At the end of the 7th century, the Muslims seized North Africa from Byzantium. The Balearic Islands are then left with no more defense than their own means and they soon succumb to the force of the Islamic expansion. The Arabs carried out frequent “razzias” against Menorca: they took captives, set fire to coastal estates. . .
Author Archives: comunicacion
The legend of the Moor Xoroi takes place in the Cova d’en Xoroi (whose name pays homage to this legend), some rocks that the sea air perfumes and that keep with their imposing beauty the tale of a love story based on the times when Menorca was colonized by the Arabs. “The Moor” Xoroi, a. . .
On January 7, the Diario Menorca published an extensive article on the celebration of Military Easter in Menorca. Said newspaper echoed the intervention of the general commander of the Balearic Islands, Fernando García Blázquez, who reminded attendees of the work carried out to date by the Armed Forces to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Blázquez alluded. . .
The following video explains the main features of the Castle of San Felipe before its demolition. In front of the 4 bastions the 4 counterguards were built and, between them, the revellines were built. More at the forefront, as the first line of defense, the rear windows or the outer redoubts. On the sea line,. . .
El Hornabeque is the area most at the forefront of La Mola, defending the land front and the sea front. The head of the Hornabeque, part plus the vanguard of the fortress, covers Cala Teulera. We go down a magnificent spiral staircase to La Caponera so that the moat can be defended from inside it.. . .
Tomorrow a new year will begin and the Menorca Military Consortium wants to take the opportunity to launch a message full of hope, with the hope that this 2022 we can say goodbye to the pandemic caused by the coronavirus. Happy New Year!!
On December 6, the Diario Menorca published an article by Miguel Ángel Limón on the return of Menorca to Spanish sovereignty. This report narrates the vicissitudes of the Menorcan people who “were forced not to consummate a mere ascription to a previous secular sovereignty, but rather to go through an adaptation to a Spain that. . .
The Consorcio Militar de Menorca wishes you a Merry Christmas, with its best wishes for health, hope and prosperity.
In the different dominations that Menorca had, the enemy squads chose different landing points. In September 1708, James Stanhope, commanding a British squadron, landed at Alcaufar, in the southeast of the Island. In April 1756, the Duke of Richelieu landed at Ciudadela. In August 1781, the Duke of Crillón landed in Cala Mezquida and in. . .
In the Museum of Menorca we will find numerous traces of the British period. In the 18th century room, it is convenient to look at a display case containing a set of bronze weights, which Governor Kane had cast in London (1724), to bring order to the existing anarchy in the matter of weights and. . .