Petra,_Spain

Petra, Spain

Petra, Spain

Municipality and town in Balearic Islands, Spain

Petra (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpe.tɾə]) is a town and municipality on the Mediterranean island of Majorca, in the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. "Petra" means "rock" in Latin.

Fr Junípero Serra
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Petra is the birthplace of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784), a Franciscan friar who founded the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco.

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References

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    Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.



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