Mahón (Maó)

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Mahón (Maó), Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. Fortress of Isabel II on La Mola, built between 1848 and 1875 ordered by the Queen Isabel II. At that time Great Britain and France were disputing control of the Mediterranean Sea and the port of Mahón because its strategic location.

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