Greetings Steemians
After visiting the Cathedral de Palma, I will show you today another main sight of Mallorca's capital, the Castle de Bellveder. It's name already is a promise that one can enjoy a wonderful view over Palma and it's harbor. Yet not before the effort of ascending the Castle hill is made. Not undemanding, especially in the hot summer months.
The castle was built in the 14th century and designed to serve as a palace for the Kings of Mallorca but also as a fortress. A special feature is it's circular construction, the only such amongst all Spanish fortresses.
Today the Castle is in public hands and meanwhile also harbours Palma's History Museum. The Museum is worth a visit but I was mainly impressed by the Castle's unique location and architecture.
So let's have a look:
The model to the top-left nicely shows the circular shape of the Castle's construction design.
The highest of the three watchtowers.
A thin footbridge leads to the keep, the last retreat in case of a siege.
A peculiarity of the inner arcades is the combination of Romanesque architecture of the lower floor...
...and Gothic architecture of the upper floor.
The great view indeed does credit to the Castle's name.
"La Seu", Palma's magnificent Cathedral enthroned behind the harbour bassin.
A last look back.
Thanks for watching and 'til next time!
Shaka
Photos recorded by myself with an Canon IXUS 75. All rights reserved.
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Great impressions of the Cathedral de Palma, thanks for sharing @shaka!
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Cannot decide if I like more photos of the castle or the harbor. Both look awesome :)
Btw congrats on turning 70 rep @shaka! That´s a huge achievement!
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Thank you very much @phorton. It feels like an achievement indeed. Even though there is a lot of debate about the Rep's reputation these days.
Cheers!
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Great postcard from Mallorca!
You have to try Sobrassada( traditional Mallorcan sausage) ;)
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Sehr schön, dort auf der Insel haben meine Frau und ich uns vor 15 Jahren kennen gelernt. Aber nicht am Strand, wie man meinen würde, sondern bei einer Firma wo wir gearbeitet haben. Danke für die Erinnerung :-)
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Amazing photos, @shaka! I like very much the composition of the architectural photos :) seems like you really enjoyed taking them!
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och meno,
da war ich soooviele male in Malle,
aber noch nie auf dem Castell de Bellver.
wie ich sehe würde sich das Lohnen bei dem Ausblick
fast ähnlich wie auf Alicante, lg 🤠
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Ich glaube es braucht sehr lange, bis man auf Mallorca alles gesehen hat. Die Insel hat unglaublich viel zu bieten. Grüsse!
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Deaar @shaka this place is really wonderful. The castle is very big and a architecture masterpiece. It has two floors. How could they make the upper floor when they had no knowledge about cement and modern construction methods?
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I think multi-storey buildings have been constructed already a very long time ago. Apparently the old Romans were already capable to build multiple floors.
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wonderful to see and explore that through your post great place :D
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Simply wonderful photos, it is a pleasure to enjoy your trips.
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Great views of the city its lively harbor and sparkling Mediterranean Sea It has the honor of being the only round castle in Spain and its pure gothic design stands out in spite of recent developments in the city my dad visited this castle before thank you for great post
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Hi @shaka, congratulations! your post has been featured on @the1Ramp as part of our Artist showcase program👊. It has an active rating of 4+ stars 🙌. Watch it now on 1Ramp for shaka
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Hi @shaka, congratulations! your post has been featured on @the1Ramp as part of our Artist showcase program👊. It has an active rating of 4+ stars 🙌. Watch it now on 1Ramp for shaka
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Stark!
Mallorca ohne hässliche Fratzen. 😎
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Die Insel ist gross (und der Ballermann plus Umfeld relativ klein) ;)
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Da hat sich wohl irgendwann mal was in meinem Hirn verankert, was der Tatsache das Mallorca nicht gleich Ballermann ist, mit sturer Ignoranz begegnet.
Das ist nun vorbei und ich glaube jetzt, nicht zuletzt Dank Dir, das es tatsächlich auch eine schöne Seite gibt, fernab von Eimer saufenden Volldeppen. 😎
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wow beautiful place .. hope i will go there oneday
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Awesome ...
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Wow. What a great pictures you have just shared
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