The name
Carrer de Curniola takes its name from a medieval manor house: the lords of the tanques de Curniola, near the path to Cala Morell. When this part of Ciutadella was urbanised, the name passed from rural lands to the urban street.
1900
At the start of the 20th century, Ciutadella was a town of fewer than ten thousand people. The Curniola neighbourhood was made up of low houses, families that worked in construction, fishing, or farming.
None of these houses had an oven. When Guiem Pons decided to open one on the street, it wasn't a business — it was a service to the neighbourhood.
Sa boval
The flat above the bakery — where the family has always lived — soon became a gathering place. Neighbours would come up to spend winter afternoons around the kitchen, warmed by the oven below.
They called it sa boval, an old Balearic word for the small chamber above the bread oven. Today it's a word that's almost no longer used.
There, stories were told, war battles recalled, whole lives shared. The bakery was not just where you bought bread: it was where you knew the neighbourhood.
Today
125 years later, the street has changed. Tourists pass through, shops have opened and closed, the neighbourhood has modernised.
But the bakery is still at number 20. The same door, the same name, the same hands working every morning.
Five generations later, we're still here.