Ses Feixes in Ibiza

Monuments | Ibiza

Known in the past for their agricultural productivity, they were channeled by the Arabs, who established an irrigation system unique in the world at the time based on capillary irrigation. They constitute the second most important wetlands in Eivissa and contain fresh and semi-salty waters that provide a great diversity of fauna and flora. The canals formed small rectangular plots of land called feixes. These channels were connected, every few meters, with other subway channels called fibles through which water circulated. The upper part of the fibles was made of a material that allowed the water to pass through (usually pine branches). In this way, with the use of floodgates, the water level in the channels and, therefore, in the feixa, could be regulated. The entrance to each feixa or plot was made through a very characteristic portal, unique in the world, called portal de feixa, which stands out for its beauty and uniqueness: a huge white lintel with a wooden door. Ses Feixes is divided into three parts: two of them cultivated, called Prat de Vila and Prat de Ses Monjes; and a strip of wetland that joins them, called es Prat.