Porto Cristo, Mallorca / Majorca, Spain - view, beach - postcard c.1970s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Porto Cristo - Mallorca / Balearics, Spain
• Publisher:  Cavi, Palma de Mallorca
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Porto Cristo is a small town on the eastern coast of Mallorca. It is 10 minutes away from Manacor.

Though in no way a primary tourist destination in Mallorca, Porto Cristo promotes itself as a quiet resort and tries to encourage foreign visitors, the main tourist attractions are two sets of caves, the Coves del Drach and the Coves dels Hams.

Porto Cristo remains a modern but unspoilt all year round location.

The name Porto Cristo means ""The Port of Christ"" given to it back in 1260 AD at the time of the Christian invasion of Mallorca, A fishing boat was found washed up on the beach containing a Crucifix . Legend has is that an Oxen was carrying an icon of God through the Town and the Oxen stopped and refused to walk anymore. Hence the people saw this as a sign and the name was derived from that belief it was a clear sign that Christ wanted to be here.

What sets Porto Cristo apart from most of the Mallorca resorts is that its income is not solely dependant on Tourism, Porto Cristo still maintains its Spanish fishing village features. Its larger Municipal Manacor is the centre of the pearl manufacturing industry on Mallorca.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: rest of the world

sub-theme=europe

county/ country=spain

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

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