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The Illa del Rei has been the scene of several key events in the history of Menorca. This islet hosted an early Christian basilica and a small village... it was the place where Alfonso III landed when he conquered Menorca in the 18th century, and the preferred location for the English to build one of the largest Naval hospitals of the 18th century during the British domination of the Island of Menorca. Few people know that they built two hospitals there. The first collapsed, and they immediately built another, larger one that has survived to this day. Knowing the history of the Illa de Rei is a way of also knowing the history of Menorca.