THE FORTRESS OF ISABEL II ON LA MOLA.

van René Koert

Nou ja, een heel klein deeltje ervan.
Een echt fantastisch behouden fort wat je echt moet gaan bekijken als je op Menorca bent.
Fotogenieke plek

The peninsula of La Mola, lies on the north at the entrance of the harbour of Mahón, and covers an area of approximately 1 Km2.

During the 18th century, the British began the construction of a fort called the fort of St. Anne or St. Anne´s Fort, which was never completed. The British decided to concentrate on enlarging and modernising the existing castle of San Felipe on the south side of the entrance of the harbour.

Menorca was finally handed back to the Spanish, after British sovereignty was brought to an end under the signing of the Treaty of Amiens. The British gained sovereignty in Menorca in 1713, with the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht.

With renewed threats of a possible British invasion, the Spanish began work on fortifying La Mola in 1847. Rivalry between the British and French, during the 19th century was evident in Menorca, which was a shipping route used by both the British and the French, between Toulon and Algeria, and Gibraltar and Malta. The temporary buildings of the new fortress on La Mola, were completed in 1848, a year after they began, but were considered unsuitable and a much more ambitious project was designed, closing off the peninsular from the north coast of La Mola, to the bay of Clot, on the south side, and finally opened in 1852. This was also considered unsuitable and a further project wa