Castell De Sant Felip

Name: Castell De Sant Felip
Address: Carretera de Sant Felip S/N, 07720 Es Castell, Menorca Spain, Mao, Spain
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Carretera de Sant Felip S/N, 07720 Es Castell, Menorca Spain

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At the South side of the Mahon harbor´s entrance, halfway the XVI Century the Castle was built following the plans of the Italian engineer Juan Bautista Calvi. It was built to oppose the occasional attacks of the Turkish fleet in the Western Mediterranean sea, that attacked Menorca twice in a period of just over 20 years. The position of the Castle helped the Spanish communications with Italy during the XVI and XVII Centuries, and later on, during the British rule of Menorca served as a naval arsenal to support the other British Colony in Spanish territory, Gibraltar.