Municipio de Capdepera

The history of the district of Capdepera is as enthralling as the mystique of its great coves, and meets founding events of ancient peoples even from the beggining of the first centuries.

Traditionally, it has been a place of important armed conflicts and pirate attacks, which leads to king James II of Mallorca to establish a decree for the building of a great wall aimed to protect the towns from the occupying forces. Thus, towards the 14th century, a stone city was founded with no more than fifty houses inside and two hundred inhabitants, angry about the lack of space for agricultural and livestock production. When the fortress lost its strategic value in the early 1820s, the militaries abandoned its positions and the citizens began to settle in the surrounding areas, where the cultural foundations of what is now the town of Capdepera were affirmed.

Nowadays, the district has become one of the most touristic spots of the Mediterranean with a great diversity of maritime landscapes, virgin beaches, native gastronomy and cult walks which make both locals and visitors feel attracted by the immensity of an earthly paradise.