Platja Pou d’es Lleo

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Platja Pou d'es Lleo
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Location of Platja Pou d'es Lleoon Ibiza
Location Santa Eulària des Riu, Ibiza, Spain
Coordinates 39°2′5.31″N1°36′29.61″E / 39.0348083°N 1.6082250°E / 39.0348083; 1.6082250 Coordinates: 39°2′5.31″N1°36′29.61″E / 39.0348083°N 1.6082250°E / 39.0348083; 1.6082250
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Platja Pou d'es Lleo is a beach on the north east seaboard of the Spanish island of Ibiza. It is in the municipality of Santa Eulària des Riu [1] and is 11.8 kilometres (7.3 mi) [2] north-east of the town of Santa Eulària des Riu, and 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) east of the village of San Carlos. [2]

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Description

The beach at Pou d'es Lleo is a small crescent of sand encompassed by many typical Ibizan Fishermans rustic boathouses. [3] The cove is in fact a bustling little fishing port and has two seafood restaurants [4] as well as a small beach bar. [3] On both sides of the cove there are cliff paths which lead to many smaller secluded coves. [3] The slipways on the small main beach are always busy with local and tourist launching their boats. Great care should be taken in the port area when swimming as the launching of boats are a regular occurrence for most of the day. [3] The cove is a very popular snorkelling spot because of its interesting rock formations and underwater meadows of Neptune Grass. [4] [5]

<i>Posidonia oceanica</i> species of plant

Posidonia oceanica is a seagrass species that is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It forms large underwater meadows that are an important part of the ecosystem. The fruit is free floating and known in Italy as "the olive of the sea". Balls of fibrous material from its foliage, known as egagropili, wash up to nearby shorelines.

1936 Republican Landings

During the Spanish Civil War Platja Pou d'es Lleo [6] was the location for the re-capture of the island of Ibiza following the rebellion which saw the island fall under the control of nationalist at the start of the conflict. On the 8 August 1936 a thousand strong invasion force of republican troops led by an Air force captain Alberto Bayo. [7] They had disembarked in the bay, from a task force of republican navy ships made up of two destroyers, four transport ships, a submarine and six seaplanes which were escort by the battleship Jaime Primero. [7] The troops came ashore at Platja Pou d'es Lleo following the advice and guidance of local republicans from the nearby town of Santa Eulària. [8]

Spanish Civil War War between the Republicans and the Nationalists in Spain from 1936 to 1939

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Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War) Major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939

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  5. ↑ Ibiza Spotlight (28 May 2006). "Ibiza's Monster Marine Plant" . Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  6. ↑ "Ibiza History & Culter". History of Ibza by Emily Kaufman – The Spanish Civil War in the Pitiuses – Part Six. © Copyright 1982–2013 IBIZALIVE. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
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