¡Se acaba la Navidad!

Pasados los Reyes Magos, ¡en Menorca no nos quedamos sin nada que hacer! Y es que aquí no se acaba oficialmente la Navidad hasta la festividad de la "Diada del pueblo de Menorca", el día 17 de enero. El origen se remonta a uno de los hechos más importantes en la historia y la cultura de Menorca. Hagamos una breve introducción:

Allá por el 1286, Menorca estaba bajo dominio musulmán pero, en enero de 1287 el rey Alfonso III de Aragón, El Liberal, encomendándose a San Antón, tomó la isla y la liberó de los árabes. Pobló la isla con gente de la zona de L'Empordà, trayendo con ellos la lengua y algunas tradiciones catalanas, que incluso hoy perduran.

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Once the Three Kings have left, we still have things to do in Menorca! That is because here Christmas is not finished until the 17th of January, This day is commemorated as the "Diada del poble de Menorca". It is one of the most important facts than happened to this island. Let's make a small introduction into this topic:

From the 9TH century until the end of the 13TH, Menorca was under the government of the arabics. It was not until the first month of 1287 that the catalan King Alfons III conquered the island to the Muslims and took them out. The Christian King prayed to St. Anthony in order to be able to get through the walls and free the people of the island. It was exactly the 17th of January of 1287 when he arrived in front of the walls and knocked the doors of it to enter to the city free of Muslims. After that conquest, he repopulated Menorca with catalans from L'Empordà, bringing with them their language and their traditions. Some of them remain now.

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