Petra, Spain
Municipality and town in Balearic Islands, Spain
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Coat of arms
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Municipal location
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Petra (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpe.tɾə]) is a town and municipality on the Mediterranean island of Majorca, in the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. "Petra" means "rock" in Latin.
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Petra is the birthplace of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784), a Franciscan friar who founded the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco.
Notable people
- Pere Riutort Mestre ( 1935–2021), Majorcan priest, pedagogue, philologue, and liturgist
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External links
- Ajuntament de Petra (in Catalan)
- Ajuntament de Petra (in Spanish)
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Municipalities in the Balearic Islands
- Alaró
- Alcúdia
- Algaida
- Andratx
- Ariany
- Artà
- Banyalbufar
- Binissalem
- Búger
- Bunyola
- Calvià
- Campanet
- Campos
- Capdepera
- Consell
- Costitx
- Deià
- Escorca
- Esporles
- Estellencs
- Felanitx
- Fornalutx
- Inca
- Lloret de Vistalegre
- Lloseta
- Llubí
- Llucmajor
- Manacor
- Mancor de la Vall
- Maria de la Salut
- Marratxí
- Montuïri
- Muro
- Palma
- Petra
- Sa Pobla
- Pollença
- Porreres
- Puigpunyent
- Ses Salines
- Sant Joan
- Sant Llorenç des Cardassar
- Santa Eugènia
- Santa Margalida
- Santa Maria del Camí
- Santanyí
- Selva
- Sencelles
- Sineu
- Sóller
- Son Servera
- Valldemossa
- Vilafranca de Bonany
![Flag of the Balearic Islands](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Flag_of_the_Balearic_Islands.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Balearic_Islands.svg.png)
- Ibiza
- Sant Antoni de Portmany
- Sant Joan de Labritja
- Sant Josep de sa Talaia
- Santa Eulària des Riu
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