Qualla: Palace of the Kings of Majorca https://qualla.com/palace-of-the-kings-of-majorca en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Palace of the Kings of Majorca https://qualla.com/palace-of-the-kings-of-majorca Palace of the Kings of Majorca: Introduction https://qualla.com/palace-of-the-kings-of-majorca/ Perpignan does not look like the capital of an island kingdom. This quiet city in French Catalonia, tucked between the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean, shows few signs of the brief, strange era when it was the most important city in a realm that stretched from Roussillon to the Balearic Islands. But climb the hill of Puig del Rey on the city's southern edge, and the evidence is unmistakable: the Palace of the Kings of Majorca, a Gothic fortress of ochre stone, red marble, and pink-veined columns, built to project the power of a dynasty that lasted barely seven decades.

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