{"id":1167,"date":"2019-09-13T18:33:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T16:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2026-09-18T09:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T07:14:57","slug":"what-were-the-luxury-houses-like-in-menorca-200-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/what-were-the-luxury-houses-like-in-menorca-200-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside a 200-year-old luxury house in Menorca"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A window into Menorcan life two centuries ago<\/h2>\n<p>Finding a house that has preserved its original character for around 200 years is unusual. This remarkable Menorcan home allows us to see how space, craftsmanship and ideas of comfort have evolved while many traditional details have endured.<\/p>\n<p>The original video provides a rare visual record of the property.<\/p>\n<p>Finding a house in Menorca that has remained intact for 200 years is a great opportunity to take a journey back in time and discover how our ancestors lived. The standards of luxury homes have undoubtedly evolved a lot since then and surprise us.\u00a0 This architectural museum-piece stands in a country estate of more than 50 hectares and enjoys enviable tranquillity and it also has an active farming activity. In the virtual tour we show you every detail of this small museum surrounded by a beautiful scenic landscape<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IxmZZYJPm4c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sesmoreres.com\/en\/for-sale\/country-estate-in-ciutadella-with-a-200-year-old-house-minorca\/4879\/\">More information and price of this country estate for sale.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sesmoreres.com\/en\/resultado_busqueda.html?a=finca_rustica\">More houses in Menorca for sale.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Historic homes in Menorca<\/h2>\n<p>The house featured here formed part of our 2019 archive and may no longer be available. View <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/search-results\/?a=casa\">houses currently for sale<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/contact\/\">contact our team<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A window into Menorcan life two centuries ago Finding a house that has preserved its original character for around 200 years is unusual. This remarkable Menorcan home allows us to see how space, craftsmanship and ideas of comfort have evolved &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/what-were-the-luxury-houses-like-in-menorca-200-years-ago\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309,232,1],"tags":[790,774],"class_list":["post-1167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-estate","category-menorca","category-sin-categoria","tag-country-estate","tag-menorca"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Inside a 200-year-old luxury house in Menorca<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Travel back in time on our virtual tour and discover how the standard of luxury homes has 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