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A typical (sheesh!) |
A little tour through Prehistoric and
Roman Ruins in Mallorca |
KIDS ONLY!!
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Links to Mallorca based Sites, some of
which I have designed, friends Sites, some funny Sites, some intersting &
informative Sites.... |
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Here's a little something you might find interesting...
That Island Pull.... I've
been living on this island for nearly twenty years, it is truly a magical place...
Although the birth of was what initially kept me here on this fertile island, I just
couldn't imagine going back to live in my native NY when children (and adults) have such a
happy free life here! Besides, the island wanted me to stay...many I know who have
*chosen* to live here feel that pull... |
Working in Mallorca as a guide.... As my father is Mallorquín and so
the way of life on the largest of the Balearic Islands a part of my heritage, the culture
and customs and history of this place have always interested me, curiosity turning me into
a bit of an amateur archeological and history buff. |
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Caves... I took people out on a lot of local walks into the mountains, on country roads, through cemetaries, in and out of valleys to beaches, to ruins...the oldest being some man-made caves used as dwellings, silos and tombs (you have to crawl into those with torches!) dated between 3 & 4,000 years ago. To make their holiday, and my job, more interesting I began studying about the places I took them to see... some are truly fascinating... Talaiots... There are pre-roman structures called "talaióts", on every part of the island. They vary in design and purpose, although their openings generally are Syrius and/or Sun oriented.. Some date back as far as 1,300 b.c. The culture of these people lasted from the end of the Punic wars through the Roman conquering of the Balearic islands in 123 b.c. up to about 500 a.d. when the roman Empire divided into East and West, Rambling on about ancient worship... There is definitely evidence of a mother-worship religion, though prehistoric, and that the "talaiotic" culture, though basically warriors, (nude stone slingers and ace ship sinkers...who caused the classical world to give the islands of Mallorca and Menorca the name "Gimnasae" due to their lack of garb), had special structures for their religious ceremonies, which included only initiates. The pre-talaiotic cultures, dating back as far as 6,000 years on some parts of the island worshiped in the open air normally at a high point in the mointains near their village, This also would serve as their ultimate bastion if defence became necessary.
It should also be noted that the Pre-Talaiotic culture was a nomadic one who eventually settled here (that island pull again) probably Celtic in origin, although some believe that there were Phonecian settlers as well. The Talaiotic people were probably from somewhere between Greece and Rome, noted by their cyclopean constructions, which in themselves have a spiritual force...not only due to their orientation, but to a central pillar, reresenting a tree or the life force coming out of the earth and connecting to the gods...this also has to do with the Magic of Islands.......
Onward to Son
Real..... A Talaiotic Necropolis ----> |
