On Saturday at 7:00 a.m., while waiting for the arrival of the delegation from Vall de Laguar (Alicante) at the port of Palma, the councilwoman of Petra, Catalina Gibert, thought that this group of people was making "the reverse journey" to what her Petrarchan ancestors did "more than 400 years ago, when they were expelled from Mallorca". The reflection summarizes the meaning of the twinning that these two municipalities have formalized this weekend, united by a shared history that is still preserved today in nicknames, gastronomy, and collective memory.

Manacor and Girona have taken a further step in the twinning process this Saturday with the constitution of the Twinning Committee, a joint body that will promote the joint work plan between both cities, according to the Manacor City Council.