{"id":12116,"date":"2014-03-11T09:43:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T08:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/?page_id=12116"},"modified":"2025-12-20T14:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T13:09:53","slug":"british-menorca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/british-menorca\/","title":{"rendered":"The big legacy of British Menorca"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The big legacy of British Menorca<\/h1>\n

The British presence in Menorca lasted for almost all of the eighteenth century.\u00a0The British legacy remains, among other things, in the wonderful architectural heritage in the shape of defensive military structures that dot the whole of the island\u2019s coastline.<\/h2>\n

During the War of the Spanish Succession and as a result of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), Menorca, along with Gibraltar, came under British control. The British presence in Menorca lasted for almost all the eighteenth century in three consecutive periods lasting from 1708 to 1802, the year in which the island was returned to the Spanish crown. During this period, among other things, the British established Ma\u00f3 as the capital of the island (in detriment to Ciutadella), built new roads such as the famous Cam\u00ed d\u2019en Kane, drained some of the disease-ridden marshes and turned them into fertile market gardens, and opened the port of Ma\u00f3 to foreign trade. The British legacy remains in the Anglicisms found in the local language, the characteristic bow windows seen on many Menorcan houses, the typical British-style furniture and, above all, the wonderful architectural legacy in the shape of defensive military structures that dot the whole of the island\u2019s coastline.<\/p>\n