Palma
Palma or Palma de Mallorca , city (1990 pop. 325,120), capital of Majorca island and of Baleares prov., Spain, on the Bay of Palma. It is the chief port and commercial center of the Balearic Islands . Picturesquely situated along the bay and into the surrounding hills, it is one of Europe's most renowned resorts. The international airport is one of the three busiest in Spain. Craft industries and the manufacture of furniture and textiles supplement the tourism. Stone Age remains have been found. The imposing Gothic cathedral, founded after James I of Aragón wrested (1229) Palma from the Moors, was finished only in the 17th cent. Nearby are the Castillo della Almudaina (once a Moorish palace), and the 15th-century Lonja [exchange]. There are several ancient churches, notably that of San Francisco (13th cent.), and fine private homes. The former royal palace of Bellver, c.2 mi (3.2 km) W of Palma, is a good example of 14th-century military architecture. The city has several fine modern and contemporary art museums, including the Miró Foundation. Palma was an important naval and air base of the Nationalists during the Spanish civil war (1936-39).
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Paul LaFarge. Haussmann, or the Distinction.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction; 6/22/2002; ; 653 words
; Paul LaFarge. Haussmann, or the Distinction. Farrar...Paul LaFarge's second novel is Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann, the architect of modern Paris...translation of Paul Poissel's Haussmann, chronicles the Baron's tumultuous...
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Haussmann, or the Distinction.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
Magazine article from: Kliatt; 5/1/2004; ; 610 words
; HAUSSMANN, OR THE DISTINCTION. Paul LaFarge...work of 1853-1869 city architect Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann. La Farge, in a softly unfocused novel, tells how Haussmann demolished dark tenements, churches...
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City dumps; 'Geography of Nowhere' author rants about America's haphazard urban design.(SUNDAY REVIEW)(Review)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 2/3/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...in "The City in Mind" it is Baron Georges Eugene Haussmann, who in the 1860s used the...Kunstler writes, but no matter: "Haussmann made over Paris from a stinking...someone as all-powerful as Haussmann. Kunstler, I suspect, would...
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Art as a witness to change Exhibit reveals evolution of Paris and Berlin cityscapes
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 8/9/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...hints at the magnitude of what Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann managed to accomplish. Change...grandeur. One interpretation of Haussmann's motives posits that wide...ambition of architects like Haussmann also played a role. Maps of...
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From old Paris to Balinese dancing -- Pitt's passions know no bounds.(DAILY DATEBOOK)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 11/17/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...1800s by urban renewal czar Baron Georges- Eugene Haussmann. That is the subject of tonight...70,000 people employed by Haussmann," he says, flashing photos...audience sighs in unison. "Haussmann also planted more than 100...
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La ville en rose; Paris.(Paris Tales: Stories)(Paris: The Biography of a City)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...described so much, noted Baron de Pollnitz in 1732...like a gas balloon". Georges Perec's carefully...draws inspiration from Georges Perec's 1975 micro...urban planning of Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann or the grands projets...
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BIOGRAPHY LOOKS AT MANET IN CONTEXT OF TIME, PLACE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/5/1996; 700+ words
; ...Germany and a physical transformation carried out by Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann, who created the city's broad boulevards by knocking down medieval slums. During Haussmann's 17-year tenure as prefect of the Seine...
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Urban renewal and the end of social housing: the roll out of neoliberalism in East Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg: urban renewal, urban policy, and modes of regulation.
Magazine article from: Social Justice; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...power relations. The slum-clearing measures by Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann in 19th-century Paris aimed at order and urban...mirror the social and political circumstances. Haussmann's rigid clearing-up stood for an authoritarian...
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HOLIDAY BOOK REVIEW; Where the year's pleasures lay; The best reading of 2001.(SUNDAY REVIEW)(Review)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 11/18/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...hero. And San Francisco author Paul LeFarge's Haussmann, or the Distinction (Farrar, Straus &...also a second novel, followed the life of Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann, who in the 19th century reconfigured Paris to...
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Piecing together a vibrant city
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/26/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...and suburbanization. His admirers liken Park to Baron Georges Eugene Haussmann, the farsighted planner who rebuilt 19th-century...officials say he will be a tough act to follow. "Like Haussmann, he has left an extraordinary mark on the city...
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