*Cover image provided by l'Ajuntament d'Eivissa.
We have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site for 25 years!
Our rich culture, history, the value of our natural environment and many other things have given us this important title that we wear with pride.
But… what makes us so special?
The walled city of Dalt Vila
*Image provided by l'Ajuntament d'Eivissa.
This is the great jewel of the Ibizan capital, with its impressive cathedral presiding over the hill and watching over all who enter by sea since ancient times.
Cultures such as the Phoenician, Punic, Roman, Muslim… have coexisted within its walls and walked its streets.
In the 16th century, Philip II was forced to renovate the old medieval walls to turn them into the best defended bastion in the Mediterranean to avoid constant pirate attacks, walls that we can see today.
In addition to touring the citadel and the different bastions, we also recommend visiting the different museums it hides; They are a true walk through our history.
Take advantage of the anniversary!
Posidonia oceanica meadows
We are specifically talking about the large bank within the Ses Salines Nature Reserve, a protected area due to the high value of the ecosystem that resides there.
The Posidonia oceanica meadows are extremely important for two main reasons:
- They are responsible for keeping the waters clear and pure, with that impressive blue that characterizes our beaches.
- They are home to large biological communities whose survival depends on this very particular species of algae, in addition to being a place of reproduction and breeding of various marine species.
The high degree of protection under which they are is due to the fact that the posidonia oceanica is found exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea, and we have some of the largest and best preserved banks in the entire area.
Did you know all these facts?
The Phoenician-Punic necropolis of Puig des Molins
*Image provided by Museu Arqueològic d’Eivissa i Formentera (MAEF).
In case you didn't know, we still preserve a large part of the Phoenician and Punic legacy that occupied us for quite some time, and that had a very big impact on our history.
That's why we have one of the largest and best preserved necropolises of this entire culture.
In the 50,000 square meters of Puig des Molins there are up to 3,500 hypogea, the most characteristic type of burial site in these sites.
In the same area we recommend you visit the Museo Monograph to see everything that has been collected from the Phoenician-Punic people.
You should not miss the beautiful statues of the Goddess Tanit, patron saint of the island.
The Phoenician settlement of Sa Caleta
Continuing with our Phoenician legacy, we could not avoid talking about the settlement of Sa Caleta, a small peninsula south of Ibiza.
How did they get here? In the 8th century BC. across the sea and what we now know as the Ses Salines Nature Reserve, where they settled and little by little they built an urban layout of which today you can still see the foundations.
They were building as they arrived without a specific order, says the entry of the Ibiza City Council, although two different phases of construction can be established with different types of building.
The village was definitely abandoned between 600 and 590 before our era.
Did you know it?
Happy 25th anniversary!
On the 4th of In December 1999, Ibiza was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The dates around this important day will be full of activities celebrating this milestone and our rich Phoenician, Punic, Roman, Muslim and Christian history.
Because Ibiza is and always has been all the legacy that has made us what we are today.
And we want to encourage you to discover it.
