palace is located. The Marivent Palace would be the royal family's summer residence. While many royal residences are administered by Patrimonio Nacional, the Marivent Palace, in Palma de Mallorca, one of several Spanish royal sites, is within the good care of Government in the Balearic Islands. As being a private residence it is rarely used by official business. Typically, everyone in your house meets there plus the Fortuna yacht, where they indulge in sailing competitions. However, unofficial business does occur (though rarely) at the Marivent Palace like when Hugo Chávez, current (2009) President of Venezuela, visited King Juan Carlos for the Marivent Palace in 2008 to mend their relationship and normalize diplomatic relations following your King (now famously) told him, "You will want to shut up?" through the Ibero-American Summit in November 2007.
Majorca's own language is Mallorcan, your neighborhood number of Catalan language. Each official languages of Majorca are Mallorcan and Spanish. The area dialect is Mallorquí, although dialects are slightly different practically in most villages. Mandatorily, Majorcan students are bilingual in Catalan and Spanish, by incorporating familiarity with English. A tremendous amount of the tourist population speaks German as being a native language, it's that in Germany, Majorca is jokingly termed as the 17th Federal State. In 2012 the governing party announced its intention to separate preferential treatment for Catalan within the schools to create parity towards the actual two languages with the island.
Since 1950s Majorca has developed into major tourist destination, as well as the tourism business has become the main source of revenue with the island. In 2001, the city received countless tourists, and also the boom inside the tourism industry has provided significant rise in the economy of the us. More than half from the population works from the tourist sector, which is the reason approximately 80% of Majorca’s GDP. The currency currently used in Majorca will be the euro.
The Balearic Islands, of which Majorca forms part, is just about the autonomous communities of Spain. It really is governed by way of right-wing Partido Popular, with José Ramón Bauzà as President.
There is a government for that island, called Consell Insular de Mallorca (Majorca Insular Council), with responsibility for culture, roads, railways and municipal administration. The present president (from June 2011) is Maria Salom, of Partido Popula.
The region is home to dance artist/producer DJ Sammy and contemporary painters for example Miquel Barceló, José María Sicilia, and Astrid Colomar. Maria del Mar Bonet and her brother Joan Ramon Bonet, both members in the gang of Mallorcan language singers often known as Els Setze Jutges in the 1960s, are from Majorca, out of the box the contemporary pop group Antònia Font.
Abraham Cresques was obviously a 14th-century Jewish cartographer with the Majorcan cartographic school from Palma; Cresques is credited using the authorship of the famous Catalan Atlas.
The members of the Spanish Royal Family spend their summer holidays in Majorca the spot that the Marivent Palace is located. The Marivent Palace would be the royal family's summer residence. While many royal residences are administered by Patrimonio Nacional, the Marivent Palace, in Palma de Mallorca, one of several Spanish royal sites, is within the good care of Government in the Balearic Islands. As being a private residence it is rarely used by official business. Typically, everyone in your house meets there plus the Fortuna yacht, where they indulge in sailing competitions. However, unofficial business does occur (though rarely) at the Marivent Palace like when Hugo Chávez, current (2009) President of Venezuela, visited King Juan Carlos for the Marivent Palace in 2008 to mend their relationship and normalize diplomatic relations following your King (now famously) told him, "You will want to shut up?" through the Ibero-American Summit in November 2007.
Majorca's own language is Mallorcan, your neighborhood number of Catalan language. Each official languages of Majorca are Mallorcan and Spanish. The area dialect is Mallorquí, although dialects are slightly different practically in most villages. Mandatorily, Majorcan students are bilingual in Catalan and Spanish, by incorporating familiarity with English. A tremendous amount of the tourist population speaks German as being a native language, it's that in Germany, Majorca is jokingly termed as the 17th Federal State. In 2012 the governing party announced its intention to separate preferential treatment for Catalan within the schools to create parity towards the actual two languages with the island.
Since 1950s Majorca has developed into major tourist destination, as well as the tourism business has become the main source of revenue with the island. In 2001, the city received countless tourists, and also the boom inside the tourism industry has provided significant rise in the economy of the us. More than half from the population works from the tourist sector, which is the reason approximately 80% of Majorca’s GDP. The currency currently used in Majorca will be the euro.
The Balearic Islands, of which Majorca forms part, is just about the autonomous communities of Spain. It really is governed by way of right-wing Partido Popular, with José Ramón Bauzà as President.
There is a government for that island, called Consell Insular de Mallorca (Majorca Insular Council), with responsibility for culture, roads, railways and municipal administration. The present president (from June 2011) is Maria Salom, of Partido Popula.