Halfway the castle of Vincennes and the alcazar of Seville, the Palace of Majorca shows quite at the same moment Andalusian magnificences and fortresses of the North.


Commanded(ordered) by king Jaume II, the construction site of the monument begins before 1274 under order of the project manager Ramon Pau.


The luxurious decoration of the Palatine chapels expresses the refinement of a dynasty dedicated paradoxically to the monarchism Franciscan.

Frescoes in the magnificent polychromies, unwind along the walls of the suras of the Koran, in the geometry impéccable the coufique calligraphy.

Centre of all the commands of the realm and royal place of residence, the Palace of Kings de Majorque is the summary in a place of the Mediterranean art of living and the medieval Catalan ecumenism.

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Credit text and photos: advertising Plaque " Palace of Kings de Majorque "