History

Ibiza is a unique island in the world is nestled the Mediterranean Sea with a wonderful climate.

It belongs to the Balearic archipelago of Spain, it seems small, he assured him that for many times he visited he never got to know completely, here is a video to see the range of possibilities offered by this beautiful island.

Ibiza is not only the island of the party and the beaches, it is also a green island in the Mediterranean, with numerous mountains among which are small towns that dot the landscape.

History of Ibiza

During the Neolithic, the recent Stone Age, Ibiza was a place of passage of sailors dedicated to trade and there is no evidence that it had a stable population.

Traces have been found that prove that the island was inhabited during the Bronze Age. The first towns that had the island were of Iberian origin.

During the millennium before our era, the Phoenicians and later the Greeks came to the island and the name, along with Formentera “Islas Pitiusas” – place of pine trees – in Greek

The foundation of Ibiza

Ibiza was founded by the Carthaginians. In 654 the Carthaginians founded the city of Ibosim, a strategic and commercial fortress and an excellent natural port for their ships, and the start-up of the salt works.

Of the Punic culture the Necropolis of Puig des Molins and the Temple of Tanit are conserved.

After the fall of Carthage in 146 a.C. and until 70 AD, Ibiza became a center for pirates, which is why Rome decided to occupy it and in the year 70 it was incorporated to Hispania under the name of Abusus.

In 426 Ebusus was devastated by the vandals of Genseric who incorporated it into his North African empire. In 554 it passed into Byzantine hands. From 902 to 1229 Ibiza was under Muslim rule with the name of Yebisah. At the beginning of this dominion the island depends on the emirate of Cordova and, later, of the kingdom Taifa de Denia, until in 1080 the Moorish kingdom of the Balearic Islands was declared independent.

The island will reach its economic peak in the 11th and 12th centuries.

In 1114 it was occupied by the troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Catalans of Count Ramón Barenguer III, with little success but with a great booty, as he had to ask for help from the Muslims, helping the Almoravids.

In 1235 Gillerm de Montgrí, with the blessing of King Jaime I of Aragon the Conqueror, took the island to the Crown of Aragon and expelled or enslaved the Muslim population, repopulating the island with the people of Ampurdán, Barcelona and Tarragona.

King Jaime II of Mallorca granted Ibiza a municipal government that lasted until the Decrees of Insaculation of 1454.

The arrival of decadence

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Ibiza a mercantile and aristocratic class was created and another in the countryside that gradually became impoverished due to pests and droughts.

What to see in Ibiza

In addition to its beaches and coves, Ibiza has other places that are worth knowing as gastronomy, its landscapes, its people, street markets, Hippies, patron festivals, old town full of bars, restaurants, shops, good nightlife, nightclubs with same best Dj on the planet and its numerous Beach club with a lot of glamor.