History of the town

The prehistoric remains Porreres left some of those that are shown in the talayots Baulenes, is Pagos and above the whole town Pou Salat. Roman domination has been verified by some tombstones graves discovered in the last century. Porreres was included in the core district Manaqur the Arab period in which they also had Manacor and Felanitx terms of the current Campos and Santanyi. Some public wells that are preserved are testimony to the stay of the Muslim people in Porreres.

The distribution of land granted Mallorca porrerenques King James I who then gave the Count Nuno Sancho. With the death of Earl (1242), properties Porreres he still belonged to happen again in the hands of the king. James II declared the town in 1300. Porreres The name comes from conquering knights, William of Porrer a town Priorat (Tarragona).

Monti-Sion was the seat of a Latin grammar school which depended on the jury of the town during the time of the Renaissance. This school prepare future students of the University and General Studies or its period of maximum splendor was during the seventeenth century.

The most noteworthy event of the past century is the participation Porreres with Andratx Santanyi, a small revolution called "Glorious" happened after the fall of Isabel II, 1868. Revolutionaries took fire in the house town and destroyed most of the documents were kept. This ended with nearly 600 years of history documentary Porreres.