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Mahón (Spanish:), officially Maó (Catalan:, locally; formerly spelled Mahó), [2] and also written as Mahon or Port Mahon in English, is the capital and second largest city of Menorca. The city is located on the eastern coast of the island, which is part of the archipelago and autonomous community of the Balearic Islands .
Port Mahon Dockyard [1] was a Royal Navy Dockyard located at Port Mahon, Menorca, Spain. It was opened in 1708 and in 1802 the port was ceded back to Spain. However a resident commissioner of the Royal Navy was still appointed as late as 1814. The dockyard was administered by the Navy Board and was part of the Mediterranean Fleet.
The siege of Fort St. Philip (1756). Plan of Fort St. Philip. (1780) St. Philip's Castle (Catalan:Castell de Sant Felip, Spanish: Castillo de San Felipe, often known as Fort St Phillip) was a fortress guarding the entrance to the port of Mahón.
Port Mahon (officially Maó in Catalan, Mahón in Spanish) – became the capital in 1722 during British rule due to its strategic natural harbour. Llucmassanes – a small hamlet which belongs to the municipality of Maó. Sant Climent, which belongs to the municipality of Maó. Es Castell – Founded by the British and originally named as ...
Ringmahon House is built on the site of an earlier castle, known as Ringmahon Castle. [4] According to John Windele's Historical and Descriptive Notices of the City of Cork and Its Vicinity (published in 1839), Ringmahon Castle and the surrounding Mahon peninsula take their name from the Irish word rinn (meaning peninsula) and Mahon (a reference to the O'Mahony family who controlled much of ...
The best island harbour in the Western Mediterranean was at Port Mahon on Menorca, where a large modern dockyard included a careening wharf, extensive storehouses and a purpose-built naval hospital. At the end of October St Vincent decided to send an expedition against Menorca, which departed on 19 October 1798.
Bunmahon (Irish: Bun Machan, meaning 'river-mouth of Mahon'), [1] also called Bonmahon, is a coastal village in County Waterford, Ireland, at the mouth of the River Mahon. During the 19th century, when copper mines operated in the area, Bonmahon was a mining village. As of the 21st century, the village and its beach lie on a tourist route. [2]
The leaders who had surrendered the city were captured on September 8 by order of Eiximèn Perez de Figuerola, Viceroy of Mallorca.On the same day, the trial began, which lasted more than a year, and on October 24, 1536 the five main defendants were executed in the Plaça del Born in Ciutadella.