Category Archives: The Consortium

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. . .

Commemoration of the fifth centenary of Santa Bárbara as patron of the Spanish Artillery

The San Isidro Military Base in Mahón has once again hosted the celebration of the Patron Saints of the Arms and Corps of the Army in Menorca, which this year coincides with the fifth centenary of Santa Bárbara as patron saint of the Spanish Artillery. The act, carried out this morning, consisted of a mass. . .

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Fourth and last meeting of 2022 of the Commission Permanent of the Military Consortium of Menorca

On November 22, the fourth and last meeting of this year of the Permanent Commission of the Military Consortium of Menorca (COMPER) was held in the Palace of Isabel II. The event took place in the meeting room of the former headquarters of the Military Government of Menorca, instead of the usual place for such. . .

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Menorca (1740) in the “Historic and political Mercury”

“Es Diari” publishes in its “Mira Menorca” section on September 12 an article (signed by Jesús García Marín) on the relevance of Menorca (and Gibraltar) in international politics during the 18th century, so that the Island was permanent news in the newspapers of Spain and Hispanic America. At that time Menorca was territory occupied by. . .

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The monuments managed by the Consortium open for Easter

The Isabel II Fortress, popularly known as La Mola, the Castillo de San Felipe and the Menorca Military Museum will open their doors to visitors during the Holy Week holidays. Specifically, La Mola will open from tomorrow, Friday until Monday, April 5 (Easter Monday), except on March 29, when it will remain closed, from 10. . .

Visits to the Consortium’s monuments at reduced prices

The Military Consortium of Menorca offers the possibility of acquiring, during your visit to the Isabel II Fortress in La Mola, a joint ticket to visit two other monuments managed by said organization, the Castillo de San Felipe and the Military Museum of Menorca. The price of tickets is very cheap if they are purchased. . .

The Consorcio Militar de Menorca took to the streets its numerous publications in the Sant Jordi d’Estiu 2020

After a virtual Sant Jordi, which in Menorca we call “San Jordi a redossa”, the book sector agreed to celebrate a summer Sant Jordi on 23 July. The streets of the municipalities of Menorca were filled with literature in this alternative Sant Jordi and in the heat of summer heat. The initiative became a new. . .

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