La Mola, Mahon

This morning we walked up to a castel that was built in the 1800's to defend Mahon against attack, Mainly from the British.  The architecture and design were amazing!  the whole fortress is an intricate network of tunnels leading to and from three different stages of defence walls.  It would have taken thousands of troops to properly defend it and if done correctly, impossible to over power up until around 1850.  Unfortunately, it was never tested.  I think one of the most interesting (and ironic)  things about it's design is that as soon as it was completed in the 1850's new artillery was invented that rendered all of it's defenses useless!  The methodology it's was built on was that no cannon that was ship based could fire more than 10m above sea level, this change in the 1850 with the development of iron warships with turret style guns.  

The photos don't do it justice and i highly recommend a vist if you are in the area, there is a lot of walking involved and it is not ideal for anyone who has claustrophobia!