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Majorca
Island (pop., 1994 est.: 737,000) and autonomous community, Spain; its capital is Palma. The largest of the Balearic Islands, it lies in the W Mediterranean Sea and occupies an area of 1,405 sq mi (3,640 sq km). The kingdom of Majorca was established by James I of Aragon in the 13th cent. and was united to Aragon in the 14th cent. During the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), it was a base for Italian aid to the Nationalists. Now a popular tourist center, it was a favorite haunt of F. Chopin.
Minerva
In Roman religion, the goddess of handicrafts, the professions, the arts, and, later, war. She was commonly identified with the Greek Athena. Some scholars believe that worship of Minerva began when Athena's cult was introduced at Rome from Etruria. Minerva was one of the Capitoline triad, along with Jupiter and Juno, and her shrine in Rome was a meeting place for craftsmen's guilds. The worship of Minerva attained its greatest vogue under the emperor Domitian, who claimed her special protection.
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