Orient (Mallorca)
| Municipality of Bunyola: Orient | |||
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| Autonomous Community : | Balearic Islands | ||
| Island: | Mallorca | ||
| Comarca : | Serra de Tramuntana | ||
| Coordinates | 39 ° 44 ' N , 2 ° 46' E | ||
| Height : | 500 msnm | ||
| Residents : | 30 () INE | ||
| Postal code : | 07349 | ||
| Area code: | 07058000200 | ||
Orient is a mountain village in the east of the Serra de Tramuntana on the Balearic island of Mallorca .
geography
location
Orient is ten kilometers east of Bunyola at an altitude of around 500 meters on the serpentine road PM-210, which begins at 200 meters. The island's capital, Palma , is around 27 kilometers away.
history
The historic center with old stone houses from the 14th and 15th centuries and the church of Sant Jordi from the 18th century are grouped around the 450 meter high village square. In the lower part of the village you can find the structural remains of a wash house from the time of Roman settlement.
The village with around 30 inhabitants, which belongs to the administration of the municipality of Bunyola, owes its wealth to the agricultural past with olive plantations, apple and almond plantations, sheep and goat farming. The terraces laid out on the slopes of the Moors determine the landscape between the Serra d'Alfàbia and the Puig d'Alaró .
The entire village has been a listed building since 2010 and is registered as a Bien de interés cultural (BIC).
Attractions
- The church of Sant Jordi is commonly known as a place of pilgrimage . Already because of its mention in the work "The Balearic Islands" by Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria-Tuscany , it enjoys great importance among many art enthusiasts.
- During the main holiday season and on the weekends there is a lot of traffic in this mountain region, as Orient is a starting point and intermediate station for numerous mountain hikes. The historic wooden oil mill was converted into a restaurant and is part of the 600-year-old building that is now the Hotel L'Hermitage.
- Waterfalls in the gorge between Orient and Santa Maria del Camí .
Web links
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- Guillem Roselló Bordoy: Mallorca 1232: Colectivos urbanos, órdenes militares y reparto del botín. ISSN 0213-2486 , Nº 19, págs 461-484 (Spanish)
annotation
The Llibre del Repartiment document is kept in the archives of the Kingdom of Mallorca in the city of Palma. It consists of two volumes, a bilingual version in Latin and Arabic, and another in Catalan.