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The municipality of Manacor (37,963 inhabitants in 2007; 260. 31 sq. km) is the second biggest municipality on the island of Majorca. In the 14th century, King of Majorca Jaume II built in Manacor, to which he had granted the status of town, a palace as his temporary residence, from which only the Palace Tower, housing the royal bedroom has been kept. another important building in the town is the St. Vincent Ferrer church, built in 1597 as a convent church, to which a Baroque cloister was added, eventually completed in 1744.
Manacor is the birth town of the gymnast Elena Gómez Servera (b. 1985, retired in 2006), world champion on the floor exercise in 2002 and first performer ever of the quadruple turn (known since then as "Gómez"); of the footballer Miguel ángel Nadal (b. 1966, retired in 2005), member of the FC Barcelona from 1991 to 1998; and, last but not least, of the tennisman Rafael Nadal Parera (b. 1986), No. 1 ATP player since August 2008, Olympic Champion in Beijing (2008), serial winner at Roland-Garros (2005-2008) and "occasional" winner at Wimbledon (2006-2007).
Source: Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 06 Jan 2009
The municipal flag of Manacor is yellow with four horizontal red stripes and the municipal coat of arms. It is hoisted on the balcony of the town hall, together with the flag of the Balearic Islands and Spain, as shown on a photo published on 5 January 2009 by the ABN agency.
Source: http://www.libertadbalear.com/?p=133107
Ivan Sache, 06 Jan 2009
The coat of arms of Manacor is
"En campo de plata, un antebrazo vestido de azur cuya mano de carnación, con el índice levantado, sostiene un corazón de gules,"
"Argent a dextrochere clothed azure the index raised holding a heart gules."
Source: http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/prado/203/_pm.htm
Ivan Sache, 06 Jan 2009