Qualla: Palace of Marivent https://qualla.com/palace-of-marivent en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:39:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Palace of Marivent https://qualla.com/palace-of-marivent Palace of Marivent: Introduction https://qualla.com/palace-of-marivent/ A painter's widow gave the house away on a single condition: that it stay open to the public, forever, as a museum bearing her late husband's name. Within seven years, the Spanish royal family had moved in. The Palace of Marivent — the name means 'Sea and Wind' — stands above the coast at Cala Major on the western edge of Palma de Mallorca, a modernist villa built in the 1920s that has served since the 1970s as the summer retreat of Spain's monarchs. It is the favourite residence of the former Queen Sofía, who spends much of the year here, and its story is one of a promise made and quietly undone.

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]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/1/b/palace-of-marivent-wp/sp1b-palace-of-marivent-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Palace of Marivent: The House the Painter Built https://qualla.com/palace-of-marivent/ Marivent began as a private passion. Between 1923 and 1925 the architect Guillem Forteza Pinya designed the villa for Juan de Saridakis, a painter who wanted a home above the water at Cala Major and who lived in it until he died. The setting earned the name: perched where the lan...

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