Illa de Tagomago

Tagomago, Catalan Illa de Tagomago, Spanish Isla de Tagomago is a Balearic island about 900 meters east of Ibiza. It is part of Santa Eulalia. Their total area is about 400,000 square feet and its greatest extent in 1525 meters. Tagomago is rocky and mostly covered with shrubbery. The highest peak is located in the south of the island 113 meters above the sea. The bay in the west serves as a natural harbor. There is a boat launch. Apart from this and a built 1913 20.4 -meter-high lighthouse on the nearby 86.3 meters above sea Southeast tip is the only building from a built in 1980s villa in the interior of the island with its own desalination plant and power supply. Some rocks wearing artful, originating from the time of the hippie movement paintings. The lighthouse from Tagomago is a reference point for sea routes from Ibiza to Palma de Mallorca and Barcelona. Known is the occurrence of blue lizards on the island.

The name Tagomago probably means rock of Mago ', which in turn to the Carthaginian general Mago, brother of Hannibal, went back. In the Muslim period, the island had the name Taj Umayu.

It can be visited as part of an organized tour of Cala Sant Vicent in Ibiza from.

History

Tagomago to have been settled as early as the 8th century BC. In later times it was used as a warehouse pirate. End of the 19th century there was a small fishing village, however, was later abandoned. In the 1930s Tagomago belonged to the Pujol family. During the Spanish Civil War, the Franco regime expropriated the family, because the island should be used for defense purposes. Later Tagomago was sold to Prince Emich of Leiningen from Amorbach, his heirs parted after many years of estate disputes of the island. It is now owned by the Hamburg-based property entrepreneur Matthias Kühn, who rented by the week the villa. In Germany, the island was known by the wedding of Sabine Christiansen with Norbert Medus.

Nature Reserves

In the area of Tagomago are two nature reserves, which are identified as " Sites of Community Importance " under the EU Habitats Directive.

  • Tagomago ( Natura 2000 code ES0000082 ) 39 ° 2 ' 19 " N, 1 ° 38' 38 " O39.0386111.643889
  • Àrea marina de Tagomago ( ES5310107 ) 39 ° 1 ' 58 " N, 1 ° 37' 14" O39.0327781.620556

Tagomago ( ES0000082 )

ES0000082 includes not only the entire island and the surrounding sea areas and has a total area of ​​554.24 hectares in the north, south and west it borders on the ES5310107 Natura 2000 site.

Come to particular habitat types before ( according to the list of the Habitats Directive habitat types):

  • Poseidonia sea grass meadows ( Posidonion oceanicae ) (Type 1120)
  • Cliffs of the Mediterranean coasts with endemic Limonium vegetation types (Type 1240)
  • Quellerwatten the Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic Area ( Sarcocornetea fruticosi ) (Type 1420 )

Àrea marina de Tagomago ( ES5310107 )

ES5310107 mainly comprises the sea area between Ibiza and Tagomago, insofar as it does not belong to ES0000082. It has an area of ​​745.29 ha

As a particular habitat type Poseidonia - seagrass beds come ( Posidonion oceanicae ) (type 1120) before with a share of 46.31 % of the total area.

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