Vilafranca de Bonany

Vilafranca de Bonany
Municipality
The village in 2007
Vilafranca de Bonany
Location in Majorca
Vilafranca de Bonany
Vilafranca de Bonany (Balearic Islands)
Vilafranca de Bonany
Vilafranca de Bonany (Spain)
Coordinates: 39°34′12″N 3°05′17″E / 39.57000°N 3.08806°E / 39.57000; 3.08806Coordinates: 39°34′12″N 3°05′17″E / 39.57000°N 3.08806°E / 39.57000; 3.08806
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Balearic Islands
Province Balearic Islands
Comarca Pla de Mallorca
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Vilafranca de Bonany is a small municipality in the district of Pla on Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is an agricultural town, known for its market stalls along the highway selling spices, fruits, and vegetables as well as tiny doughnuts called buñuelos, and also known for the historic Santa Barbara Church built in the 1730s.[1]

In the northeast outskirts of the town is a 17th-century monastery called Ermita de Bonany, or Hermitage of Bonany. It was built in thanks for a good harvest; the name "Bonany" literally means "good year".[1]

This town borders Felanitx, Porreres, Sant Joan, Petra (birthplace of Junípero Serra) and Manacor.

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