On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Division General Antonio Ruiz Benítez made his first official visit to Menorca as the new director of the Institute of Military History and Culture, after taking office on March 14. The two days of work began early on Wednesday afternoon with a guided tour of the Castillo de. . .
Precisely the relations of production in the Menorca of the Ancien Regime present the typical features of this model in which the grievous elements of society determine the functioning of the rest and the economic structure can be defined as a slow-paced and long-lasting dynamic, in which that the qualitative aspects remain practically unchanged for. . .
Maó City Council has decided to once again celebrate Book Day and the Menorca Military Consortium has been faithful to the annual event with its numerous publications. This year the pulse has recovered after two years of abnormal situation, due to the coronavirus pandemic, and, thanks to the fact that Sant Jordi falls on a. . .
From the privileged space occupied by the fortress of Isabel II, on the peninsula of La Mola, the possibility of contemplating spectacular landscapes over different geographical points of the island of Menorca is offered. From the viewpoints set up for this, you can see the mouth of the port of Mahón, the north coast and. . .
The Minorca Military Consortium wishes you a Happy Easter.
The images in the following video correspond to Replacement 4/1997 BIL Mahón Menorca, that is, about 25 years ago. Therefore, its historical-military interest is beyond any doubt. This is a company of replacement soldiers, when Military Service was compulsory, who were assigned to the San Isidro Military Base, very close to the port of Mahón.. . .
This room is named after María Luisa Serra, an illustrious daughter of Menorca who stood out as an archaeologist and librarian in Mahón. Ancient Menorca, from the earliest times to the Middle Ages. The Bronze Age in Menorca, from the year 1,600 B.C. Until the year 200 BC, the island was populated with innumerable constructions. . .
The book “Spain against the Ottoman Empire” by the writer Juan Carlos Losada describes the three centuries of fighting, espionage and cultural exchanges in the Mediterranean between the Hispanic Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire. The greatest hecatomb was recorded in the year 1558. In the spring, a fleet of some 140 Turkish ships with 3,000. . .
¿Sabes que es el aniversi-joc que puedes celebrar si lo deseas en la Fortaleza de Isabel II (la Mola)? Es una nueva iniciativa que te permitirá celebrar el cumpleaños de tu hijo/a, sobrino/a, nieto/a en el monumento más visitado de toda Menorca. ¡Así es! La Mola pone a la disposición de todos los ciudadanos la. . .
The suspicions of espionage, increased by the critical situation of the siege against the English, altered in many aspects the daily life of the people of Mahon. Thus, the arrests and the accusation of crimes under the common denomination of treason spread, in an attempt to neutralize civil support for the cause of the still. . .
