The Calvià City Council presents www.calvianers.com, a digital space with documentaries and biographies from the first two editions, dedicated to Magaluf and Santa Ponça.
The municipality of Calvià has launched a digital platform this week that brings together the audiovisual legacy of Calvianers, the project promoted by the council to preserve collective memory through the stories of its residents. The website, accessible at www.calvianers.com, compiles content from the first two installments of the series, premiered in Magaluf (2025) and Santa Ponça (2026).
The site includes the complete documentaries, biographies of the protagonists, and highlights from the galas held in both areas. It also features a collection of historical photographs from the Calvià Municipal Archive, the Local Collection of the Calvià Libraries, and private albums donated by families from the municipality.
The mayor of Calvià, Juan Antonio Amengual, emphasized that Calvianers is “a recognition of those who, with their effort and commitment, have built the municipality we know today.” In the presentation, Amengual highlighted that the website ensures these stories “remain alive and can be known by future generations.”
The first edition of the series, dedicated to Magaluf, explores the origins of the municipality's main tourist hub through ten testimonies. Among them are Úrsula Collados, who recalls the beginnings of the Raquel florist; Javier Molina, who keeps alive the legacy of the historic Bar Magaluf; and Antoni Pallicer, who evokes the most authentic Magaluf, alongside Bernat Feliu, the custodian of the memory of the first house built in the town.
The second installment, focused on Santa Ponça, brings together voices such as Montserrate Canals, who relives childhood in the seventies in sa Caleta; Maribel Rayó, who remembers the opening of the town's first optician; and Antonio Lechuga, who narrates his arrival from Granada and his connection to the Santa Ponça Club. Also participating are Luis Nigorra, Dorte Stub Larsen, Ricardo Palacios, and Juan Mir, the latter with nearly half a century of professional life at the Nautical Club.
The series is complemented by recognition of figures such as Dr. José Ignacio Ramírez, a reference in family medicine in Calvià for over three decades and recently awarded the Medal of Merit of the municipality; historian Bernat Carrot, for his work in preserving local memory; and Javier Lirio de Marcos and Javitxu Lirio González, father and son who have made karate a deeply rooted discipline in Santa Ponça.
The project is funded by the Sustainable Tourism Tax and has the council's commitment to gradually expand it to cover all areas of Calvià. The new installment, focused on another area of the municipality, will be presented at the end of this year. For now, the website allows any resident or visitor to consult the documentaries and biographies of the twenty protagonists who are already part of this collective portrait.
For Calvià residents, this platform serves as a tool to connect with the recent history of their neighbourhoods and the people who transformed them. Access is free and open to the public. The historical images that illustrate the documentaries can also be consulted on the website, facilitating research for students, researchers, and the curious.
With this initiative, the Calvià City Council aims to consolidate a living archive that explains the municipality's evolution from a human perspective, away from statistical data. The website will be updated with each new edition, ensuring that the journey through the different areas is permanently documented.
The official presentation of the platform took place at an institutional event, although the content is already available online. Those wishing to learn about the stories of the protagonists from Magaluf and Santa Ponça can directly access www.calvianers.com and navigate through the documentaries, biographies, and photo galleries.
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