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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Sóller
| settlement_type                 = [[Municipalities of Spain|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline                   = Vall de Soller.jpg
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| image_caption                   = [[Panorama]] of Sóller from the north
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| map_caption                     = Map of Sóller in Mallorca
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| pushpin_map_caption             = Location in Majorca
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| subdivision_type1               = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]]
| subdivision_name1               = {{flag|Balearic Islands}}
| subdivision_type2               = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Balearic Islands]]
| subdivision_type3               = Island
| subdivision_name3               = [[Majorca]]
| subdivision_type4               = [[Comarcas of Spain|Comarca]]
| subdivision_name4               = [[Serra de Tramuntana]]
| subdivision_type5               = [[Judicial districts of Spain|Judicial district]]
| subdivision_name5               = Palma de Mallorca
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| elevation_m                     = 59
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| area_total_km2                  = 42.80
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| population_demonym              = Solleric, Sollerica
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| population_density_km2          = auto
| blank_name_sec1                 = [[Languages of Spain|Official language(s)]]
| blank_info_sec1                 = [[Catalan language|Catalan]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| timezone                        = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset                      = +1
| timezone_DST                    = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST                  = +2
| postal_code_type                = [[List of postal codes in Spain|Postal code]]
| postal_code                     = 07100
| area_code_type                  = [[Telephone numbers in Spain|Dialing code]]
| area_code                       = 
| leader_title                    = [[Alcalde]]
| leader_name                     = Carlos Simarro Vicens
| leader_party                    = [[People's Party (Spain)|PP]]
| website                         = {{official website|http://www.soller.cat/}}
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}}
'''Sóller''' ({{IPA|ca|ˈso.ʎə}}) is a town and [[Municipalities of Spain|municipality]] near the north west coast of the [[Balearic Island]] of [[Mallorca]], Spain, 3&nbsp;km inland from [[Port de Sóller]], in a large, bowl-shaped valley that also includes the village of [[Fornalutx]] and the hamlets of Biniaraix and Binibassi. The population is around 14,000. The ''[[Tranvía de Sóller]]'' tram links Sóller to [[Port de Sóller]].

==Overview==
Sóller<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.histocat.com/resource/AlvaroGalmes.pdf |title=histocat.}}</ref> is linked by the historic railway, the [[Ferrocarril de Sóller]], and by a highway with a tunnel, to the Majorcan capital of [[Palma de Mallorca|Palma]]. The Ferrocaril was built on the profits from the orange and lemon trade and completed in 1911. The [[Andratx]]-[[Pollença]] highway also runs through the valley. The present-day economy is based mainly on [[tourism]] and the expenditure of foreign residents, complementary to the agricultural economy based around [[citrus]] and [[olive]] groves.  Soller is unique compared to towns on the rest of the island due to its geographical isolation, being surrounded by the [[Serra de Tramuntana]]. This isolation from all other major towns on the island, made it easier to trade with French merchants arriving by sea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soller1.com/en/cms.php/soller/history |title=
The History of Sóller}}</ref>

==Main sights==
[[File:St. Bartomeu (Sóller), 2025-03-23.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Sant Bartomeu Church]] 
[[File:PortdeSoller2.JPG|thumb|left|200px|[[Port de Sóller|Port of Sóller]]]]
The focus of the town is the ''Plaça Constitució'' which is surrounded by cafés and has [[plane tree]]s and a fountain in its centre. The tram passes through the Plaça on its way to and from the main station which has been restored to incorporate a museum of [[Picasso]] and [[Joan Miró]]. The church of Sant Bartomeu ([[Saint Bartholomew]]) facing the east side of the Plaça is flanked by the ''ajuntament'' ([[town hall]]) and the Banco de Sóller, a remarkable 1912 ''[[Modernisme|Modernista]]'' building with defining ironwork, by the [[Catalonia|Catalan]] architect [[Joan Rubió i Bellver]], a follower of [[Antoni Gaudí]]. The bank's organisation was founded in 1889 with the money of emigrants who returned prosperous to Sóller. On the other hand, the church can clearly be seen standing out from the canopy of the town from other parts of the Vall de Sóller (the surrounding valley). The original building dates from some time before 1236. The current main interior structure is now largely [[Baroque architecture|baroque]] (1688–1733).

The ''campanar'' (belltower) blends in well with its [[neo-Gothic architecture|neo-Gothic]] design. The remarkable façade is a 1904 construction, also by Joan Rubió. The old street plan is of [[Islamic architecture|Islamic]] origin and lined with historic houses of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The town has a covered market and is bisected by a fast flowing river with a number of bridges. Sóller is also notable for the houses built in the early twentieth century by emigrants who returned wealthy to the town, particularly those on the ''Gran Via'' which reflect the ''[[fin de siècle]]'' [[Art Nouveau]] styles of France.

The renowned ''Jardí Botanic'' ([[botanical garden]]) is on the outskirts of the town and is laid out with the plants of the Balearics and the [[Mediterranean]] islands. The Modernista mansion in the garden houses ''El Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals''<ref>[http://www.museucienciesnaturals.org/index.php?idioma=en Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals]</ref> (The Museum of Balearic Natural Sciences).

==Events==
* "Firó" is Sóller's most important and well-known festival, commemorating its sacking by [[Moorish]] pirates on the 11 May 1561. As part of the festivities, 4 battles are [[Historical reenactment|reenacted]] (2 in the Port, 1 in La Huerta and 1 in the town square). Locals dress up as turbaned pirates or in traditional dress and stage mock battles to repel the invaders with fireworks.
* Since 1980, Sóller has hosted the "Sa Mostra" week-long international [[folklore]] festival between May and July. It was started by the traditional dance group "Aires Sollerics".<ref name="sa mostra 1">{{cite web|title=Sa Mostra International Folklore Festival: A week long festival of folklore & dancing|url=https://www.seemallorca.com/events/calendar/sa-mostra-international-folklore-festival-soller|publisher=See Mallorca|access-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716003659/https://www.seemallorca.com/events/calendar/sa-mostra-international-folklore-festival-soller|language=en|archive-date=16 July 2024|year=2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sa mostra 2">{{cite web|title=Sa Mostra: mostra internacional folklòrica |url=http://www.sollernet.com/samostra/index.html|publisher=Sollernet|access-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731041157/http://www.sollernet.com/samostra/index.html|language=es|archive-date=31 July 2016|year=2001|trans-title=Sa Mostra the International Folklore Festival of Sóller}}</ref>
* August sees the celebration in honour of the [[patron saint]] of Sóller, [[Bartholomew the Apostle|St. Bartholomew]], which features bonfires and devilish masquerades in a spectacle called the "correfoc" ("fire-run"). Local groups such as the "Escladabutzes" invade the town square in an allegory of hellfire, before being driven back by the "correaigua" ("water-run"), where the local fire department refreshes the crowds.
* Each January, Epiphany is celebrated as the [[Epiphany (holiday)|Day of the Three Wise Kings]], and processions of the Magi proceed from the Port to the town square, throwing sweets to crowds of eager children. Traditionally, it is more popular than the western Christmas on 25 December.

== Museums ==
* Museo de la Mar, a maritime museum. Located in the Oratorio de Santa Caterina d'Alexandria (13th century). (Puerto de Sóller)<ref name="museo de la mar">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Museu+de+la+Mar+Port+de+S%C3%B3ller/@39.7976464,2.6888894,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x1297e5e4ef0873ff:0x4082743a7661af8f!8m2!3d39.7976464!4d2.6914643!16s%2Fg%2F120z1hwz?entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDcxMC4wKgBIAVAD|title=Museu de la Mar, Carrer de Santa Caterina d'Alexandria, 54, 07108 Port de Sóller, Mallorca|access-date=16 July 2024|url-status=live }}</ref>
* Museu de Sóller: Casal de Cultura (1640), an [[ethnography|ethnographic]] museum and art gallery. Calle de Sa Mar, 13 (Sóller)<ref name="casal1">{{cite web|title=Museo del Casal de Cultura en Sollernet|url=https://casaldecultura.com/|publisher=Sollernet|access-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828074636/http://sollernet.com/casal/indexes.html|language=es|archive-date=28 August 2016|year=2001}}</ref><ref name="casal2">{{cite web|title=Casal de Cultura Homepage|url=https://casaldecultura.com/|publisher=Museu de Sóller: Casal de Cultura|access-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715232248/https://casaldecultura.com/|language=es|archive-date=15 July 2024|year=2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="casal3">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Museu+de+S%C3%B3ller/@39.7667047,2.7109779,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x1297e8bf2ddaa0e3:0xb285564da3fcd79c!8m2!3d39.7667047!4d2.7135528!16s%2Fg%2F121fwh8_?entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDcxMC4wKgBIAVAD|title=Museu de Sóller, Carrer de Sa Mar 13, 07100 Sóller, Mallorca|access-date=16 July 2024|url-status=live }}</ref>
* Can Prunera (a.k.a. Can Magraner) (1911), a modernist townhouse museum. Calle de la Lluna 86 y 90 (Sóller)<ref name="prunera">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Can+Prunera/@39.7678423,2.7131832,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x1297e8be2422f0a7:0x5229cfd4e011fbb0!8m2!3d39.7678424!4d2.7180541!16s%2Fg%2F121zv2vp?entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDcxMC4wKgBIAVAD|title=Can Prunera, Carrer de sa Lluna, 86 y 90, 07100 Sóller, Mallorca|access-date=16 July 2024|url-status=live }}</ref>
* Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Jardín Botánico (1985), the local botanical garden and natural sciences museum. Carretera al Puerto de Sóller<ref name="botanico">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Museu+Balear+de+Ci%C3%A8ncies+Naturals/@39.7641535,2.7067573,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x1297e8ae5011a559:0x60b6350132338dd3!8m2!3d39.7641535!4d2.7093322!16s%2Fg%2F1237ps83?entry=ttu|title=Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals, 07100 Port de Sóller, Mallorca|access-date=16 July 2024|url-status=live }}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Gregorio Bausá]] (1590-1656), painter
*[[Albert Hauf]] (b. 1938), philologist
*[[Joan Miquel Oliver]] (b. 1974), musician
*[[Tuni (footballer)|Tuni]] (b. 1982), footballer
*[[Colm Meaney]] (b. 1953), Irish actor 
{{colend}}

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=150>
File:0069-Turm Port de Sóller.JPG|Torre Picada
File:Mallorca - Banco de Soller.jpg|The Banco de Sóller
File:StrassenbahnLinienplanSoller1997.png|Map of the [[Sóller Tramway]]
File:FS Tram Old Car.JPG|A tramcar in the Port of Sóller
File:Sóller 2016.jpg|The old town of Sóller
</gallery>

==See also==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Cercle Solleric]]
*[[CF Sóller]]
*[[Els Cornadors]]
*[[Ferrocarril de Sóller]]
*[[Port de Sóller]]
*[[Tranvía de Sóller]]
{{colend}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Sóller}}
*[https://accesmallorca.com/local-guides/tramuntana/soller/ Sóller Tourist Guide]
*[http://www.saveu.cat Veu de Sóller (local weekly newspaper), in Catalan]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040203052025/http://www.diaridebalears.com/soller/ Setmanari Sóller (local newspaper), in Catalan.]
*[http://www.jardibotanicdesoller.org/ Jardín Botánico (botanical garden), in Catalan and Spanish]
*[http://www.museucienciesnaturals.org Museu de Ciencias Naturales]
*[https://archive.today/20130105083517/http://a-soller.tiscalibiz.com/turisme/e_index.html Ajuntament de Sóller (Townhall of Sóller), in English]

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