Binibona: Architecture and Nature in the Surroundings

In Binibona, the architecture of the houses of Can Beneït and Can Furiós and the nearby landscape are distinct focal points. The houses offer specific details for comparing façades and portals. Ses Figueroles presents a different focus, with mountain paths and endemic plants. This gives you a clear distinction for planning your trip between architecture in the village and a nature destination nearby.

Architectural details at Can Beneït

The houses of Can Beneït in Binibona have three-storey façades. Their exterior round-arched portal is built with voussoirs and leads to the courtyard. This brings two scales into view: the shape of the arch and the voussoirs stand out at the portal, while the number of storeys stands out on the façade. Voussoirs are the wedge-shaped stones of an arch. If you are interested in architecture, you can look at these features separately: as a detail at the entrance and as the façade’s overall structure.

Can Beneït also has a private oratory dedicated to the Mare de Déu del Carme. Its altarpiece dates from 1877. The dedication identifies the oratory’s religious significance, while the year dates the altarpiece. These details add another aspect of the house to its façade and portal features, without implying that the date applies to the other building elements.

Comparing Can Beneït and Can Furiós

Can Furiós in Binibona also has an exterior round-arched portal with voussoirs. Its façade has two storeys. Compared with Can Beneït, the two houses therefore share a feature of their portals but clearly differ in the number of storeys: three at Can Beneït and two at Can Furiós. This gives you a specific starting point if you want to compare the two architectural descriptions. Pay attention to the height of each façade and the recurring motif of the round-arched portal, rather than grouping both houses together under architecture in general.

Ses Figueroles and the surrounding landscape

The public estate of Ses Figueroles is another landscape destination nearby. It lies north of the municipality of Selva and can be reached via several mountain paths, particularly from Binibona and from Coll de sa Batalla in Escorca. If you are planning an excursion there, check the current conditions on the mountain paths beforehand. The paths make Ses Figueroles a different kind of destination from the houses in the village: here, the focus is on landscape and nature.

Endemic plant species such as Dedalera, Estepa joana, safrà bord, llampúdol bord and estepa blanera are common in Ses Figueroles. Their names are recorded in Catalan and give the estate a specific botanical character. This makes it easy to distinguish the subjects found in the surrounding area: Can Beneït and Can Furiós offer façade and portal features to compare, while Ses Figueroles offers mountain paths and plants. Which aspect of Binibona interests you most can therefore play a role as early as the trip-planning stage.

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For the broader travel overview: Selva.