- The project will continue at the end of the year with a new edition, extending the route through Calvià
- The site showcases the first two editions of the series, dedicated to Magaluf and Santa Ponça
Calvià Town Hall has launched the official Calvianers website, a digital space that brings together the content of the audiovisual project promoted by the council to preserve the municipality's collective memory through the stories of the people who have contributed to building present-day Calvià.
A series about the history of Calvià, told by its protagonists
Calvianers is a project to recover the municipality's social memory. Through personal accounts, historical images, and shared memories, the series reconstructs the evolution of each area from a human perspective, focusing on the people whose effort, entrepreneurship, work, and commitment made Calvià's transformation possible.
The series portrays daily life, neighbourly relations, the sense of belonging, and the values that have bound each community together generation after generation. Shopkeepers, healthcare workers, athletes, business owners, teachers, employees, and residents recount firsthand how they experienced those years and how they contributed to shaping the identity of places like Magaluf and Santa Ponça.
The website also includes historical photographs illustrating the evolution of each community. The images, which were featured in the documentaries, come from Calvià Municipal Archive, the Calvià Libraries' Local Collection, and private collections generously donated by residents and families of the municipality.
The Mayor of Calvià, Juan Antonio Amengual, emphasised that "Calvianers is a tribute to those who, through their effort and commitment, have built the municipality we know today. This website ensures that their stories remain alive and can be shared with future generations."
Following the editions dedicated to Magaluf and Santa Ponça, the Town Hall is already working on a new issue, to be presented at the end of this year, focusing on another area of the municipality. Driven by Calvià Town Halll and funded by the Sustainable Tourism Tax, the council intends to progressively extend the project until it covers all the towns and villages of Calvià.
Twenty stories that explain the soul of Calvià
The first ten protagonists of Calvianers, dedicated to Magaluf, explore the origins of the municipality's main tourist hub through the stories of those who established its first shops, hotels, and family businesses. Úrsula Collados recalls the beginnings of Raquel flower shop; Javier Molina keeps alive the legacy of the historic Bar Magaluf; Julián Vaquer relives the transformation of Cas Saboners estate; Antonio Pardo reminisces about a life linked to the hospitality industry; Ángel Cobo represents those who came from the mainland to build their future; Miguel Ángel Losada talks about the area's tourism regeneration; Diego Gómez explains the evolution of tourist leisure; Catherine Sasson preserves the legacy of Pirates theatre; Antoni Pallicer evokes the most authentic Magaluf, and Bernat Feliu safeguards the memory of the first house built in the town.
The second edition, focused on Santa Ponça, brings together testimonies that explain the evolution of the town from very diverse perspectives. Montserrate Canals relives the childhood in the seventies and the Santa Ponça of Sa Caleta; Maribel Rayó recalls the opening of the town's first optician's shop; Antonio Lechuga recounts his arrival from Granada and his connection to Santa Ponça Club; Luis Nigorra reviews the history of the town's urbanisation; Dorte Stub Larsen offers the perspective of a fully integrated Danish resident; Ricardo Palacios represents the generation of workers who boosted tourism, and Juan Mir summarises almost half a century of professional life at the Yacht Club.
The series is completed with a tribute to Dr. José Ignacio Ramírez, a leading figure in family medicine in Calvià for more than three decades and recent recipient of the municipality's Medal of Merit. To Bernat Carrot, historian and advisor to the Town Hall, for his work in preserving the memory and traditions of the municipality; and to Javier Lirio de Marcos and Javitxu Lirio González, father and son who have made karate a deeply rooted sport in Santa Ponça. Together they form a collective portrait of the people who, from very different fields, have contributed to building the identity of Calvià.
