Sineu, a town in the heart of Mallorca and traditional peasant style well known for its gastronomy, peace and market local produce.
| Our area, the heart of Mallorca Sineu Sineu is one of the oldest towns located in the center of Mallorca in the Pla. Its streets take us back to the middle ages, with traditional buildings are centuries old. On Wednesday the main streets of the town, the weekly market. Is a very old, already documented in 1252 and retains its rural character and craft. Sineu annual fair, the first Sunday in May created in 1319, is an important event in the calendar of fairs in rural areas of Mallorca. Some of its old buildings host small hotels, so you can enjoy a holiday away from the crowds of the main resorts of Mallorca by the sea, which anyway is never far from any drone of the island. In the center of Sineu cellars are a few ancient traditional Mallorcan restaurants where you can sample Majorcan cuisine in a setting steeped in history. Sineu is at a crossroads through which the rail line from Palma to Manacor. The parish church of Santa Maria is the most important building of Sineu, as documented in 1248, the Gothic-style church suffered major apliaciones works. Adjoining the church is the Rectorría in front of the cemetery early today occupied by the Plaza de Sant Marc Inside you can visit an exhibition of medieval pottery, with some pieces of Arabic epigraphy. Before the rectory was a monument of Saint Marc, a sculpture wrought in copper in 1945 which represents a winged lion, symbol of the evangelist, who is shown holding the shield of Sineu. Town Hall, which occupies the old Convent of the Minims of their cloister, with Baroque-style church that was part of the monastery built during the eighteenth century. The former Palace of the Kings of Majorca, was built by King James II of Mallorca in 1309, on the basis of Islamic origin. In 1583, he installed a community of Franciscan nuns. In the Calle Hospital is the hospital building and the chapel of Sant Josep founded in the thirteenth century, has come a modified, but still retains the Gothic chapel of the first original building. The building of the railway station, built in the early twentieth century, is home to Sineu Art Centre, which hosts exhibitions by contemporary artists. On the streets of Sineu are several crosses and some wells medieval and ancient windmills, we recall the importance that the wheat crop. Weekly Market: Every Wednesday morning, this is the most popular traditional market Mallorca.
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