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Petra, Spain
Petra
is a
town
and
municipality
on the
Mediterranean island
of
Majorca
, in the
Spanish
autonomous community
of the
Balearic Islands
. "Petra" means "rock" in
Latin
.
Petra is the
birthplace
of
St
.
Junípero Serra
, a
Franciscan friar
who
founded
the first
nine
of
21
Spanish missions in California
from
San Diego
to
San Francisco
.