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Ibiza
Ibiza is an island in the Mediterranean Sea 79km off the coast of the city of Valencia
in Iberian Peninsula Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an
autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two
Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza Town (Catalan:Vila d'Eivissa or
simply Vila), Santa Eulària des Riu and Sant Antoni de Portmany.
Eivissa is the official Catalan name (Catalan pronunciation:, locally. The name in
Spanish is Ibiza . In British English, the name is usually pronounced in an
approximation of the Spanish while in American English the pronunciation is more
anglicized
The island is well-known for its summer club parties which attract large numbers
of tourists, but the island and the Spanish Tourist Office have been working to
shed the prevailing "sex-and-alcohol" image in order to promote more family-
oriented tourism. Noted clubs include Space, Pacha, Privilege (ex Ku), Amnesia,
DC10, Eden, El Divino, Es Paradis, and Café del Mar.It is also home to the 'West
End' party district of Sant Antoni, a popular stop for many tourists.
History
In 654 BC Phoenician settlers founded a port in the Balearic
Islands, as Ibossim (from the Phoenician iboshim dedicated to
the god of the music and dance Bes).It was later known to
Romans as "Ebusus". The Greeks, who came to Ibiza during
the time of the Phoenicians, were the first to call the two
islands of Ibiza and Formentera the Pityûssai (,
"pine-covered islands"; a translation of the Phoenician
name).With the decline of Phoenicia after the Assyrian
invasions, Ibiza came under the control of Carthage, also a
former Phoenician colony. The island produced dye, salt, fish
sauce (garum), and wool.
History
A shrinewith offerings to the goddess Tanit was established in the cave at
Es Culleram, and the rest of the Balearic Islands entered Eivissa's
commercial orbit after 400 BC. Ibiza was a major trading post along the
Mediterranean routes. Ibiza began establishing its own trading stations
along the nearby Balearic island of Majorca such as Na Guardis, from
which large quantities of renowned Balearic slingers were hired as
mercenaries who fought for Carthage.
The island was reclaimed for Christendom by Aragonese King
James I of Aragon in 1235. Since then, the island has had its own self-
government in several forms but in 1715 King Philip V of Spain abolished
the local government's autonomy. The arrival of democracy in the late
1970s led to the Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands. Today the
island is part of the Balearic Autonomous Community, along with Majorca,
Minorca and Forment
History
During the Second Punic War, the island was assaulted by the two Scipio brothers in
209 BC but remained loyal to Carthage. With Carthaginian military luck running out on
the Iberian mainland, Ibiza was last used by the fleeing Carthaginian General Mago to
gather supplies and men before sailing to Minorca and then to Liguria. Ibiza negotiated
a favorable treaty with the Romans, which spared Ibiza from further destruction and
allowed it to continue its Carthaginian-Punic institutions well into the Empire days,