Talayotic Menorca will be featured on the ONCE coupon for Wednesday, January 3. In total,
five million coupons will be distributed throughout Spain.
The coupon was presented this Thursday, December 27, in the site of Trepucó in the presence of Joan Pons, Menorca's conseller of Cultural Affairs, Education, Youth and Sports, and Higinio Sanchís, director of the ONCE Agency in Menorca.
Talayotic Menorca was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on September 18, during the 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee held in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), as the island was considered a unique testimony to a prehistoric island culture with an exceptional repertoire of monuments illustrating the different stages of prehistory.
The high density of prehistoric sites, their unusual level of conservation and the unique constructions on Menorca are considered by UNESCO to be an exceptional example of cyclopean architecture and its evolution over 1,500 years.
Pons thanked ONCE for its initiative, as it will help to disseminate Menorca's archaeological heritage. ONCE explained that the coupons are sold by the organisation's more than 19,000 salesmen and saleswomen.