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- ↑ Rubén P. Atienza Ciutadell (24 January 2010). "Recordando el Tratado de Capdepera (Remembering the Treaty of Capdepera)" (in Spanish). Editorial Menorca. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ↑ "Municipio de Capdepera (Información cultural) (Municipality of Capdepera - Cultural Information)" (in Spanish). Abaces. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ↑ Gobierno de las islas Baleares. "Castillo de Capdepera" [The Castle of Capdepera] (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Real Academia de la Historia (1817). Memorias de la Real Academia de la Historia [Memoirs of the Royal Academy of History] (in Spanish). Vol. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.