Students of past times – CSN News

Trainees from the Calvià area of Mallorca have actually discovered a brand-new ability with a training course on historical dry-stone walling.

In an extension of numerous continuous tasks being encountered various industries of the Consell de Mallorca to assist maintain and advertise the island ´ s historic patrimony and society, head councillor of Atmosphere, Rural Matters and Sports, Pedro Bestard, was pleased to check out pupils participating in a training course on dry-stone walling.

The four-week lengthy training course, run by the Galatzó estate, accompanied the European Dry-Stone Heritage Week, and was arranged by the city center of Calvià for pupils curious about finding out the old-time building strategy. Trainees functioned very closely with each other under the guidance of competent specialists in the craft, in order to finish the building of an area of dry-stone wall surface.

Dry-stone wall surfaces, which go back to the Neolithic age, can be seen all throughout the island ´ s countryside and hill foothills, frequently at an apparently difficult angle, dividing stories of land in hilly locations. They are an important component of Mallorcan landscape.

Federal government campaigns are underway throughout the island to secure, recover and look after monoliths, talaiots, and various other essential components of the neighborhood heritage. This suggests that training courses such as the above– which look for to obtain the passion of the more youthful generation and motivate them to position relevance on the defense of their indigenous customs– are of terrific worth for the future of the island.