Location
The Municipality of Felanitx is surrounded by the municipalities of Campos Santanyí, Porreres, Manacor and the Mediterranean Sea. It is located in the south-east of the Island with an area of 169 Km2 and a population of 17.293 people. All over the Municipality you can find other little towns and villages each one with its own charm like Cas Concos, s'Horta, Es Carritxó, Son Mesquida, Son Valls, Son Negre, and on the coast Portocolom, Cala Ferrera and Cala Serena. The name of Felanitx comes from the Latin "fenalicius" wchich means a place where a plant called "fenas" (very common here) grows.
Beginings
The first settlers of Felanitx and the environs arrived about 2000 years before the birth of Christ. In the municipality, seemed that were two important population centers in the age of bronze, one in the Castle of Santueri, the other in the "Puig of sa Mola". In both areas there are caves,many of them are natural caves, other are hand made, where those primitive tribes lived, and also where they buried his deads. Later we found the culture of the “navetas”, called so, because of the constructions made of giant stones, with the form of inverted ships. The most important rests are in "Son Mayol" and "Cán Gaià". By year 1000 a.C. a rich and powerful town occupied Majorca, is the culture of the "Talaiots", houses constructions, walls and defense towers, the ones we found in the municipality of Felanitx, we can emphasize the ones from "Rossels". 700 years B. C. the decay of the "Talaiotica" culture began. It seems that the attacks of the Greek and Phoenician pirates ruined the Majorcans, and they sign on with the Carthaginian armies, making the "Foners" (Honderos)very famous, that with their sling the great battles of ace, took part in tods Punic wars against the Romans.

In 123 BC the roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus conquered the Balearic Islands. Veteran-settlements were set up and the former soldiers lived together with the inhabitants of the declining talaiot culture. The presence of the Romans left vestiges in the Felanitx area, Santueri probably having been a roman garrison for quite a while.

After the collapse of the Roman Empire, Majorca has been occupied by the Vandals and later by the Byzantines. In 902 the Arabs conquered Majorca, and their domination lasted until 1229. Felanitx was an arab settlement and had a mosque, there where the Sitjar is now.

In those days, the Santueri Castle was an arab fortress.

In 1114 Majorca was conquered by the Catalans, yet the Arabs came back after one year and stayed until the end of 1229, when the Catalans under the young Jaume I, Earl of Barcelona, definitely re-conquered the island.
The first christian lord of Felanitx and environs was Nunyo Sanç, Earl of Rosselló.

In 1300 King Jaume II granted the constituent act of Felanitx, as well as that of other majorcan places.

On the 25th October 1349 Majorca's Kings united both the Castilian and the Aragonese branches of the dynasty.

When Charles I of Spain, later Emperor of Germany under the name of Charles V, acceded to the throne, the guilds started their revolt. It was a socially oriented movement against the governing classes keeping all the privileges for themselves.

In Felanitx the murder of Onofre Ferrandell unleashed the violence of the guilds, and our town, as well as the rest of Majorca, was dominated for two years by the guilds, though the Santueri Castle remained loyal to the King.

The leader of the revolt was Joanot Colom, from Felanitx, and after it he was quartered.

In the 16th century Felanitx had 4000 inhabitants, mainly farmers but also furriers, weavers, smiths, carpenters, etc...

At the biginning of the 18th century, Majorca and all the countries of the Crownn of Aragon suffered great political and municipal changes. Philip V published the Decree "Planta Nova", which meant the beginning of a new administration system, according to the french central model. Consequently, the Kingdom of Majorca lost al its rights and privileges.

At the end of the 19th century the economical situation of Felanitx was at its best, the main riches being the vinyards. Those days saw the construction of many public buildings, such as the Sindicato-building, the oenology station, the power station, the Bank of Felanitx etc...

In order to transport the wine to other parts of the island, the railway was extended up to Felanitx. In 1886 Queen-Regent Maria cristina granted Felanitx the title of City, Majorca's third one, after Palma and Alcudia.

In 1890 the vine-louse destroyed our vineyards, and as a result of Felanitx' decay our wines lost the french market.

Nowdays our Felanitxers work in sectors such as agriculture, industry or tourism.