For yet another year, the Consell Insular has made available to the public the new wall calendar for the coming year. This year 2024 is dedicated to Talayotic Menorca and its inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List last September 18 in Riyadh. From tomorrow, December 22, anyone interested can pick it up free of charge at the two offices in Maó and Ciutadella, as well as at the town halls on the island.
The Talayotic Menorca Agency has been in charge of creating the calendar, a summary of the elements that have made it possible to receive the UNESCO distinction. "The aim is to encourage all Menorcans to learn more about our archaeological heritage, because, as the saying goes, only what is known is appreciated", explains the first page of the calendar.
On the cover, a photograph of Sa Torreta de Tramuntana, illustrates a fundamental aspect of Talayotic Menorca: the enhancement of the island's landscape heritage. An engraving from the book Celtic Antiquities of the Island of Menorca, by Joan Ramis y Ramis, published in 1818, opens the calendar, a sign that interest in the prehistory of our island goes back a long way. The taula of Trepucó, the naveta of Es Tudons and the Cartailhac circle are some of the emblematic monuments of the World Heritage Site of Talayotic Menorca that also appear in the calendar. Each of the images chosen has a brief explanatory text.