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Ibiza (city)
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Capital of the island of Ibiza (official denomination, in Catalan, Eivissa). It is located in the area this of the island of the same name.Aiboshim, the city of Bes, it was founded by Phoenicians, the year 654 adC (according to the classic texts). The urban nucleus was composed of an acrópolis and a port area in the bank of the bay. It also had temples and handmade areas with important potteries. It is calculated that in the century V adC the city had between 4000 and 5000 inhabitants. During the whole time púnica a commercial center of great vitality that exported products manufactured to different places of mediterranean was. After the destruction of Carthage, the year 146 adC, the city maintained its political and commercial autonomy and it continued, even with more intensity, the commercial and industrial activity as federated city of, Rome. This stage concluded when Vespasiano transformed it into Roman (Municipius Flavius Ebusus) municipality the year 70. A period of decadence that stayed, began then almost, the whole imperial Roman phase until the arrival of the Vandals, the year 424, and its later occupation for the Arabs. The city was conquered August 8 1235 by the archbishop from Tarragona Guillem of Montgri, the infant Pere of Portugal and noble Nuno Sanç under the King's responsibility Jaime I the Conqueror. Being the old part of the well-known city as Dalt Vila (high city). The medieval area of Dalt Vila was fortified by Felipe II to protect the city of attacks of Ottomans and pirates, since the defensive triple enclosure, of Arab origin, was not enough.
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