Editing Menorca (section)

===Renewed Spanish rule===

As with the rest of the Balearic Islands, Menorca was not occupied by the French during the [[Peninsular War]], as it was successfully protected by the Royal Navy, this time allied to Spain.

A quarantine station ([[lazaretto]]), Llatzaret (Catalan), was constructed from 1793 to 1807 next to the entrance to the Port Mahon. It served ships from North Africa wishing to reach the Iberian Peninsula or the ports of the Balearic Islands.  Lazarettos confined the crews of ships that were suspected of carrying infectious diseases, such as the plague. The crew needed to spend up to 40 days within its walls until it was clear there was no infection or until the sick recovered. It is now a national monument and can only be reached as part of an official tour.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llatzeret_(Maó) | title=Llatzeret (Maó) }}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=February 2025}}

From 1815 until the mid-19th century, the U.S. Navy developed its Mediterranean headquarters at Port Mahon,<ref>Dickon, Chris (2011). ''[https://play.google.com/store/books/details/The_Foreign_Burial_of_American_War_Dead_A_History?id=bxR--SO3UnEC&hl=en_US&gl=US The Foreign Burial of American War Dead]''. McFarland. ISBN 9780786446124, pp. 20–23</ref> leaving behind the [[English Cemetery, Menorca|English Cemetery]], which was restored by the [[Spanish government]] in 2008 and is maintained in the 21st century.