Puig de sa Morisca Archaeological Park

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Entrance gate in Santa Ponça

The Archaeological Park Puig de sa Morisca ( Catalan Parc Arqueològic Puig de sa Morisca ) is located in Santa Ponça in the municipality of Calvià on the Balearic island of Mallorca . It covers an area of ​​45 hectares, of which 35 hectares are publicly owned and freely accessible. The park contains six archaeological sites of the Talayot ​​culture , three of which can be visited. Ten more are within 10 km. The park has 15,000 visitors annually.

location

The park is located south of Santa Ponça. The entrance gate is on Carrer de Puig de na Marisca just before it joins avinguda Santa Ponça , where there is also a parking space. The archaeological park can be entered at any time. Admission is free.

description

Archaeological sites

View into the talayot ​​on the Puig de Sa Morisca

The largest archaeological site ( Santa Ponça 1 ) in the park is located on the 120 m high hill Puig de Sa Morisca. The remains of an originally 2700 m² settlement are preserved here, dating from the late Bronze Age around 1200 BC. Until the annexation of the Balearic Islands by the Roman Empire in 123 BC. Was inhabited. A final settlement phase can be traced back to the early 13th century, when Mallorca was ruled by the Muslim Almohads . During the conquest of Mallorca by Jaume I of Aragón in 1229, the settlement was destroyed. You can visit the restored foundations of a talayot on the top of the hill. This tower-like structure was built around 850 BC. In the Iron Age talayotic. In addition, there are remains of a second, irregularly built tower and a wall built using the Cyclops method. Other structural structures have been located but have not yet been excavated.

In the public part of the park there are also two structures with an undefined function ( Santa Ponça 5 and Santa Ponça 20 ).

The following sites that are located in the park on private property are not accessible:

  • the talayot ​​of Son Miralles,
  • the tumulus of Son Miralles,
  • the post-talayotic sanctuary of Es Fornets.

More Attractions

Reconstructed Köhler hut

In addition to the Puig de sa Morisca, the park offers other viewpoints that offer a wide view of the landscape of the municipality of Calvià and especially of Santa Ponça and the bay of Cala de Santa Ponça. Of ethnological interest are nine partially restored architectural remnants of the forest and livestock farming in the area of ​​the last centuries, especially the huts of charcoal burners, shepherds and clearing farmers. In addition, display boards are set up at several points in the park, which give the visitor more information about the local vegetation .

Surroundings

Calvià is rich in archaeological relics. In the vicinity of the park there are other important sites such as the Naveta Alemany, a naval residential building, the burial mound of Son Ferrer, the naviform village of Son Ferrer, the hill of Ses Abelles with the remains of post-Talayotic buildings and the remains of the Roman villa of Sa. Mesquida.

Web links

Commons : Puig de sa Morisca  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ J. Woman: 15,000 personas visitan al año el parque arqueológico del Puig de sa Morisca de Calvià . Diario de Mallorca on June 22, 2017, accessed on October 21, 2018 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ Data sheet Puig de Sa Morisca in the catalog of protected cultural assets of the municipality of Calvià, accessed on October 21, 2018 (PDF; 422 kB, Spanish).

Coordinates: 39 ° 30 ′ 27 "  N , 2 ° 28 ′ 52"  E