Palma de Mallorca, or simply Palma, is the state capital of the archipelago of Balearics islands. The name Palma has a Roman origin and dates back to 123 BC, when the Roman Empire conquered the islands, and recall the palm of triumph. In 903, the Arabs, who imposed their power over the archipelago, renamed the city Madina Mayurqa. Since 1229 it has become an Aragonese territory. Palma de Mallorca has
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Balaguer is a Catalan town of 17000 people, located in the North West of Spain, in Lleida province, nearby the Segre river. The historical city center still shows the evidence of the Islamic domination, which lasted until 1106, when the area passed to the Counts of Urgell. The small city possesses one of the most important archaeological heritages of all Catalonia, and one of its most important monuments is the
Encamp is located 1226 m above the sea in the heart of Andorra and is a little medieval city that counts 13000 residents.- It is an important touristic center, best known for winter sports and natural activities such as hiking, fishing and free climbing. The Gradvalira, the main ski station of all the Pyrenees, reachable through the Funicamp, a 6200m long cableway, and one of the longest in Europe. As
Alghero’s first twinning was with the city of Tarragona in 22 September 1972. Tarragona is located in Costa Daurada, in the North-East of Spain, is the second biggest city of Catalonia and is defined as the “Balcony of the Mediterranean”. One of its main streets, Rambla Nova, in fact, ends in a long balcony from which it is possible to admire an invaluable landscape. Its origin is Roman, and since