Menorca Musseum and surroundings of St. Francesc

Menorca Musseum and surroundings of St. Francesc

If you go to the shopping area in Mahón, -Calle Nueva, Arravaleta, Costa de sa Plaça-, The local musseum well worth a visit. It is an old converted Franciscan monks cloister on beautiful baroque lines. It illustrates the history of mankind through his furniture and possesions.

There are some rooms dedicated to prehistorical era, the roman age that includes a mosaic pavement removed from an ancient christian church of the roman empire excavated in the Isla del Rey -The island in the harbour just in front of the windows of the dinning room hotel-.

There is also a room dedicated to traditional menorcan artisan trades and a magbnificent collection of paintings and engravings from 18^th. and 19^th. Cent.

The Church beside is St. Francesc. The franciscans date from the 15^th. Cent. in Mahón. The actual church was built in the 18^th Cent. over a Gothic temple, with a unique nace, massive facade and baroque decorating inside.

From older times the franciscan monks depended on a large area of kitchen garden and terrasses which extended as far as the port. All these area is now being converted into an enjoyable park.

Dont leave this area without a visit to the Bridge of Sant Roc. Which is not a proper bridge but the only vestige of the middle aged city walls. From here began the  old road to Ciutadella. It is of typical medieval architecture and it still has its two towers with their battlements, connected by an outside path beneath which lies the great main door.