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Mallorca
Mallorca, island, eastern Spain, the largest of the Balearic Islands,
in the Mediterranean Sea. In the northwest are mountains, reaching
about 1070 to 1525 m (about 3500 to 5000 ft) in height. Farming,
mining, and fishing are the main occupations. Grapes, grain, flax,
and olives are grown, and hogs and sheep are raised. Marble, copper,
and lead are the chief minerals mined. Mallorca is a popular resort.
Palma or Palma de Mallorca, city in eastern Spain, capital of Baleares
autonomous region, on the island of Mallorca, on the Bay of Palma
(an arm of the Mediterranean Sea). The chief manufactures are shoes,
woolen goods, pottery, crystal, glass, matches, hardware, ship engines,
cement, paper, iron, and brewery products. Palma has a substantial
tourist industry. The city was captured from the Moors in 1229.
It has a Gothic cathedral, begun in 1230 and completed in the early
17th century, with a chancel canopy by architect Antoni Gaudí.
Other points of interest are a castle that was once a Moorish palace;
a former Spanish royal palace located above the Bay of Palma; and
the 13th-century San Francisco Church.
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