Mount El Toro, the Eiffel Tower and the Holy Virgin
Minorca's histories
- Menorca and its stories
- The Talayotic settlements and the legend of Es Tudons and Na Patarrá
- Menorca Audax: audacity or Viriato
- Santa Galdana and its legend
- Minorca and the legends of Xoroi and its night club
- The repopulition of Menorca in the middle ages
- Minorca and the attack of Ciutadella by the turkish: The story of a longstanding rivalry
- Mount El Toro, the Eiffel Tower and the Holy Virgin
- Governor Kane: a Menorcan in Westminster
- The capital being transferred from Ciutadella to Mahón
- Nelson and his lover
- Collingwood and his ghost.
- Richelieu and the mayonnaise sauce
- Governor Stuart and the Letters of Marque
- English, Greeks and merchants: The Conception Church in Mahon
- La Mola of Mahon Fortress and the Queens gold.
- The Jaleo and its music
- The Jaleo and the Minorcan Horse
- Horses and Gin
- Farmland within the city: the curious structure of Mahon
- Minorca: The old limestone quarries
- Smugglers and the best landscape of Minorca
- The Mediterranean wood: Hotel Audax's garden
- Hortus botanicus (medicinal garden) in the middle of the sea
El Toro which is 357 meters high, is the highest point in Menorca. There is no need to state that such a figure is not relevant enough to be ranked among the main mountains of the Mediterranean area. Nevertheless, at least surpasses the Eiffel Tower by 24 meters. That’s something!
Regardless of its height, El Toro is an extraordinary viewpoint, with the most astounding views of the whole island, from north to south and east to west. Actually, if the weather is fine enough (which is not that uncommon!) you can see the Tramontana mountain range, at the north of Majorca.But El Toro is much more than that. It is also the spiritual centre of the island. At its top, one can find the Sanctuary of Our Lady of El Toro, the patron saint of the island. According to tradition in that spot Our Lady appeared to a group of friars, who had been guided there by a bull (“toro” both in Spanish and Catalan). When you enter the sanctuary, in one of the small chapels in the right hand side, you can see some archaeological remains related to such a tradition.
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