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The Naveta of Els Tudons (Menorca)

1981; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 55; Issue: 215 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0003598x00044239

1745-1744

L. V. Grinsell,

Historical and Architectural Studies

The Naveta of Els Tudons (Boat of the Wood-pigeons) is the name of a prehistoric tomb whose shape resembles an upturned boat, situated on the estate of Els Tudons about 4 km east of Ciudadela. On one of the walls of Mahon Airport is shown a greatly enlarged reproduction of the engraving of it from Die Balearen in Wort und Bild (II, 1897, 419) by the Archduke Louis Salvator. This monument, and a Taula, are indeed the symbols of Menorca's past and have to some extent been recently adopted as emblems for Menorcan tourism.