{"id":9457,"date":"2016-06-23T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/?p=9457"},"modified":"2016-06-14T20:37:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T20:37:10","slug":"9457","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/23\/9457\/","title":{"rendered":"The lively festival of Sant Joan in Menorca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The festival of Sant Joan takes place on the 23rd to the\u00a024th of June all over\u00a0Spain.\u00a0Ciutadella in Menorca is the centre of some of the most spectacular celebrations as people take to the streets to drink and party, and horsemen charge at high speed\u00a0carrying huge spears during\u00a0medieval-style tournaments.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/718-983\/rider-speeding-during-medieval-games-festival-celebrated-st\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" 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