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Ibiza
Ibiza (; ; ; #Names and pronunciation, see below) or Iviza is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the city of Valencia. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands in area, but the second-largest by population. Its largest settlements are Ibiza Town (, or simply ), Santa Eulària des Riu, and Sant Antoni de Portmany. Its highest point, called Sa Talaiassa (or Sa Talaia), is above mean sea level, above sea level. Ibiza is well known for its nightlife and electronic dance music club scene in the summer, which attract large numbers of tourists. The island's government and the Spanish Tourist Office have worked toward promoting more family-oriented tourism. Ibiza is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ibiza and the nearby island of Formentera to its south are called the Pine Islands, or "Pityusic Islands, Pityuses". Names and pronunciation In standard British English, the name is usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibiza (city)
Ibiza (; , commonly also or simply ) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located on the southeast coast of the island of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands autonomous community. Overview The name of ''Ibiza'' in Catalan language, Catalan is and it is sometimes called or simply ("Town"). It is divided into two main parts: the old town, called the (literally "Upper Town"), located on a little mountain by the sea, and the modern part, called the ("Extension"). The city, which has a population of 50,643 (2021), is the capital and most populous settlement of the island and of the Pityusic Islands group, which includes Ibiza and Formentera. Tourism Nightlife Ibiza is widely known and visited for its exciting nightlife. Some of the island's most notable nightclubs include Pacha Group, Pacha, Amnesia (nightclub), Amnesia, Space (Ibiza nightclub), Space, and Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel, Ushuaïa. These four nightclubs are regularly in the top three of DJ Mag, DJ Magaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibiza Town
Ibiza (; , commonly also or simply ) is a city and municipality located on the southeast coast of the island of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands autonomous community. Overview The name of ''Ibiza'' in Catalan is and it is sometimes called or simply ("Town"). It is divided into two main parts: the old town, called the (literally "Upper Town"), located on a little mountain by the sea, and the modern part, called the ("Extension"). The city, which has a population of 50,643 (2021), is the capital and most populous settlement of the island and of the Pityusic Islands group, which includes Ibiza and Formentera. Tourism Nightlife Ibiza is widely known and visited for its exciting nightlife. Some of the island's most notable nightclubs include Pacha, Amnesia, Space, and Ushuaïa. These four nightclubs are regularly in the top three of DJ Magazine's annual top 100 global clubs' chart. Sightseeing Sights include the cathedral of Santa Maria d'Eivissa (14th century), locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago forms a Provinces of Spain, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain, with Palma de Mallorca being its capital and largest city. Formerly part of the Kingdom of Majorca, Kingdom of Mallorca, the islands were made a province in the 19th century provincial division, which in 1983 received a Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands, Statute of Autonomy. In its later reform of 2007, the Statute designates the Balearic Islands as one of the ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationalities'' of Spain. The official Languages of Spain, languages of the Balearic Islands are Catalan language, Catalan and Spanish language, Spanish. The archipelago islands are further grouped in western Pityusic Islands, Pytiuses (the largest being Ibiza and Formentera), and eastern Gymnesian Islands, Gymnesians (the largest bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formentera
Formentera (, ) is a Spanish island located in the Mediterranean Sea, which belongs to the Balearic Islands autonomous community (Spain) together with Mallorca, Menorca, and Ibiza. Formentera is the smallest and most southerly island of the Pityusic Islands group (comprising Ibiza and Formentera itself, as well as various small islets). It covers an area of , including offshore islets. At the 2011 Census, the population was 10,583; according to the Census of 1 January 2021, it counted 11,891 inhabitants, while the official estimate at 1 January 2023 was 11,389. History The island's name is said to derive from the Latin word ''frumentarium'', meaning "granary". The island was occupied in prehistoric times, going back to 2,000–1,600 BC. Archaeological sites from that period remain in Ca na Costa, Cape Barbaria, Cap de Barbaria (multiple sites) and Cova des Fum. The island had been occupied by the Carthaginians before passing to the ancient Romans. In succeeding centuries, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pityusic Islands
The Pityusic Islands, often referenced simply as the Pityuses ( , ; from the Greek πιτύα ''pitýa'', pine tree), or commonly but informally (and ambiguously) as the Pine Islands, is the name given collectively to the Balearic Islands of Ibiza (Catalan: ''Eivissa''), Formentera, S'Espalmador and other small islets in the Mediterranean Sea. Geography The islands are situated approximately southwest of the island of Majorca, and approximately east of the Cap de la Nau in the Iberian Peninsula. History The first known name of the islands was the Ancient Greek geonym Πιτυοῦσσαι ''Pityûssai'' ("covered in pine trees").Numerous places were given names like ''Pityûssai'', ''Pityussa'', ''Pityusa'', or similar names by the Ancient Greekespecially in Anatolia and Greece: the pre-Hellenic name of Miletus of the Leleges was also ''Pityussa'' (Strabo, 14.1.3); Spetses' ancient name was Pityoussa; during the Roman Civil Wars Sertorius with some Cilician pirates e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Eulària Des Riu
Santa Eulària des Riu (, ) is a coastal town on the south eastern coast of the Spanish island of Ibiza. The town is located on the designated road EI-200. Santa Eulària is the third largest town on the island and also has the only river on the island which flows into the sea at the western end of the town. Location The town is northeast of Ibiza Town and of Ibiza Airport."579 Regional Map, Spain, Islas Baleares." Pub:Michelin Editions des Voyages, 2004, The town sits next to a wide bay with the promontory of Punta Arabí at the east end of the Bay. Also at the eastern end of the bay is new marina called Port Esportiu which is full of restaurants, shops and bars. The town has two beaches which are kept clean and tidy''The Rough Guide to Ibiza & Formentera''. Rough Guides, Penguin Group, 2003; and have gently sloping sands and are ideal for young families. At the western end of the bay is the prominent hill of 'Puig d’ en Fita', which dominates the landscape. The hill is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant Antoni De Portmany
Sant Antoni de Portmany (; ), or simply Sant Antoni (), is a town on the western coast of Ibiza, the second-largest town and municipality on the island. It is situated on Sant Antoni Bay on the west coast of the island, part of the Spain autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. History For two thousand years, Sant Antoni was a small fishing village that rose from the Roman natural harbor Portus Magnus, but it began to grow in the late 1950s when many hotels and tourist resorts were built as part of a mass tourism initiative which took place across Spain. As the number of tourists grew, the development of bars, hotels and other tourist infrastructure spread right around to the other side of San Antonio bay, as far as Cala de Bou which lies in the adjacent municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia. Since the 1980s British tourists have made up the majority of summertime visitors to San Antonio. The Egg The Egg is a statue erected in the early 1990s to commemorate the local c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sa Talaiassa
Sa Talaiassa (), also known as Sa Talaia or Sa Talaia de Sant Josep, is the highest mountain on the island of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands of Spain. It is located in the southwest of the island. ''Talaia'', the name of the mountain, means "watchtower" in Catalan, ''Talaiassa'' referring to an especially large one. Sant Josep de sa Talaia, the island's largest municipality, is named after this mountain. Aviation Accident In 1972, an Iberia Caravelle airliner crashed into Sa Talaiassa, killing all 104 people on board. See also *Ibiza Ibiza (; ; ; #Names and pronunciation, see below) or Iviza is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the city of Valencia. It is the third largest of th ... (Eivissa) References External links {{commonscatAjuntament de Sant Josep de sa Talaia [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Dance Music
Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and List of electronic dance music festivals, festivals. It is generally produced for gapless playback, playback by DJs who create seamless selections of tracks, called a DJ mix, by segueing from one recording to another. EDM producers also perform their music live in a concert or festival setting in what is sometimes called a live PA. Since its inception EDM has expanded to include a wide range of subgenres. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, following the emergence of Rave music, raving, pirate radio, Party crews, underground festivals, and an upsurge of interest in club culture, EDM achieved mainstream popularity in Europe. However, rave culture was not as broadly popular in the United States; it was not typically seen outside of the regional scenes in New York City, Florida, the Midwest, and California. Alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border. The Mediterranean Sea covers an area of about , representing 0.7% of the global ocean surface, but its connection to the Atlantic via the Strait of Gibraltar—the narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates the Iberian Peninsula in Europe from Morocco in Africa—is only wide. Geological evidence indicates that around 5.9 million years ago, the Mediterranean was cut off from the Atlantic and was partly or completely desiccation, desiccated over a period of some 600,000 years during the Messinian salinity crisis before being refilled by the Zanclean flood about 5.3 million years ago. The sea was an important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalan Language
Catalan () is a Western Romance languages, Western Romance language and is the official language of Andorra, and the official language of three autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community, where it is called ''Valencian language, Valencian'' (). It has semi-official status in the Italy, Italian ''comune'' of Alghero, and it is spoken in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France and in two further areas in eastern Spain: the La Franja, eastern strip of Aragon and the Carche area in the Region of Murcia. The Catalan-speaking territories are often called the or "Països Catalans". The language evolved from Vulgar Latin in the Middle Ages around the eastern Pyrenees. It became the language of the Principality of Catalonia and the kingdoms of kingdom of Valencia, Valencia and Kingdom of Majorca, Mallorca, being present throughout the Mediterranean. Replaced by Spanish as a language of gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balearic Sea
The Balearic Sea ( endotoponym: ''Mar Balear'' in Catalan and Spanish) also known as Iberian Sea, is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea between the Balearic Islands and mainland Spain. The Ebro River flows into this small sea. Islands and archipelagoes The Balearic islands are divided into two groups: Gimnesias in the northeast, and Pitiusas in the southwest. Gimnesias * Menorca * Mallorca * Cabrera Pitiusas * Ibiza * Formentera Extent The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Balearic Sea as follows: Between the Islas Baleares and the coast of Spain, bounded: ''On the Southwest.'' A line from Cape Sant Antoni, Valencian Community () to Cape Berberia, the Southwest extreme of Formentera (Balearic Islands). ''On the Southeast.'' The South Coast of Formentera, thence a line from Punta Rotja, its Eastern extreme, to the Southern extreme of Cabrera, Balearic Islands () and to Illa de l'Aire, off the Southern extreme of Menorca. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
