Ses Païsses

Ses Païsses is a Bronze Age talayotic settlement on the southeastern outskirts of Artà in northeastern Majorca. It is one of the most important and best-preserved prehistoric sites in the Balearic Islands, although it is largely overgrown with woodland, mainly Quercus ilex.

Photo: Miquel Pastor Tous, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: archaeological site
Also known as: “Poblado amurallado de Ses Países”, “poblat talaiòtic de ses Païsses”, and “Ses Paisses de Arta”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Can Cardaix and Sant Salvador d’Artà.

Can Cardaix

Manor estate

Photo: Olaf2, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Can Cardaix is a manor estate, which is situated 1 km north of Ses Païsses.

Sant Salvador d’Artà

Castle

Photo: Oltau, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sant Salvador d’Artà is a castle, which is situated 1 km north of Ses Païsses.

Transfiguració del Senyor

Church

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Transfiguració del Senyor is a church, which is situated 1 km north of Ses Païsses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Artà and Torre de Canyamel.

Artà

Village

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.

Artà is a municipality on Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain. The small town of the same name is the administrative seat of this municipality in the region of Llevant.

Torre de Canyamel

Locality

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.

Torre de Canyamel is a locality, which is situated 5 km southeast of Ses Païsses.

Capdepera

Village

Photo: Redeemer, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Capdepera is a small municipality on Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain. Capdepera is a historical village just 8 km from Artà. Originally there had been a watchtower where the Castle of Capdepera stands today which was used to guard the coast. Capdepera is situated 7 km east of Ses Païsses.

Ses Païsses

Categories: talaiotic village, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Artà, Balearic Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

39.68732° or 39° 41′ 14″ north

Longitude

3.354° or 3° 21′ 14″ east

Open location code

8FF5M9P3+WJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 541006537

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q1403219

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Ses Païsses” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Poblat murat de ses Païsses”
Catalan: “Poblat talaiòtic de ses Païsses”
Catalan: “Ses Païsses”
Dutch: “Ses Païsses”
Esperanto: “Ses paisoj”
French: “Ses Païsses de Artà”
French: “Ses Païsses”
German: “Ses Païsses”
Italian: “Ses Païsses”
Spanish: “Ses Païsses de Artá”
Spanish: “Ses Païsses de Artà”

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