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    BALEARIC SHIPPING

    Nov 27, 2020 5 minutes

    The expanding port of the capital city of the Balearic Islands, Palma, is nestled in the western side of the sweeping arc of the Bay of Palma, and is set against a picturesque historic cityscape made up of the Baroque Cathedral of Santa Maria, Castell de Bellver and the royal palaces, including La Almudaina, Castell de Sant Carles and Marivent. It lies in the shadows of the rugged mountains of the Serra de Tramuntana.

    The city’s name originates from Palmeria, a town founded in the south of Mallorca by the Romans in 120BC as they extended their influence around the Mediterranean. Its position in the western area of the Mediterranean, with France to the north, Italy and Sardinia to the east, and Africa to the south, made it an ideal trading spot. Initially the

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