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Banyalbufar is a tiny hamlet situated at the western en
of the “Serra de Tramuntana” in which the land is abrupt
and cut by many streams, cliffs and overhanging faces of
rocks. Even with these geographical features the local
economy was historically based on agriculture,
stockbreeding and to some extent fishing, all primary
activities. These activities brought about a peculiar
popular engineering skill enabling the use of such
abrupt terrain for agricultural use and also
characterise the beautiful aspect of the village. It is
the “marjades” a system of terraces that divide the
mountainous terrain into steps and plots easily
cultivated. |
