Mayor calls for a Palma "more open to tourism"
"We want Palma to be the best city in the world to live in."
The poetic cavalcade in Palma
Since 2017, December 31 has been Mallorca Day.
Celebrations for the Festival of the Standard in Palma
Celebrations for the Festival of the Standard in Palma.
Festival of the Standard in Palma, Mallorca
Carrying the Standard.
Tribute to Pope Benedict during Palma's Festival of the Standard
Commemoration of the taking of Madina Mayurqa (Palma) by Jaume I on New Year's Eve, 1229.
Festival of the Standard in Palma, Mallorca
Festival of the Standard in Palma.
What's on in Mallorca on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
New Year's Eve in Mallorca; the Festival of the Standard in Palma.
Festival of the Standard in Palma
Festival of the Standard in Palma on New Year's Eve.
The Festival of the Standard, Palma Mallorca
Celebrations for the Festival of the Standard last year.
Palma cancels the Festival of the Standard
The Festival of the Standard is on New Year's Eve.
Fiestas
C's criticised for Festival of the Standard injunction
Palma mayor Antoni Noguera has attacked Ciudadanos and described the party as being "anti-Majorcaness".
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 25-31 December
New Year's Eve parties - from Alcudia to Vilafranca. Not everywhere has one. The biggest is obviously in Palma. The Festival of the Standard in Palma to celebrate the arrival of King Jaume I and his forces in Madina Mayurqa on 31 December, 1229. Said to be the oldest national festival in Europe.
Majorca
New Year what's on in Majorca: 26 December-1 January
The bells will be ringing out across the island at midnight on New Year's Eve, and there will be parties going on into the small hours (listed here is a selection). It is also the Festival of the Standard in Palma to mark the day - 31 December, 1229 - when King Jaume I entered the city and brought an end to Muslim dominance of the island. This is also celebrated elsewhere, notably Inca and Sineu earlier in the week. Family shows at the auditoriums in Palma and Manacor plus four days of family entertainment at Galatzo in Santa Ponsa (Tuesday to Friday).
Society
It's official: Majorca has a new day
The change will mean that the new Majorca Day will coincide with the Festival of the Standard in Palma, which commemorates events of almost 800 years ago.
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