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In October 1993, the Man and the Biosphere (MaB) Coordination Committee declared Menorca a Biosphere Reserve.
The MaB project was initiated in 1970 by UNESCO with the objective of internationally recognizing geographic areas representative of the Earth’s different habitats.
Biosphere reserves are selected for their scientific interest based on a series of criteria directly related to what is currently known as sustainable development.
The Paret Seca can be seen in practically all the roads and houses in Menorca.
It is a type of wall made only with stones and rocks, without cement or other mortar to hold them together.
If you have ever been to Menorca you will surely have seen dozens of paths flanked by these peculiar stone walls, which can reach two meters high in some places.
In November 2009, the Consell Insular de Menorca presented the first Camí de Cavalls Guide in Menorca. The Guide of the Camí is intended to be a tool that helps residents and tourists interested in knowing the roads surrounding the island of Menorca. The Guide of the Camí de Cavalls has 180 pages and 14 chapters in which everything related to the Camí de Cavalls and its heritage and landscape value is explained in detail. In the last two chapters you can find information about the routes of the camí, the difficulties of each route, the peculiarities, etc.
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One of the representative characteristics of Menorca are its lighthouses.
There are 7 well known lighthouses distributed along the coast of the island.
It can be considered that there are 5 lighthouses in the north and only 2 lighthouses in the south.
In Ciutadella there are 3 of the 7 lighthouses.
The burial navetas of Menorca are one of the most characteristic elements of the prehistory of the island. The navetas are constructions of stones embedded between them without any cement (cyclopean constructions). Menorca’s most famous naveta is the Naveta des Tudons. The Naveta des Tudons is the oldest fully preserved building in Europe, and its construction dates to around 1000 BC. It is a collective burial monument, inside which were found the bodies of more than 100 individuals in addition to objects of bronze and bone.
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