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This Sunday, 25 February, we have organised a public excursion along the Barranc des Rellotge and the quarries of Santa Ponsa with the idea of learning about the plants living there. Continue reading Sunday excursion to learn about the plants of Barranc des Rellotge
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The controversy concerning invoices paid in relation to the main road works was addressed in a previous post. In this article we analyse the second important question dealt with by the action for information that GOB organised on Friday 9 February in front of the offices of the island local government, the Consell Insular. Continue reading The road, the timetable and the controversy (2)
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This Sunday will be the start of the talayotic excursions of 2018 organised by the Consell Insular with GOB uniting the discovery of places on the island with scientific information on the talayotic world. Continue reading Sunday 14 January, excursion by foot to Torre d’en Galmés
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The Consell Insular and GOB have organised an excursion on foot for Sunday 19 November. It will go by different paths to Calescoves and area of great landscape beauty, where there is a talayotic necropolis composed of more than ninety caves and underground burial vaults excavated in the cliffs of the cove; a jetty also dating from the prehistoric time; a coastal establishment defined by a prehistoric wall; and a Roman shrine. Continue reading Sunday 19 November, a walk to Calescoves
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It has been sometime since the debate on the evolution of energy began. Everyone declares they are in favour of renewables, but at the moment of making a decision on where and how, there are usually discrepancies. Continue reading Reflecting on energy
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Sunday 24 September, was the restart of the series of talayotic excursions which are organized jointly by the Department of Culture of the Consell Insular and GOB. After two months of seasonal rest, a hundred people replied to the announcement for a walk and a visit to an archaeological site. Continue reading A walk along the south east of the Island
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The Consell Insular and GOB are organising a walk for Sunday 24 September. It will be along different paths to the Castellàs de Caparrot de Forma, in Mahon which makes a large defensive wall isolating a coastal isthmus where there are, also, remains of habitation. There is also a set of caves that had funerary uses. Continue reading Sunday 24 September. Walk to Castellàs de Caparrot de Forma
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The masters of “glosat” (improvised poetic dialogues, often with an ironical meaning, typical from Menorca) will sing on Wednesday 19 July on the roof terrace of the Molí del Rei (Camí des Castell, 53 in Mahon). Continue reading “Glosat” on the roof terrace of the Molí del Rei, Wednesday 19 July
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An evening excursion has been organised to end this course of Talayotic walks. In order not to walk during the heat of the day, this June excursion has been programmed for the evening. We will go and look at the magnificent remains of Torre den Galmés, which has regular ongoing excavations, and an archaeologist will give explanations of the findings and interpretations and their current conclusions. Continue reading Saturday 10 June, evening excursion
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The two magnificent funerary navetas of Rafal Rubí will be the destination of the excursion by foot which has been organised for next Sunday, 14 May. Continue reading Sunday 14 May, excursion to the navetas of Rafal Rubí
