Iglesia de Sant Jaume in Alcúdia
Visible from most points in the Pollèntia excavation site, the Iglesia de Sant Jaume was completed in 1893, on the site of an earlier church dating to the fourteenth century. The original structure collapsed in 1870 and was replaced by the current Gothic church...
Market Day in Alcúdia
Sundays and Tuesdays are the big days for shopping in Alcúdia. Vendors set up just outside the southern and southeastern walls, and stalls run from olives, serrano ham, and fruits & veggies to lacy underwear, pearls, and flip-flops. Food prices in the market are...
UP Pollèntia Team sets base camp in Alcúdia!
Team members may be forgiven for some time warp confusion. Not only have we coped with the usual jet lag associated with travel to an island nine time zones from Portland, we move daily between Alcúdia, a medieval walled city in Mallorca, Spain, to the ancient Roman...
The Ordinary Catholic Cemetery in History: A Story Awaiting the Telling
Catholics are proud of their ancient heritage of cemeteries–from the catacombs of Rome to the churchyard cemeteries of Catholic Europe and early America to today’s diocesan and parish cemeteries. Claims about how the Church has always cared for her dead and kept...Subscribe by Email
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