Es Caparrot de Forma

On the cape of Caparrot de Forma near the Es Canutells development is a necropolis consisting of 23 artificial caves or hypogeums.

Of particular interest on the site is a large wall running across the coastal headland along the isthmus. Inside, two circular constructions can be distinguished, and under a pile of stones, a fresh water well. The wall is included as part of the Talayotic Minorca World Heritage bid.

Llosa d'en Pudent

 

Walking the Camí de Cavalls around the island. Llosa d'en Pudent in the south Coast.

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Torrellafuda

The Torrellafuda settlement dates from the Talayotic era and was inhabited until Islamic times, as indicated by the archaeological remains found. 

The settlement, set in a holm oak wood, consists of a single large talayot, a taula enclosure, several houses and a necropolis of four hypogeums or artificial caves. There are other structures including a cistern from the Roman or Mediaeval era and sections of a cyclopean-type wall.

In one of the hypogeums a batch of lead sling balls from the Roman era was found.

Rocket man

 The Russian Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft in space above Menorca.

Chess in the Time of Covid.

 

Mahon Festivals 2021. 

Aquijo and Hotel del Almirante

 

 

The 86 m (282 ft) superyacht Aquijo was launched at the Oceanco yard in Alblasserdam, United States based Tripp Design Naval Architects designed the exterior of Aquijo, with interior design by Dölker + Voges GmbH.

As of June 2018, she is the largest ketch in the world.

 

Superyacht Aquijo, just outside Hotel del Almirante. (picture by Francesc García Arbos)