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The Consorcio Militar de Menorca wishes you a Merry Christmas, with its best wishes for health, hope and prosperity.
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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. . .
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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. . .
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Yesterday the Board of Founders of the Menorca Military Consortium met in the meeting room of the Military Museum in the municipality of Es Castell. During the meeting, which is held once a year, the initiatives carried out to date, some future projects, and, in addition, the budgets for the next year 2022 have been. . .
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Throughout the 18th century, Menorca was under the rule of Great Britain for more than seventy years and was used as a bargaining chip by the great powers in their international struggles. The Menorcans were also French for seven years; and only during three decades did they return to the Spanish crown. During that century,. . .
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The Military Museum of Menorca will be closed to the public for renovations from Monday to February 28, 2022. The works to be undertaken by the Menorca Military Consortium are intended to carry out a comprehensive reform of the electrical installation throughout the Museum building. This initiative aims to improve the comprehensive lighting of all. . .
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In 2022 the fifth centenary of Santa Bárbara will be celebrated as the patron saint of the Spanish Artillery
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The San Isidro Military Base in Mahón has once again hosted the celebration of the Holy Patrons of Arms and Corps of the Army in Menorca. The act, carried out this morning, consisted of a mass officiated by the Bishop of Menorca, Monsignor Francisco Simón Conesa Ferrer, the pertinent speeches and a parade featuring the. . .
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The Diario Menorca publishes in its edition of November 29 “A little-known manuscript in Menorca”, in reference to Pascual Gayangos, a millionaire, bibliophile and scholar who bought countless manuscripts, many from the Balearic Islands in general and from Menorca in particular. In his legacy there is a 12-page manuscript relating to our Island, undated but. . .
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In 1709, General Stanhope sent Brigadier Petit and military engineer Durand to Menorca, who soon began the works to expand the Castle, while the British Royal Navy set up the arsenal and the Naval Hospital on the Isla del Rey, in the port of Mahón. The layout of the Castillo de San Felipe was, after. . .
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In April 1779, while Menorca was under the second British government under the command of Governor Murray, a new maritime war broke out between England and France-Spain, which was fought in the American colonies. Spain had not given up on recovering Menorca and the Marquis de Solleric from Mallorca was in charge of weaving a. . .