History of Minorca

Minorca is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain. There are 91,170 million habitants, and the capital is Maó. Some of the earliest culture on Menorca was influenced by other Mediterranean cultures, including the Greek Minoans of ancient Crete. The end of the Punic wars saw an increase in piracy in the western Mediterranean. During the War of the Spanish Succession, Minorca temporarily became a British possession. The British ceded the island back to Spain the next year in the Treaty of Versailles. Menorca was invaded by the British once again in 1798, during the French Revolutionary Wars, but it was finally and permanently repossessed by Spain by the terms of the Treaty of Amiens in 1802. The British influence can still be seen in local architecture, with elements such as sash windows. During the Spanish Civil War, Menorca stayed loyal to the Republican Spanish Government, while the rest of the Balearic Islands supported the Nationalists.