Why did England notice this piece of land in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea? What was it about Menorca that caused so much interest in Great Britain? Well, it was nothing other than the great port of Mahón. A place from where you could do business and, in addition, it allowed to deploy a. . .
In April 1713 the Treaty of Utrecht was signed, which put an end to the War of the Spanish Succession. The great beneficiary of it was England, which obtained economic advantages with commercial concessions and increased its territories; Spain put an end to its international hegemony and the commercial monopoly with America, but the loss. . .
Undoubtedly, the eastern part of the island is the one that brings together the most defensive-military monuments of Menorca. This is logical if we take into account that the sea was the only entrance to Menorca years ago, and that the port of Mahón was the most coveted on the island, because it is located. . .
In 1771 an order was given to build a settlement for the workers who built the Castillo de San Felipe, apart from the garrison of the fort and their families, which was located between Cala Corb and Cales Fonts. This new “arraval” had a layout in which the main square predominated, which had to be. . .
The chapel that had existed in the castle of San Felipe had been covered by successive demolitions and remained hidden until recently. Discovering it was possible thanks to Philip Denis, who brought a map from the British archive of Kew Gardens, in London, which facilitated its location. It is documented that in 1589 the chapel. . .
“Throughout the nineteenth century, many Cuban independence prisoners ended up deported for a season in Spain, to points such as Chafarinas, Fernando Póo, Cádiz, Málaga and Mahón. It was about keeping them away from the conflict, La Fortaleza de Isabel II, finished in 1975, it was a perfect facility for forced isolation. The case of. . .
On July 23, the Diario Menorca published an article about the Castle of San Felipe in the pages of the special Sant Jaume, dedicated to the festivities of the municipality of Es Castell. Despite the fact that, for the second year in a row, the municipalities of Menorca cannot celebrate their festivals as established by. . .
On August 3, the IB3 TV evening news program broadcast a news item about the news that La Mola offers to its visitors starting this summer. It is important to remember that the main novelty is the transformation of the “escape room” into a “hall escape” which, under the heading of “The fall of Troy”,. . .
Several years ago, a trip to the 18th century was performed at the Castle of San Felipe, with the hiring of actors and extras, firing 18th century cannons and muskets from 1707. Everything was done and represented as in the past, the same uniforms, the voices according to the Ordinances of Charles III, was fired. . .
The Military Museum of Menorca was born at the Military Easter of 1981, on the occasion of the Bicentennial of its reconquest by Spain, in 1782, after having remained this island under British sovereignty for more than sixty years and French for seven. The accelerated evolution of weapons produced a change in defensive criteria. Such. . .
