{"id":43101,"date":"2023-05-09T16:42:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T14:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/firo-de-soller-2023-guia-para-no-perderte-nada-mallorca\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T17:13:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T15:13:11","slug":"firo-de-soller-2023-guide-to-the-big-festival-mallorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/firo-de-soller-2023-guide-to-the-big-festival-mallorca\/","title":{"rendered":"Fir\u00f3 de S\u00f3ller 2023: guide to the big festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The popular <strong>battles between Moors and Christians are the focus of the Fir\u00f3 de S\u00f3ller celebration in 2023<\/strong>, which takes place on the 15th of May in the Mallorcan valley municipality<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Fir\u00f3 de S\u00f3ller is a festival that commemorates the Saracen incursion that took place in the town on 11th May 1561<\/strong>. After the extraordinary feat of S\u00f3ller&#8217;s victory, the people of S\u00f3ller decided to celebrate and remember this event every year. It was in 1855 that the Town Council introduced the festivity. The day chosen was the Monday following the second Sunday in May, when the agricultural and livestock fair was held. Over the years, novelties and key elements have been introduced, such as the <strong>&#8216;Valentes Dones&#8217;, the battles in the Port, the sacking of the square<\/strong>, etc. Since the nineties, with the entry of the <strong>Fir\u00f3 Collectives (Moors, &#8216;pagesos&#8217; and &#8216;pageses&#8217;)<\/strong>, the festival has achieved significant popular success and participation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43084\" style=\"width: 636px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43084\" class=\"wp-image-43084\" src=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-2.jpg\" alt=\"firo de soller facebook ajuntament de soller\" width=\"626\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-43084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Un momento de la celebraci\u00f3n del Fir\u00f3 de S\u00f3ller. Foto: Ajuntament de S\u00f3ller.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body__text--entry article-body__text-middle\"><strong>The Plaza de la Constituci\u00f3n<\/strong> is the place where this final battle between Moors and Christians takes place. The place has a maximum <strong>capacity of 8,000 people<\/strong>. Due to the large number of people attending the event, <strong>more than 150 troops are in charge of ensuring the safety of the celebration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body--seo-closed\">\n<h2>Programme of the Fir\u00f3 de S\u00f3ller<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Floral offering. 10 am. At the Monument to the Heroes of the 11th of May. This will be followed by mass in Can Tamany, attended by the &#8216;Valentes Dones&#8217;, historical figures, authorities and &#8216;Xeremiers&#8217; of S\u00f3ller. Seating capacity is limited.<\/li>\n<li>Ringing of bells. 3 pm. Announces the start of the fiesta. After the announcement of the invasion of enemy ships, the peasants gather in the Pla\u00e7a dels Estiradors to go to battle.<\/li>\n<li>Pla\u00e7a de la Constituci\u00f3. 3.30 p.m. Capit\u00e0 Angelats commends himself to the Mare de D\u00e9u de la Vict\u00f2ria and encourages the peasants with &#8220;A la lluita, sollerics! The bandits arrive to help defend the town and receive a royal pardon.<\/li>\n<li>Can Gener\u00f3s beach. 5 pm. The Saracen troops attempt to disembark but after a hard fight they are repulsed by the Sollerics.<\/li>\n<li>Repic beach. 18:15 hours. The Saracens try again to disembark and finally succeed.\n<p><div id=\"attachment_43088\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43088\" class=\"wp-image-43088\" src=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-3.jpg\" alt=\"Fir\u00f3 de S\u00f3ller Ajuntament de S\u00f3ller\" width=\"633\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-3-200x105.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-3-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-3-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-3-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-3-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-3-800x419.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-3-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/firo-de-soller-fb-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-43088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tomeu &#8216;es barrut&#8217;, is the new &#8216;caparrot&#8217; who will form part of the &#8216;colla&#8217; of characters of the Fir\u00f3. Photo: Facebook Ajuntament de S\u00f3ller.<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li>Pont d&#8217;en Barona. 19:15 hours. Once the Soller troops have retreated, the hard battle to repel the invaders begins.<\/li>\n<li>Plaza de la Constituci\u00f3n. 20:30. The Saracen troops disembark at Ses Puntes and enter the town through Camp de s&#8217;Oca. They sack the houses and the church.<\/li>\n<li>8:50 pm. King Ulutx Ali, who believes he is the victor, arrives to take possession of the Cases de la Vila and thus proclaim his victory.<\/li>\n<li>At 21:00, the returning peasants find the town besieged and sacked. Regrouped in Sa Lluna street and encouraged by Captain Angelats, they fight bravely and finally defeat the enemy.<\/li>\n<li>21:30 hours. Captain Angelats proclaims the victory of the Sollerics and thanks the Mare de D\u00e9u de la Vict\u00f2ria. This is when the &#8216;Cant de la Balanguera&#8217; is sung.<\/li>\n<li>After the singing of the anthem of Mallorca, the Fir\u00f3 of 2023 comes to an end.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular battles between Moors and Christians are the focus <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/firo-de-soller-2023-guide-to-the-big-festival-mallorca\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":43082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1514,1513],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-society"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fir\u00f3 de S\u00f3ller 2023: guide to the big festival - Mallorca Global Mag<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The popular battles between Moors and Christians are the focus of this year&#039;s Fir\u00f3 de S\u00f3ller 2023 celebration on the 15th of May.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/firo-de-soller-2023-guide-to-the-big-festival-mallorca\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fir\u00f3 de S\u00f3ller 2023: guide to the big festival - 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