S3, Ep : 60. Talaiotic Culture. The unknown Menorca Island.

Spanish Loops · Oct 7, 2026 · 20m

Hello there, Loopers! Welcome back to another episode of Spanish Loops.

This week, we are heading to a very special corner of Spain: the island of Menorca. And we are going back thousands of years, long before Romans, Moors, or even the first written history of the Balearic Islands.

We are talking about the Talaiotic culture.

Now, if you have ever visited Menorca, you may have come across some rather strange stone constructions scattered across the landscape. Towers, enormous stone walls, underground spaces, and those wonderful taulas, two huge slabs of stone carefully placed to form…