Three months after the Mayor of Calvià, Carlos Delgado, announced the council's intention to buy the Galatzó estate, the purchase deed has been signed by the Mayor and the owners' legal representative. The estate, purchased for 9 million euros, has an overall surface area of 14 million square metres, with a built-up area of 5,000 square metres. The spectacular bio-geographical, environmental, and architectural wealth and its enormous potential as a centre of prehistoric/historical remains, has led to the establishment of a technical committee, directed by the Mayor, and analysis, study and assessment work has already begun on the condition of the estate, aimed at revealing possible uses and preferred lines of action for it. In fact, the municipal council has already appointed a council officer to carry out works co-ordination and management tasks. In the same way, premises will soon be established for the management of tasks related to the estate, located in the Rural World Department's building in Capdellà. The technical committee has already applied to the Balearic Islands' Employment Ministry for subsidies to restore a series of terrace banks and for work to recover the hydraulic engineering system on the estate. The Islands' Environment Department has also been asked for aid to carry out the reforms required to improve the estate and open it to the public. Both the municipal council and the Environment Department want Galatzó to be a landmark in environmental terms and, for this reason, and as established in the PORM, in the future it will be turned into an Interpretation Centre for the Serra de Tramuntana. The basis has already been established for an important agreement taking shape between both administrations with initial capital of around €1.5 million for the environmental management of the estate. The general objective sought with this project is to make possible public use and enjoyment of the estate, with special attention to citizens of Calvià, visitors and tourists, combining such action with the preservation and improvement of its archaeological, historical, architectural, ethnographic and bio-geographical heritage.
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