In the late 18th century the Spanish government decided to build a large lazaretto in the port of Maó. The site chosen was a peninsula near La Mola, opposite the town of Es Castell. The building on went on for several years, and in the end only half the project was actually executed. Even so, the Lazaretto of Maó is one of the largest quarantine installations still preserved in Europe. It became operational in 1817, and for a century served hundreds of boats which came from other ports and may have brought infected people or merchandise which had to go into quarantine. The current lazaretto replaced another previous one located on a nearby islet, Isla Plana, which no longer exists. The Lazaretto peninsula became an island too, when the so-called Alfonso XIII canal was dug out in 1900, to guarantee the sea traffic from the fortress of La Mola during storms. The most striking construction is the double wall that surrounds the lazaretto itself, with its watchtowers, different blocks and warehouses, the isolated areas where the diseased were concentrated, the small circular chapel dedicated to Saint Sebastian and the cemetery. Today ‘El Llatzeret’ is a residence managed by the Ministry of Health. To reach the island you have to take the pleasure boat that leaves from Calasfonts, in Es Castell, or by means of one of the residence’s own boats, which has to be requested in advance. The building has a medicine museum containing one of the first cardiographs ever to exist and different buildings with curious objects inside them, such as a replica of the boat used by Queen Isabell II when she went to Menorca to inaugurate the fortress of La Mola.
The Mir House is a modernist-inspired house located Plaça Espanya of Mao, and was designed by the city architect Francesc Femenías. This is a privileged if what is sought is to admire the set of one of the largest natural harbors in the Mediterranean. Ranked highest Plaça d'Espanya.
It is an open space, much like Italians concentric points based on Greek agora. In the rear of the church of Santa Maria is the Plaza of Conquest. The sculpture we see is the King Alfonso III and dates from 1950. Very close to it is a viewpoint which overlooks a beautiful picture of the port.
Facing the neoclassical Church of Carmen and the iconic Cloister del Carmen , is the Plaça del Carme, popularly known as the Placa del Mercat, an ideal which is installed during the summer the town's traditional craft market. The last 2006 was installed on the square sculpture abstract style that evokes the figure of a fabioler, one of the most emblematic representatives of the traditional festivals of horses taking place during the summer months in all municipalities of the island of Menorca.
Beautiful place to See. Nice Square with bars, typical and something New like fresh tapas, good choince of vege food and nice atmosphere.
Along with the palace Torresaura the urban form of greater monumentality of Ciutadella de Menorca and its union with the parade, the Born , determines a unique scenery, great. Dating from the late seventeenth century. Its facade, which is divided into three types delimited Ionic pilasters, has an Italianate air. Notable oval balconies and the row of small windows top. Inside retain interesting mural paintings of the nineteenth century. Inside are collections of time. A family owned, current title holders Torresaura County, have enabled downstairs spaces for commercial uses, respecting the building, while the main floor is open to the public as a museum.
It has an air Italianate Baroque facade, XVIII century with a large central balcony of wrought iron, which gives unity to what originally were the palaces and Squella Gomila, two noble families who joined by marriage. The facade has undergone several modifications. The last time you cleaned the facade were lost most of the paintings and the windows were restored by a craftsman, while attached to the sculptures were removed layers of green paint leaving them in natural stone. Inside you can see rooms that hosted Chippendale and Queen Anne furniture, a Santo Cristo invoice Ivory Italian bed with Horace Vernet paintings, a painting of St. Paul school attributed to Ribera and important collections of paintings and taxed the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
CASA DEL COMTE DE TORRE-SAURA 1839, Ildefonso Hernández The most impressive of the palaces of Ciutadella, as much by its dimensions - it occupies three quarters of the block - like by its conception - is the most refined example of the civil neoclassic architecture. Occupying a privileged position in the Plaza del Born, in the mid-nineteenth century the old side facade of the original palace towards the Town Hall to align with the Salort Palace, just finished at that time, and the construction of A new wing that would give an updated image to the old structure. On the façade, the large arched doorway is not the entrance to the palace but is intended for carriage access. It is on the side located on Major Street where the main door is located, facing the one of the neighboring palace, which connects with the staircase that leads to the rooms on the first floor. The succession of noble spaces takes us to the corner gallery that is a replica of the Salort Palace. The spaciousness of the plot made it possible to build an interior space for parking spaces and stables for horses, which, with some additions, has maintained its high environmental quality. Ownership: private
The courtyard of Sa Lluna located in the heart of Alaior was a former Franciscan cloister initially built on the outskirts of the city and ended in the late seventeenth century. In 1853, after having been occupied for nine years by a military detachment step has enabled the interiors of the convent for housing.
The small but attractive Plaça de la Constitució is a major nerve center of Alaior, where several bars are located and where is the traditional racket during the festival of Sant Llorenç. Held the first Saturday and Sunday after August 10. Also in the Plaça are Constitució Culture Center and Casino, two important meeting points for the villagers
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