Ebusus y los monumenta romanos de las murallas renacentistas de Ibiza

Abstract

In the 90s of the 16th century the construction of the Renaissance walls of Ibiza came to an end. At its main entrance, the Puerta del Mar, a total of five Roman monuments were placed, long attributed to a fortuitous find in the course of the works. Thanks to the good taste of their engineers, they would have gone on to decorate the monumental access. His association with Ebusus has always been taken for granted, but an exhaustive analysis of the bibliography and historical documents shows that such a belief did not emerge before the 18th century, supplying with fantasy what was simply ignored.

Keywords

• roman statues
• ebusus
• puerta del mar
• renaissance walls of ibiza