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The route of the Sun of
the ancient
Phoenicians, in the western Mediterranean, the island of Ibiza, with
an area of 572 km2, is a great little world that extends from the coast
and inland in a relief generally rugged and mountainous, offering all
sorts of contrasts and encourage visitors to participate in their
culture, tradition and art. (Art
and culture, history, geography, nature)
The story begins in
Ibiza written 650 years BC, but is not related chronologically until
about 600 BC When the Phoenicians founded Ibosim today
Ibiza / Eivissa, the capital
of the island. After the Carthaginians, under Roman domination, the
title of Ibiza Town confederate. Barbarians and Byzantines occupied the
island until after the year 711, when it landed and the Arabs began to
call it "Yebisah", until August 8, 1235, when the island was conquered
by the Catalans for the "Christian world". Currently, among the
holidays in ibiza, sis
celebrated on this day the feast of "Virgen de las Nieves", patron of
Ibiza.
The island of Ibiza has five municipalities: Ibiza or Ibiza, the capital;
Santa Eulalia del Río (Santa Eularia des Riu); San Antonio de Portmany (Sant Antoni Portmany);
San Jose de sa Talaia (Sant Josep de sa Talaia) and San Juan de Labritja (Sant Joan de Labritja).
Each offers alternatives and complementary at the same time.
Recall that the
walled area of the city of Ibiza, the
necropolis of Puig des Molins,
the reservoir Punic Caleta de sa posidonias and grasslands that stretch on the seabed of the Nature Reserve of
Ses Salines d'Eivissa i Formentera (The Salinas Ibiza and Formentera) were declared a
World Heritage Site by the
World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in 1999.
Museums Ibiza
| Ibiza
Monuments |
Phones Ibiza |
Lodging Ibiza
| Ibiza Beaches |
