....the three precincts of the Arab wall were take in succession, the city was destroyed and the fortifications demolished. The Arabs were still in power during this period.

XIII th Century

1235	Catalan conquest. Granted as fiefs by Jaime I on Saint Ciriaco's day, August 8, the town and country of Ibiza are conquered by the troops of Guillermo de Mongrí, Nuño Sans and Pedro, Prince of Portugal. The five Arab districts -Alhauet, Xarc, Benizamid, Algarb, and Portmany- are reorganized and divided into the "quartons" Pla de la Vila, Santa Eulalia or Del Rey Balanzat, Portmany, and Las Salinas. The first was divided into four parts which were added to the rest forming the four fiefs to be divided among the conquerors. Mongrí was given two districts. Benizamid and Algarb for having provided twice as many troops as the others, while Xarc fell to the Prince of Portugal, and Portmany to the Count of Rosselló (Nuño Sans). The island of Formentera was also divided into four "quartons": Es Cap, Porto Saler, Carnatge, and La Mola.
1242	On the death of the Count of Rosselló, his executors sold his "cuartón" to the king who, in turn, sold it to Montgrí; thus all three domains came under the Archbishopric of Tarragona. The Prince of Portugal's "quartón", was also either sold or given in exchange to the king and, for this reason, was given the name "cuartón" Del Rey.
1286	Ibiza and Formentera are annexed to the kingdom of Mallorca.
1554	Prince Felipe commissions the Roman engineer Juan Bautista Calvi to construct the walls.
1555	The same engineer is commissioned to fortify the church of Santa Eulalia and the tower of the salt pans (today the tower of Sal Rosa).

1797 Ibiza now has 15.496 inhabitants.

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