Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Villacarlos

Today: Es Castell, Spain

Years: 1802–1833
Role: Town beside the castle of San Felipe

The main settlement was founded by the British in 1771 as Georgetown, in honour of George III; when Spain recovered the island in 1782 it was renamed Real Villa de San Carlos, after Charles III, later shortened to Villacarlos. The British returned in 1798 to rebuild the castle of San Felipe and to call the village Georgetown again, until Menorca went back to Spain in 1802. As a municipality it split from Mahón in the second half of the 19th century and appeared in the censuses as Villacarlos until 1981.

What to see today

Castillo de San Felipe: Fort, c. 1552 to 1798
Torre de Alcaufar: Tower, 1786 to 1787
Fuerte de Marlborough: Fort, 1710 to 1726

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