right , archaeological burial site in Son Ferrer. Son Ferrer is a new village in the

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on the island of

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, part of the

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of the

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. Son Ferrer is located about from the capital,

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. Its neighbors include

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to the east, El Toro to the west,

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to the northwest, and the forested area of Cala Figuera. Son Ferrer is surrounded by forests of pine and is adjacent to farms. It is divided into two zones, a commercial area and a residential area. The census in 2008 was 5666 inhabitants. Amenities include a community swimming pool built in 2008, and a golf course to the south and west near the Puig de Saragossa. Paseo Calviá, a promenade of the municipality, passes through Son Ferrer. A peculiarity of the town is that every street except for one, the Ca'n Ferrer, is named after a bird. Commercial streets carry names of large birds, while the residential areas have small bird street names. The town has its own football team, CF Son Ferrer.

History

Before development, the area was known as Can Ferrer, which included a Majorcan style farmhouse with hundreds of almond, mulberry, fig and carob trees. The land belonged to Antonio Segui Ferrer who sold it to the municipality of Calvia which designed the development, and promoted and managed the sale of the plots. The town is approximately from

Puig de sa Morisca Archaeological Park Archaeologic mound in Puig de sa Morisca Archaeological Park, Nova Santa Ponsa, Mallorca, Spain. The Puig de sa Morisca Archaeological Park is located in Santa Ponsa in the municipality of Calvià on the island of Majorca, part of the Spanish au ...

which contains

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remains and part of a

talaiot A talaiot, or talayot (), is a Bronze Age megalith found on the islands of Menorca and Majorca forming part of the Talaiotic Culture or Talaiotic Period. Talaiots date back to the late second millennium and early first millennium BC. There are ...

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of a burial site, the tomb of Son Ferrer, from 2000 through 2009, and included collaboration with experts from several institutions, including the

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. During the

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and Late Talaiótico, the tomb served as a

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where the remains of over a hundred people, including infants, were found.

Naviforme A naviforme (initially, navetiforme) was a prehistoric boat-shaped house built on the Balearic Islands of Spain. The hut-like buildings date to the Early Bronze Age or the Pretalayotic Period (ca. 2500–1200 B.C.). The building was generally lar ...

remains are located in the wooded area between Son Ferrer and the golf course.

References

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External links

Guide of Calvià, Majorca
Populated places in Calvià Archaeological sites in Spain Prehistoric sites in Spain Neighbourhoods in Spain