Felanitx
Encyclopedia
Felanitx is a municipality
in the Spanish
autonomous community
of the Balearic Islands
, located in the southeast of Majorca, 48 kilometres from the capital Palma.
Felanitx is the birthplace of Miquel Barceló
, a contemporary painter. The town, dating back to the 13th century, lies near the medieval Sant Salvador Monastery with its Gothic
architecture.
Since 1603, when the St. Agustí convent was founded, Felanitx has been famous for Els Cavallets dance, in which seven boys of between 10 and 13 years of age, wearing white trousers, red tops and green hats, dance around La Dama, another child in a dress who waves a handkerchief to the music. All dancers were male until fairly recently, when young girls were permitted to join.
Felanitx is also known for its wine and particularly its brandy
, with over 60 distilleries in the local area recorded in 1749 http://www.a2zmallorca.com/detail/433.htm. It is a center of production of earthenware watercoolers and other pottery since at least the 3rd century BChttp://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Felanitx.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Spanish
Spain
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autonomous community
Autonomous communities of Spain
An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...
of the Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...
, located in the southeast of Majorca, 48 kilometres from the capital Palma.
Felanitx is the birthplace of Miquel Barceló
Miquel Barcelo
Miquel Barceló is a Spanish painter from Felanitx, Majorca.-Career:After having studied at the Arts and Crafts School of Palma for two years, he enrolled at the Fine Arts School of Barcelona in 1974. A year later he returned to Mallorca to participate in the happenings and actions of protest of...
, a contemporary painter. The town, dating back to the 13th century, lies near the medieval Sant Salvador Monastery with its Gothic
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
architecture.
Since 1603, when the St. Agustí convent was founded, Felanitx has been famous for Els Cavallets dance, in which seven boys of between 10 and 13 years of age, wearing white trousers, red tops and green hats, dance around La Dama, another child in a dress who waves a handkerchief to the music. All dancers were male until fairly recently, when young girls were permitted to join.
Felanitx is also known for its wine and particularly its brandy
Brandy
Brandy is a spirit produced by distilling wine. Brandy generally contains 35%–60% alcohol by volume and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink...
, with over 60 distilleries in the local area recorded in 1749 http://www.a2zmallorca.com/detail/433.htm. It is a center of production of earthenware watercoolers and other pottery since at least the 3rd century BChttp://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Felanitx.
People
- Guillem SagreraGuillem SagreraGuillem Sagrera was a Gothic sculptor and architect from Mallorca.A native of Felanitx, in Majorca, he worked mostly in Spain and Catalonia. In the early 15th century he was directors of the works of the Cathedral of Perpignan in late-Gothic style; in the same style is La Seu Cathedral of Palma...
(1380–1456), Gothic architectGothic architectureGothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
and sculptor - Miquel BarcelóMiquel BarceloMiquel Barceló is a Spanish painter from Felanitx, Majorca.-Career:After having studied at the Arts and Crafts School of Palma for two years, he enrolled at the Fine Arts School of Barcelona in 1974. A year later he returned to Mallorca to participate in the happenings and actions of protest of...
(born 1957), painter