Mahón, June 10, 2021 A total of 208 athletes have already registered, as of today, in the fifteenth edition of the Fortaleza de La Mola race, which will be held next Saturday, June 19 from 10 am. The Menorca Military Consortium, the CCE Sant Lluís, the Balearic Islands Athletics Federation (FAIB), Elitechip and Cecome Menorca. . .
The Menorca Military Consortium has joined the initiative promoted by the Mahón City Council that has filled the center of the town with flowers this past weekend. A new edition of the Mahón+Flores activity has been held this year on its usual date, in spring, after being moved on the calendar last year to October. . .
Following the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the municipality of Es Castell, and with the aim of bringing the history and heritage of the town closer to all its residents, the town council and the Menorca Military Consortium have organized a series of Free guided visits to the Castillo de San. . .
The six editions of the 10/5 Miles City of Mahón have demonstrated their true sports and tourism potential this year, registering a record number of participants (375 runners in total), almost half of whom have come from outside Menorca to enjoy of the Island and of a very special race because it passes through places. . .
The collaborator of Es Diari, Fernando Serrano, published on May 20 of the current year in his section “Without hairs on the tongue” an article on the naval battle of Port Mahón, an event that, says the writer, “changed the history of Menorca ”. With the title “Four actors for a historical drama”, Fernando Serrano,. . .
On June 2, 2018, those who were then the mayor of Es Castell, Lluís Camps, and the General Commander of the Balearic Islands, Juan Cifuentes, inaugurated the new access from inside the Military Museum to the old underground tunnels of the Civil War that are taking place through the basement of Plaça Esplanada, as part. . .
In March 1551 it was decided to fortify the defenses of Menorca, since they were very inadequate. For this, the Italian engineer Count Hugo de Cessane was commissioned to design a castle to defend the town and the port of Mahón. In 1552 the construction of the Castle of San Felipe began, and in 1556. . .
Did you know that January 6 is celebrated in Spain as the Military Easter day and why? Military Easter commemorates the recovery of the island of Menorca after years of occupation by British troops. In 1782 Menorca returned to Spanish sovereignty after the victory over the British fleet, which had occupied the Island (of great. . .
One of the most interesting books published by the Menorca Military Consortium is “Un corsair menorquín. Historical recreation of the naval and medical Menorca at the beginning of the 19th century ”, by the writer Alejandro Fernández Alonso. In the 19th century, when the island was recovered by Spain in the Peace of Amiens, the. . .
On May 3, the chronicler Margarita Caules published an extensive article in her section “Xerradetes de Trepucó” of the Diario Menorca under the title “The penits and episodes of the dreaded La Mola penitentiary.” The chronicle of the events experienced in the first person by the writer reflects how “some inmates tried to escape when. . .
