Soller - Port de Soller, Ferrocarril de Soller, Ferrocarril de Soller NR. 1 Bis 4, Torre Picada, Museu CA'n Prunera (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Soller is a town and municipality near the north west coast of Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands of Spain. The town is some 3km inland, from the Port de Soller, in a large, bowl-shaped valley that also includes the village of Fornalutx and the hamlets of Biniaraix and Binibassi. The combined population is around 13,000. A famous tramway, the Orange Express links Soller to Port de Soller. Soller is linked by the historic railway, the Ferrocarril de Soller, and by a highway with a toll tunnel, to the Majorcan capital of Palma. The Andratx-Pollenca highway also runs through the valley. The Ferrocaril was completed in 1911 after work began on the profits of the orange and lemon trade. map of the Soller tramwayThe present-day economy is based mainly on tourism and foreign residents, complementary to the agricultural economy based around citrus and olive groves, which has, in recent years, suffered from low prices. The focus of the town is the Placa Constitucio which is surrounded by cafes and has plane trees and a fountain in its centre. The tram passes through the Placa on its way to and from the main station which has been restored to incorporate a museum of Picasso and Joan Miro. The church of Sant Bartomeu facing the east side of the Placa is flanked by the ajuntament (town hall) and the Banco de Soller, a remarkable 1912 Modernista building with defining ironwork, by the Catalan architect Joan Rubio i Bellver, a follower of Antoni Gaudi. The bank's organisation was founded in 1889 with the money of emigrants who returned to Soller prosperous. On the other hand, the church can clearly be seen standing out from the canopy of the town from other parts of the Vall de Soller (the surrounding valley). The original building dates from some time before 1236. The current main interior structure is now largely Baroque (1688-1733). The campanar (belltower) blends in well with its neo-gothic desi...http: //booksllc.net/?l=d