Ibiza

Ibiza (adaptation in Castilian of the name in Catalan language Eivissa ) is a Spanish island of the Archipel of the Balearic Islands, in Mediterranean.

Geography

Eivissa is located at the south of the principal island of Majorque. It is located at a hundred kilometers at the east of the course of Nao and coasts of Valence, in the Iberian peninsula. It is also relatively close to the African coasts . The archipelago of the Pityuses includes/understands the island of Ibiza and that of Formentera. With Majorque and Minorque, it forms the province of the Balearic Islands. Its surface is of 572 km ², maximum altitude corresponds to the Talaia de Sant Josep which culminates with 475 Mr. His population counts 80 000 inhabitants of which 30 000 which lives its homonymous capital.

History

In 654 av. J.C, the Phéniciens found a port in this island of the archipelago of the Balearic Islands, which they named Ibossim , for the needs for the lead and marble, wine trade. This name will become Ebusus for the Romains. Greek as settle in Ibiza, at the same time as Phéniciens; they named Pythiuses - literally: “covered with pines” - islands of the south of the archipelago, Ibiza and Formentera. Following the decline of the Metropolis phenician, reduced by the Assyrian , Ibiza pass under the dependence of Carthage, larger colony phenician of the the Mediterranean. The Moslem invade the Balearic Islands at the 8th century.

---- Their domination lasts more than three centuries. They still leave behind them a cultural and architectural heritage proclamation today. ----

The Christian reconquest is carried out by Jacques I {{er}} the Conqueror, king of Aragon, which seizes Palma de Majorque in 1229 and organizes the invasion of Eivissa in 1235. In 1343, the islands are plain with the crown of Aragon.

At the next century, whereas Palma de Majorque is almost destroyed by the Turks, the town of Ibiza obtains a strengthened enclosure. Of many towers of guet were built for the defense of the archipelago (for example Torre of Carregador of the 16th century). They were never equipped with artillery. Militarily, these turns were abandoned about the 19th century. They are called “atalaies” (of the Catalan atalaia , drifting of Arabic atalayi which means sentinel). It consists of a ground floor and a stage which one reaches by a spiral staircase. The monitoring of the turns was ensured by one or two guards. A visible fire the night or smoke the day announced at the villages neighborhood the arrival pirates. The churches were built on a defensive type in order to protect the villagers (good example of the church of Santa Eulàlia or that of Sant Carles). The habitat is dispersed and moved away very often from the coasts.

In 1715, victorious at the conclusion of the War of succession of Spain, the Dynastie of the Bourbons seizes Majorque and Ibiza, which were allied with the Habsbourg. The British domination will last until in 1802.

A notable immigration towards French Algeria is to be raised with S.

Balearic Islands emergent of a chronic stagnation only with the arrival of the Tourism, in the Years 1950. They constitute one of the seventeen autonomous communities (areas) Spanish established in 1978.

Tourism

Eivissa is famous for its estival festivals attracting the fans of Electronic music. Cradle of the Hippie S in the Sixties, Ibiza accommodates best DJ world in the universally known Discothèque S.

Environmental pollution and biodiversity

August 1st The wild urbanization of the island and the anarchistic concreting of the coasts, the non-observance of the regulations on pollution, related to tourism, seriously jeopardized the Biodiversité however exceptional of the island, and deeply degraded its natural environment.

Discotheques

For a few years, Ibiza has been promoted like capital discotheques . Among most known appear the Pasha, Amnesia, the Privilege or Space. The discotheques open their doors late in the evening and start to fill as of 2 a.m. of the morning. The town of Eivissa offers to the tourists of many coffees and bars where employees of the discotheques solicit customers.

Some discotheques

The Pasha is oldest of the discotheques of the island (1973), it remains open all the year, but with less open rooms and a assured minimum service. During the summer period, this discotheque contains nearly 25 bars. the Pasha became a chain of discotheques with several sites in Spain and recently in the United States and Morocco Marrakech has

Amnesia is an old refitted farm. It is an enormous hangar considered for its evenings foams and its enormous guns with CO₂.

The Privilege (in the past Ku Club) is currently promoted like the largest discotheque of the world . Being able to accommodate 10.000 people, it is divided into several rooms, of which a swimming pool.

Space has the effect of opening its doors at 8 o'clock in the morning. Its DJ resident is Carl Cox.

The season of the discotheques is finished mid-September, a flow of tourists more particularly customers of discotheques makes his appearance at this short period.

Criminality

The tourist surge, the recent history of the island with the period Hippie and today the massive establishment of discotheques amplified criminality (in the Balearic Islands double of the Spanish average) in particular the traffic of Drogue at a point where the supposed authorities to repress the traffic are implied there.

For a few years, Ibiza has been in particular famous to be the turntable Trafic of Cocaïne in Europe.

List communes of Eivissa

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