Bunyola () is a

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of the

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Mallorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the island, Palma, Majorca, Palma, i ...

, Spain, located in the spurs of the

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, at a distance of from Palma. The municipality has an area of and a population of 6,636 inhabitant
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and the Ferrocarril de Sóller passes through it on the way to Palma. ( INE 2018). The municipality of Bunyola is located in the Comarca of

, the Tramuntana Range was awarded World Heritage Status by

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as an area of great physical and cultural significance. Bunyola borders with other municipalities of

Palma de Mallorca Palma (, ; ), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is ...

Marratxí Marratxí () is a municipality in the Raiguer region of Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands of Spain. As of 2005, it has a population of 28,237 and an area of 54 km2. It is also a station on the Majorca rail network. It became a municipali ...

, Santa Maria del Camí, Alaró,

Escorca Escorca () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in northwest Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain. Hills * Puig Major (1445 m) * Puig de Massanella (1364 m) * Puig Tomir (1102 m) * Puig Roig (1003 m) References

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, Sóller, Deià and

Valldemossa Valldemossa () is a village and municipality on the island of Mallorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is famous for one landmark: the Royal Charterhouse of Valldemossa, built at the beginning of the 14th ce ...

. Palmayola, Sa Font Seca y Orient are located within the municipality boundaries. Celebration day of the patron saint, San Mateo, is on the 21st of September. The Raixa Estate is located in Bunyola. It is a large Italian style villa surrounded by Pietro Lazzarini-designed gardens, and was used as the filming location for the 1982 film, ''

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''. Once owned by the German designer

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, it was subsequently purchased by the Island Council of Majorca. It reopened to visitors in late 2018.

References

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