Sóller

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Field	Value
name	Sóller
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Vall de Soller.jpg
image_caption	Panorama of Sóller from the north
image_shield	Escudo de Sóller (Islas Baleares).svg
image_map	Localització_de_Sóller_respecte_de_Mallorca.svg
map_caption	Map of Sóller in Mallorca
pushpin_map	Spain Mallorca#Spain Balearic Islands#Spain
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Mallorca
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Spain
subdivision_type1	Autonomous community
subdivision_name1	Balearic Islands
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Balearic Islands
subdivision_type3	Island
subdivision_name3	Mallorca
subdivision_type4	Comarca
subdivision_name4	Serra de Tramuntana
subdivision_type5	Judicial district
subdivision_name5	Palma de Mallorca
coordinates
elevation_m	59
area_total_km2	42.80
population_as_of
population_footnotes
population_total
population_demonym	Solleric, Sollerica
population_density_km2	auto
blank_name_sec1	Official language(s)
blank_info_sec1	Catalan and Spanish
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	07100
area_code_type	Dialing code
leader_title	Alcalde
leader_name	Carlos Simarro Vicens
leader_party	PP
website
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Overview

Sóller is linked by the historic railway, the Ferrocarril de Sóller, and by a highway with a tunnel, to the Mallorcan capital of Palma de Mallorca. The Ferrocaril was built on the profits from the orange and lemon trade and completed in 1911. The Andratx-Pollença highway also runs through the valley. The present-day economy is based mainly on tourism and the expenditure of foreign residents, complementary to the agricultural economy based around citrus and olive groves. Soller is unique compared to towns on the rest of the island due to its geographical isolation, being surrounded by the Serra de Tramuntana. This isolation from all other major towns on the island, made it easier to trade with French merchants arriving by sea.{{cite web|url=http://www.soller1.com/en/cms.php/soller/history |title= The History of Sóller}}

Main sights

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The focus of the town is the Plaça Constitució which is surrounded by cafés and has plane trees and a fountain in its centre. The tram passes through the Plaça on its way to and from the main station which has been restored to incorporate a museum of Picasso and Joan Miró. The church of Sant Bartomeu (Saint Bartholomew) facing the east side of the Plaça is flanked by the ajuntament (town hall) and the Banco de Sóller, a remarkable 1912 Modernista building with defining ironwork, by the Catalan architect Joan Rubió i Bellver, a follower of Antoni Gaudí. The bank's organisation was founded in 1889 with the money of emigrants who returned prosperous to Sóller. On the other hand, the church can clearly be seen standing out from the canopy of the town from other parts of the Vall de Sóller (the surrounding valley). The original building dates from some time before 1236. The current main interior structure is now largely baroque (1688–1733).

The campanar (belltower) blends in well with its neo-Gothic design. The remarkable façade is a 1904 construction, also by Joan Rubió. The old street plan is of Islamic origin and lined with historic houses of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The town has a covered market and is bisected by a fast flowing river with a number of bridges. Sóller is also notable for the houses built in the early twentieth century by emigrants who returned wealthy to the town, particularly those on the Gran Via which reflect the fin de siècle Art Nouveau styles of France.

The renowned Jardí Botanic (botanical garden) is on the outskirts of the town and is laid out with the plants of the Balearics and the Mediterranean islands. The Modernista mansion in the garden houses El Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals (The Museum of Balearic Natural Sciences).

Events

"Firó" is Sóller's most important and well-known festival, commemorating its sacking by Moorish pirates on the 11 May 1561. As part of the festivities, 4 battles are reenacted (2 in the Port, 1 in La Huerta and 1 in the town square). Locals dress up as turbaned pirates or in traditional dress and stage mock battles to repel the invaders with fireworks.
Since 1980, Sóller has hosted the "Sa Mostra" week-long international folklore festival between May and July. It was started by the traditional dance group "Aires Sollerics".
August sees the celebration in honour of the patron saint of Sóller, St. Bartholomew, which features bonfires and devilish masquerades in a spectacle called the "correfoc" ("fire-run"). Local groups such as the "Escladabutzes" invade the town square in an allegory of hellfire, before being driven back by the "correaigua" ("water-run"), where the local fire department refreshes the crowds.
Each January, Epiphany is celebrated as the Day of the Three Wise Kings, and processions of the Magi proceed from the Port to the town square, throwing sweets to crowds of eager children. Traditionally, it is more popular than the western Christmas on 25 December.

Museums

Museo de la Mar, a maritime museum. Located in the Oratorio de Santa Caterina d'Alexandria (13th century). (Puerto de Sóller)
Museu de Sóller: Casal de Cultura (1640), an ethnographic museum and art gallery. Calle de Sa Mar, 13 (Sóller)
Can Prunera (a.k.a. Can Magraner) (1911), a modernist townhouse museum. Calle de la Lluna 86 y 90 (Sóller)
Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Jardín Botánico (1985), the local botanical garden and natural sciences museum. Carretera al Puerto de Sóller

Notable people

Gregorio Bausá (1590–1656), painter
Albert Hauf (born 1938), philologist
Joan Miquel Oliver (born 1974), musician
Tuni (born 1982), footballer
Colm Meaney (born 1953), Irish actor

Gallery

File:0069-Turm Port de Sóller.JPG|Torre Picada File:Mallorca - Banco de Soller.jpg|The Banco de Sóller File:StrassenbahnLinienplanSoller1997.png|Map of the Sóller Tramway File:FS Tram Old Car.JPG|A tramcar in the Port of Sóller File:Sóller 2016.jpg|The old town of Sóller

References

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[http://www.museucienciesnaturals.org/index.php?idioma=en Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals]
(2018). "Sa Mostra International Folklore Festival: A week long festival of folklore & dancing". See Mallorca.
(2001). "Sa Mostra: mostra internacional folklòrica". Sollernet.
"Museu de la Mar, Carrer de Santa Caterina d'Alexandria, 54, 07108 Port de Sóller, Mallorca".
(2001). "Museo del Casal de Cultura en Sollernet". Sollernet.
(2023). "Casal de Cultura Homepage". Museu de Sóller: Casal de Cultura.
"Museu de Sóller, Carrer de Sa Mar 13, 07100 Sóller, Mallorca".
"Can Prunera, Carrer de sa Lluna, 86 y 90, 07100 Sóller, Mallorca".
"Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals, 07100 Port de Sóller, Mallorca".

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