News and events

On the occasion of International Museum Day, the Museu de Menorca and the Talayotic Menorca Agency are inaugurating a new exhibition space dedicated to the recent declaration as World Heritage. It is the result of collaboration between the Balearic Government and the Consell Insular de Menorca, through the Talayotic Menorca Agency and the Museu de Menorca.

Menorca Talayotica is once again participating this year in the Tarraco Viva historical re-enactment festival. The Menorcan delegation will present various activities between May 24 and 26 in a unique setting to showcase Menorca's prehistoric World Heritage. The aim is to continue with the dissemination of Talayotic Menorca at a national level. 

The Alliance now includes the three World Heritage Sites of the Balearic Islands: Serra de Tramuntana, Ibiza Biodiversity and Culture, and Talayotic Menorca. The entity has been consolidated with the incorporation of new members to this initiative that promotes cooperation between the different World Heritage sites in Spain, Portugal and Andorra.
 

This April we interviewed Marga Sánchez Romero, archaeologist and vice-rector of University Extension, Heritage and Institutional Relations at the University of Granada, where she is professor of Prehistory in the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology. 

Talayotic Menorca joins this year's celebrations of the International Day for Monuments and Historic Sites with three activities in collaboration with the Museu de Menorca, the Museu de Ciutadella-Can Saura and the Ateneu de Maó

The eighth edition of the Becatalaiotica cultural competition kicks off today, April 2, with the start of the registration period until June 2 at 11:59 pm. The main aims of the competition are to give visibility to young talent, to vindicate Menorca's landscape as a source of inspiration and to imagine new ways of inhabiting the island's prehistoric sites.

This March we interview Francesc Isbert. He carries out his professional activity in the field of safeguarding and studying Menorcan artistic heritage, painting, sculpture in general, with special dedication to archaeological restoration.

The new "plec de lectura" of the Xarxa de Biblioteques de Menorca is dedicated to Lluís Plantalamor, one of the archaeologists who promoted studies on the Talayotic period in Menorca. His field of research has focused on Menorca's prehistoric period, mainly on its first settlement (Chalcolithic and Bronze Age). His work on the elaboration of planimetries of prehistoric monuments should also be highlighted.
 

The conseller of Cultural Affairs has announced the creation of the Talayotic Menorca Interpretation Centre at the CIM headquarters in Ciutadella, which is expected to become a reality in 2025. It will be a point of reference where all the information on the sites of Talayotic Menorca will be unified, and it will be located next to the Agency's offices.

The president of the Consell Insular de Menorca, Adolfo Vilafranca, received the Ramon Llull award from President Prohens. The awards ceremony was held yesterday at the Llotja de Palma. The Ramon Llull awards are the highest recognition given by the autonomous community.

This February we interview Carmen Lara Astiz, an archaeologist with extensive experience linked to Talayotic Menorca. Her experience has led her to participate in excavations in diferent places such as Menorca, Navarre, Catalonia, France and Cyprus.

The Balearic Government considers that its inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List highlights the rich heritage of the Balearic Islands and is a sign of the commitment of citizens and institutions to its conservation.The Gold Medal and the Ramon Llull awards will be presented at a ceremony on February 29 at the Llotja de Palma.