Ancient weights and measures of Mallorca
Organised by the Cultural Centre of Campos and sponsored by the Consell de Mallorca, the exhibition gathers together different objects and instruments used to weigh or measure materials, products and land with explanations about the different denominations that the units of measure and their group had for each thing, such as the "unça" (ounce), "lliura" (pound) y "quarterada" (area measurement), and their equivalents in the Decimal Metric System.
According to the panels that illustrate the exhibition, the Catalan conquest in 1229 was the origin of the Mallorcan metric system, although some measures were kept from the Arab era. As from the second half of the XIX century, the Mallorcan system of measures declines with the Decimal Metric System.
Commissioned by Miquel Ballester, the exhibition that can be seen at the Misericòrdia was already presented in August in Campos as part of the Patron Festivities for the Virgin of August.
Meanwhile, the transparent building of the Cultural Centre of the Misericòrdia in Palma is holding at present an exhibition of works presented in the third photographic competition "L'home i el medi ambient de Mallorca", organised by the Department of Environment and Nature of the Mallorcan Council.
More information:
Centre Cultural la Misericòrdia
Plaça de l'Hospital, 4
07012 Palma
Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - 4 to 9 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Phone. 971 71 80 53
Photos © BalearWeb:
1, 2, 3 i 4: Exhibition "Entre poc i massa sa mesura passa"
5: Works presented for the third photographic competition "L'home i el medi ambient de Mallorca"
Date of publication: 13/09/2002
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