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Lluís Sitjar
Lluís Sitjar Castellà (Palma de Mallorca, Palma, 16 August 1900 – Íd., 21 December 1956) was a Majorcan sports and political leader from Palma (Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain). He is known for having been President (corporate title), president of Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, CD Mallorca and giving the name to his Lluís Sitjar Stadium, stadium, as well as for having been a member of Falange Española and being implicated in the executions of political prisoners during Spanish Civil War. Sitjar was from a landed family, owners of the ''possession'' (a type of rural construction in Mallorca) of ''Es Monjos'' (Porreres) and also of the ''possession'' of ''Alcoraia'', in the neighboring municipality of Montuiri), which allowed him to enjoy a comfortable economic position throughout his life, in addition to being able to intervene in various spheres of Majorcan social and political life, especially in Palma (where he was born and lived) and Porreres (where he was from). Ini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palma De Mallorca
Palma (, ; ), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma. The Cabrera Archipelago, though widely separated from Palma proper, is administratively considered part of the municipality. History Palma was founded as a Ancient Rome, Roman camp upon the remains of a Talaiotic settlement. The city was subjected to several Vandal raids during the fall of the Western Roman Empire, then reconquered by the Byzantine Empire, then colonised by the Moors (who called it ''Medina Mayurqa'') and, in the 13th century, by James I of Aragon. Roman period After the conquest of Mallorca, the city was loosely incorporated into the province of Hispania Tarraconensis, Tarraconensis by 123 BC; the Romans founded two new cities: ''Palma'' on the south of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
