#menorca

[menorca-sir20]

Claridad

by sir20 for menorca-sir20

[useless-catalanfacts]

I've added subtitles to this video posted by the duo Alosa singing the song "Si fóssim gavines". This is a valset mariner (sailor's little waltz), which is a popular music genre in the Catalan Countries usually grouped together with havaneres. I wanted to share this one because it has very sweet lyrics by the Menorcan poet Tòful Mus.

The song also has another stanza they didn't sing here, which says this:

Escolta'm, amiga, escolta'm, companya, / si fóssim gavines, gavinetes blanques / sentint sa carícia des vent quan mos toca /descansant tranquil·les damunt d'una roca.

Faríem des riure un so musical, / es niu penjaríem damunt d'un penyal, / volant dalt ses barques quan surten des port, / dibuixant corones desitjant-li sort!

Listen to me, friend; listen to me, companion, if we were seagulls, white little seagulls feeling the caress of the wind when it touches us, resting calmly on a rock

We would turn laughter into a musical sound, we would hang our nest on top of a cliff, flying over the boats when they leave the port, drawing crowns, wishing them good luck!

[allthingseurope]

Cala Morell, Menorca, Spain (by Pelayo)

[design-art-architecture]

Sometimes its hard to believe someone has already built your dreams: Ensamble Studio’s @anton_ensamble C’an Terra transforms an abandoned quarry in Menorca into a singular holiday home. Sandstone volumes were refined, smoothed, and paved back, with concrete poured in selected areas to achieve an even surface, and patches of walls smoothened to mimic beige stone block construction. Tucked somewhere in the back is a private room with a pool dug out of the floor—a refined version of swimming holes often enjoyed in nature. Photos: @iwanbaan

[keepingitneutral]

Zenith House, Menorca, Spain,

Courtesy: NOMO STUDIO,

Photography: Adrià Goula

[urlovelover]

[heavensdoorways]

Hauser & Wirth Menorca,

Isla del Rey, Mahon harbor, Menorca, Spain,

Developed in collaboration with architect Luis Laplace. Laplace, a long-standing collaborator of Hauser & Wirth, led the conservation project, transforming 18th-century naval hospital buildings into a 1,500 sq meter art center.

The project, which opened in 2021, features eight galleries, gardens by Piet Oudolf

[midwestaesthetics]

Balearic Islands, Spain...