Today our program took a whole day to visit some historic sites of Mallorca. I wasn't super thrilled to spend a whole day out (especially since Daylight Savings was the night before so we lost an hour), but it turned out to be a pretty good trip. Somehow, CIEE has a way of getting us into places that most Mallorcans haven't been to or can't go to. I have to admit that make me feel kind of special.
Anywho, the first place we went was a historic manor called La Raixa (pronounced rye-sha). It was built in the 13th century by the Arabs and passed hands throughout the centuries several times until it finally ended up in the hands of the Mallorcan government. They bought the property because they declared it a historical landmark and they wanted to conserve it. Unfortunately, when the government said "conserve" somebody heard "restore" and they started to try to make the house look brand new. I know it's supposed to be like 800 years old, but it lost a lot of it's historic value when they decided to plaster the walls and install brand new tiles and doors. Oh well, you can't win 'em all.
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| View of entire house |
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| Original main entrance |
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| Very excited History professor and statue of one of the previous owners |
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| Does NOT look 800 years old : ( |
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| The sink is the only original thing left in the kitchen |
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| I just thought this was a really cool picture |
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