Official Site: http://www.ajsoller.net

Partner contact person information:
Name	Mr. Ensenyat Antoni
Position	Responsible of the economic promotion department
Address	07100, Plaza de Constitucio, 1, Soller, Spain
Tel. No	+34.971.630200 FAX: +34.971.633722
E-mail:	aubaina64@hotmail.com

Brief Profile and experience in the relative field of action:

Soller is a municipality of Mallorca (Majorca) located in the northeast of the island, down the Sierra de Tramuntana mountains, once famous by its orange trees, now a paradise of calm and one the perfect place for visitors to appreciate the other Mallorca, the real one.

Right now, Soller is mainly based on tourism and services, but it has been really famous for its oranges and its olives. Actually the municipality comprises 42'45 Km˛ and has around 14000 inhabitants.

Remains have been found in Soller dating back to the Talaiotic Era, from around 5200 b.c. The most famous remains where found at the Roca Roja and are 2 statues made of bronze which represent an old war divinity from the prehistory. Those can be found now at the Museo de Mallorca.

On the 11th of May in 1561 the village was attacked by corsairs, but the locals, alerted by the people at Ibiza, decided to defense the city and fight against them. After a small massacre, the Sollerics (as are named those living here) won the corsairs. Now, this is remembered with a popular representation along the village every May’s 2nd Sunday.

From then and in order to protect themselves from these kinds of attacks, defensive constructions such as the Torre Picada or the Castillo del Puerto were built.

As a Municipality, it has all kind of competences divided in the different departments. As a Municipality it has the largest forest for a Municipality in Mallorca, representing most of the autochthonous trees of the islands. It has also an important presence in Serra de Tramuntana, the impressive mountains of the Balearic Islands which should be preserved and which oreography allows Soller to be a wealthy valley.