Rural Minorca Countryside Menorca Spain Europe Mediterranean Sea
bucolic countryside Menorca s tidy farms wildflowers on little country roads Minorca Mca second largest Spanish Balearic Balears Balearics Baleares Islands western Mediterranean intended many bays rocky headlands particularly less fertile north which fringed islets southern coast more sheltered from north winds has relatively pleasant climate Mahón Maó southeastern coast chief town It has one largest harbors Mediterranean cultivated land around it marked by windmills once island s Moorish capital located western tip Mca It has Gothic cathedral several interesting 17th century palaces There some agriculture southern plateau Cattle sheep goats raised fishing contributes economy Manufactures include shoes textiles soap cheese wine Megalithic remains bear witness Mca s prehistoric settlement Like other Mediterranean islands Mca was occupied turn by Phoenicians Carthaginians Romans Vandals Moors Although it became part Spain 15th century it continued be plundered for centuries by corsairs seized island early 18th century lost regained it several times then returned it Spain by Treaty Amiens 1802 Mca remained Loyalist side through most Spanish Civil War 1936 1939 unusual natural environment Mca addition its cultural life sustainable socio economic development allowed 1993 declaration island as Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO Menorca s character is different from the other Balearic Islands It s quieter less flamboyant and is without doubt totally relaxing Prehistoric mounds called talayots are scattered all over the rolling green landscape of this beautiful Island Cows graze in green meadows fringed with blackberry bushes farmers still till the soil as their forefathers did all those years ago Menorca has more than 100 beaches to choose from So finding little coves and inlets to relax and take in the beauty will not pose a problem A reminder of British rule in the 18century old georgian houses stand alongside the local cottages in Mahón the capital Villa Carlos with its lively
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