Casetas on the Costa des Teatre: demolition vs preservation in Palma

The casetas are small wooden huts along the Costa des Teatre, dated by heritage advocates to around 1857. They sit beside shops and residents and are at the center of a debate between demolishing them to create a more unified, largely car-free Plaça Major and preserving them as part of Palma’s heritage. Proponents of preservation point to the cistern beneath and the idea of a layered city, while planners emphasize a cohesive redesign.