Capdepera: Club Náutico de Cala Ratjada
Built around its sheltered fishing harbour, Cala Ratjada grew into Capdepera’s principal coastal resort on Mallorca’s northeastern shore. Club Náutico de Cala Ratjada is based in the port, whose protective breakwaters shelter fishing craft, pleasure boats and visiting vessels from the open Mediterranean. The waterfront is edged by restaurants and low-rise holiday buildings, while pine-covered ground rises behind the harbour. Inland, the medieval walled Castle of Capdepera crowns a hill above the municipality; its enclosure was begun in the 14th century to protect the population from seaborne attack. Near Mallorca’s eastern end, Cala Ratjada retains a firmly maritime character.
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Capdepera straddles a hill ridge in eastern Mallorca, Balearic Islands, and its elevated site shaped a fortified town above the Mediterranean-facing coast. The 14th-century Castell de Capdepera encloses a large walled precinct; its walls were commissioned by King James II of Mallorca in 1300 to concentrate scattered residents in a defensible settlement. Within the enclosure stands the church of Our Lady of Hope, while the streets below retain the compact form of a town built around the castle. Capdepera’s annual medieval fair brings this history into contemporary local life. Continue to other webcams in the Balearic Islands to compare coastal and inland settings around Capdepera.
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