Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Ibiza

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Walled city, episcopal see from 1782

Ibiza was fortified by Felipe II against Ottoman raids and Barbary pirates: the Italian engineer Giovanni Battista Calvi worked on its walls from 1555 and the circuit was finished at the end of the 16th century. In 1782 Pope Pius VI created the see of Ibiza and the church of Santa María became the cathedral. The walled old town, Dalt Vila, has been a UNESCO site since 1999.

What to see today

Catedral de la Virgen de las Nieves (Catedral de Santa María): Cathedral, c. 1715 to 1728
Murallas de Dalt Vila: Walls, c. 1555 to 1585

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