Historical Heritage of Ciutadella on XIX century
XIX century
Cas Comte XIX century
The house of the Count of Torre-saura is one of the most outstanding examples of neoclassical civil architecture in Ciutadella. The building’s old side facade (the main one being that of the Street Major des Born), which faced onto the Plaza des Born, was constructed around the middle of the 19th Century to align it with the nearby Can Salort, which had just been built. The main entrance, in comparison to the side façade, includes two cylindrical columns, which support a curved entablature. It is decorated with a female face with her eyes covered by a veil which, according to the tradition, serves to symbolise that, since she does not see those who cross the threshold, everyone who enters is welcome, without exception.
Can Salort (Antiga Casa Martorell) XIX century
A building constructed at the beginning of the 19th Century following the design of the neoclassical style Menorcan stately home. The main facade is comprised of three sections divided by embedded pilasters in Ionic order, the upper part of the structure finished with a wide entablature which includes a triangular pediment with a plain tympanum in its centre. The spectacular viewing area on the upper floor is particularly outstanding, facing onto the square des Born, with three Ionic arcades and pilasters, and finished in the upper regions with stone vessels.
Moli des Comte XIX century
Windmill built in 1778, designed for milling wheat to produce flour, acquired by the Conde de Torre-saura at the beginning of the 19th Century and concluded milling in 1905. It is one of the few mills currently still in existence in Menorca and one of the best conserved. The first floor is used as a warehouse and the upper floor as the miller’s residence. In the cylindrical tower we find the stairs which lead to the upper floor, where the wooden mechanism used to activate the millstones is found, using wind power to drive the process. The nearby warehouses make up part of the site, the only example of 18th Century urban warehouses in Menorca. They are rectangular in terms of floor design and boast sandstone vault roofs.
