Early Christian Basilica of Torrelló des Fornàs, built during the sixth century and from east to west. Very close to the airport of Menorca, a marked path on the road from Mahon to Sant Climent, is the early Christian basilica of Torrelló des Fornàs, built during the sixth century and from east to west. The basilica nave, is characterized by its Roman mosaic pavement, with figures of lions and palm trees that represent death and the tree of life. We also see a font, semicircular, built in dry stone. Before you reach the basilica and wrapped in stone walls, is the Torelló Fornàs talayot from above which can be seen in a nearby field, the remains of a prehistoric round house.
A small room with a taula is the main attraction of this settlement of the time talayotic where you can also see the remains of other areas such as housing reused until Roman times. Archeology experts predict that na So cacana, located in the municipality of Alaior, could be the religious center of the Levant island for what is considered a place of great archaeological interest.
This house is located on the western side of Plaza del Born, and along with Can Salort and Can Torre Saura it forms a vast patrician architectural complex that dominates the square. It used to be called Can Vigo, as this was the name of the family that built it. The current façade dates from the 20th century, and it modernised an extremely monumental composition with a markedly Italian feel, perhaps from the 19th century. The façade was stuccoed and the main openings were decorated with figurative architecture, with lintelled doorways, crowns with pediments, etc. The refurbishment left the balconies intact, but both ends were turned into enclosed glass lookout points, and the stucco was replaced by a new red-painted finish.
Megalithic gravesite from the pre-Talayotic period (2nd millennium BC) What we call megalithic gravesites are collective tombs from the pre-Talayotic period that can be dated from between 1800 and 1600 BC. One of the best-known ones is Ses Roques Llises, around 300 metres south of the large Talayotic settlement of Torre d'en Galmés. It consists of a funeral chamber made up of large slabs placed on their edges, which are also covered with horizontal slabs. This funeral chamber can be entered through one of the slabs with a hole bored into it, which is still easily visible after crossing a small corridor. The entire complex was covered with soil and stones, making a small mound. Currently you can only see some of the slabs from the funeral chamber and remains of the corridor and the retaining wall. The deceased were placed in the funeral chamber with objects (ceramics, bone and metal items), some of which were rescued in the excavation. How to get there: On the Alaior-Son Bou motorway, take the turnoff to the left indicating Torre d'en Galmés. Around 700 metres after the entrance to the car park of the settlement is the Ses Roques Llises gravesite.
This space can house a range of cultural and free-time activities, as it serves as both a municipal exhibition hall and a conference room. Meetings can also be held here by entities who ask to reserve the space, as can courses, yoga, dance and ballroom dancing classes. Right now the Sociocultural Centre is one of the municipal spaces with the highest occupancy, and there is no question that it offers an inestimable service to the entities of Ferreries and the Town Hall itself. The building also houses the pensioners’ residence.
House built in 1761 for the Mercadal family in the oldest part of the city of Maó, known as Pont des Castell, an elevated area where the old medieval fortified town was located. This building was new and was built on the site that remained after the demolition of the old family properties of the Mercadal in the early eighteenth century, as political retaliation for having supported the supporters of Archduke Charles during the War of the Spanish Succession.
XIV century. The only visible vestige of the old medieval city walls. It was deeply restored after the looting that the pirate Barbarossa inflicted on the city of Maó in 1535.
1805. Manor house built at the beginning of the 19th century by the Oliver family. Neoclassical in style, it stands out for the paintings on its ceilings, made by Italian artists of the time. Currently converted into an Art Center where the Hernández Sanz-Hernández Mora collection is kept, characterized by the set of Menorcan paintings, cartography and documentation.
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