Internationalism

It’s very interesting to observe the process of mixing, internationalization, globalization or, to use a word which is more appropriate in the majority of cases, cultural hodgepodge transforming our cities.

Yesterday, having a walk in the old quarter of Palma, I arrived at one of the most hidden squares of the city, Santa Fe, in front of the church of the same name, also the oldest one in the city.

The opposite corner is the Convent of the Jeronimes. At the end of the street,
to the right is the square and to the left the church of Santa Fe.

Ecumenism or God knows what has recently converted this church into an Ukrainian Greek Catholic church.

On the side of the Porta d’es Camp rises the last remnant of the Arabic city wall that is now the wall of the Convent of the the Jeronimites. Here was also the Jewish cemetery until well after the Conquest of Mallorca by Jaime I.

So far everything was more or less normal and predictable. Instead, the graffiti on the building which is being reconstructed at the end of the Arabic wall, is amazing: Visca Transilvania Lliure! – “Free Transylvania Forever!” – in Catalan! “Visca Catalunya Lliure” (Free Catalonia Forever) was a common inscription all over the city some years ago, it is much less now. In contrast, the Catalan independence movement seems to have expanded its borders and inflamed with altruism in its fight for the independence of all peoples… And it has reached as far as the Carpathians. Visca la Terra Lliure!