Salt flats of the Balearics. The invented landscape

Exhibition at the Sa Nostra Cultural Hall in Maó.

With the aim of promoting the important natural and cultural heritage that salt production has left us, the Sa Nostra Cultural Hall in Maó is holding until April 22nd the exhibition "Salt flats of the Balearics. The invented landscape". The audiovisual installation produced by the Sa Nostra Foundation and commissioned by Miquel Frontera, features information about eleven salt flats in the Balearic Islands:

Salt flats of l'Illot in Muro
Salt flats of Es Salobrar and salt flats of Es Trenc in Campos
Els Estanys in la Colònia de Sant Jordi
Fontanelles in Palma
Salt flats of Mongofra in Maó
Salt flats Velles in Fornells
Salt flats of Carbonell and salt flats of Addaia in Es Mercadal
Salt flats of Eivissa in Sant Josep
Salt flats of Formentera in Sant Francesc Xavier

The exhibition also includes tools related to salt production and some related works of great cultural interest such as the photographies by Francesc Català-Roca, the filmography by Jacinto Esteva or the poetry by Marià Villangómez. The salt flats of the islands, some of which have been working since the punic or roman times, represent nowadays a heritage that is disappearing as the only ones that continue in function are the salt flats of Eivissa, Es Salobrar in Campos and Els Estanys in la Colònia de Sant Jordi.

Datum: 14/03/2006

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