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Costa Concordia in Palma, Majorca, Spain
Costa Concordia moored in the port of Palma, Majorca , Spain. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Costa Concordia moored in the port of Palma, Majorca , Spain
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- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Palma de Mallorca
How working water, access and organised sailing shaped Palma de Mallorca.
Scroll to read the water through time
Palma, also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983–1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain.
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BEFORE TOURISM
A working shore
Port of Palma The city bus system, which includes a loop line through the historic centre, is run by the EMT (See external link below).
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2001
The route to the water
In 2001 more than 19,200,000 people passed through Son Sant Joan airport near Palma, with an additional 1.5 million coming by sea.
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Escultura a Nuredduna II
Escultura a Nuredduna II. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Escultura a Nuredduna II
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
1999
Sailing becomes organised
Sailing was contested at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
* Host nation (Spain) Sailing results at the 1999 Summer Universiade
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Palma de Mallorca is recorded at 39.550° N, 2.630° E as a coastal open venue. A course drawn here is temporary: wind, current, shore and marks determine the water that sailors actually meet.
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Costa Concordia in Palma, Majorca, Spain
Costa Concordia moored in the port of Palma, Majorca , Spain. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Costa Concordia moored in the port of Palma, Majorca , Spain
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
TODAY
Palma de Mallorca now
As of 2024, the population is 438,234, and the population of the urban area is 550,000 as of 2017, making it the 12th-largest urban area of Spain.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Costa Concordia in Palma, Majorca, Spain
AOD.EU.PALMA-MALLORCA.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
Escultura a Nuredduna II
AOD.EU.PALMA-MALLORCA.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Palma de Mallorca overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.