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The XVII Carrera Fortaleza de La Mola incorporates Nordic walking

Athletes who wish to participate in the seventeenth edition of the Fortaleza de La Mola race, which will be held next Sunday, May 7, starting at 10:30 a.m., can now formalize their registration online, through the website www.elitechip.net, or at the place of departure up to half an hour before the start of the test.. . .

More than half a thousand participants in the La Mola obstacle course

This Saturday the first edition of The Meadower- Menorca 2023 was held, with the Isabel II de La Mola Fortress, in Maó, as its nerve center. More than half a thousand participants took part in the test, the first obstacle course to be held on the Island, and which consisted of three different distances and. . .

New book “A Menorcan dealer; Historical re-enactment of human trafficking at the beginning of the 19th century”

The Military Consortium of Menorca has published the second publication of the surgeon and lover of history, Alejandro Fernández. It is a novel that recounts the purchase, transport and sale of human beings from West Africa to the Spanish Caribbean during the years after the Treaty of Amiens, once Menorca was incorporated, after British rule,. . .

Jordi Moya Riera appointed ambassador of the Army Brand

Last Friday, February 17, at the Isabel II Palace and chaired by the General Commander of the Balearic Islands, Fernando Luis Gracia Herréiz, the accreditation of the appointment of Mr. Jordi Moya Riera as ambassador of the “Army Brand” took place. ”. During the event, which was attended by relatives and friends of the new. . .

Stories from the Military Museum of Menorca (and 2): The fortification in the 16th century

The Medieval fortification, based on high but narrow walls, was useful to prevent the assault of the infantry, but with the arrival of gunpowder and subsequent development of the artillery, such walls could not resist the continuous impact of the projectiles; as a consequence, the walls decreased in height and increased their width. In the. . .

Stories from the Military Museum of Menorca: The Turkish threat

The conquest of Constantinople (nowadays Istanbul) by the Turkish empire, in the middle of the XVth Century, and it´s advance towards central Europe alongside it´s progressive maritime domination, meant a threat to the control of the Mediterranean Sea. At the beginning of the XVI Century, in order to stop this advance, the Spanish Emperor Carlos. . .

Evidence that there was a Russian hospital in La Mola, in the port of Mahón

The Diario Menorca published in its “Mira Menorca” section on January 30, 2023 a research paper, a finalist for the 2023 Andrés Casasnovas Award, which provides documents on an enclosure that left no trace. Under the heading “In the footsteps of Catherine the Great’s Armada”, the article narrates the island’s ties with the Russians during. . .

War economy during the hostilities between Spain and Great Britain

In the year 1779, under Carlos III, hostilities would begin between Spain (allied with France) and Great Britain, in relation to the independence of their American colonies (the future United States), supported by the Bourbon monarchies. Immediately the Spanish government. Chaired de facto although not de jure (the figure of Prime Minister did not yet. . .

Swiss regiments in the Army of the Spanish Bourbons during the 18th century

Since the capture of Menorca by the Duke of Crillón, the presence of Swiss infantry regiments garrisoned Menorca was common. The Helvetian regiments had been contracted by the Spanish Bourbon monarchy since 1742 and, according to their regulations, they had to renew their contract every 20 years. These units adopted the canton from which they. . .

he General Commander of the Balearic Islands bets for the comprehensive rehabilitation of Sant Felip

The General Commander of the Balearic Islands, Fernando Luis Gracia Herréiz, highlighted this Friday the work carried out by the Menorca Military Consortium and invited “more than ever” to join efforts and wills for the “ambitious project for the comprehensive rehabilitation of the Sant Felip environment”. . Gracia Herréiz spoke these words during her speech. . .

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