Santa Eugènia
Encyclopedia
Santa Eugènia is a small municipality
in the comarca of Pla de Mallorca
on Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands
, Spain
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After the Moorish conquest of Iberia, it was ruled by the Berber Zenata people, until it was captured by King James I of Aragon
in 1229.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the comarca of Pla de Mallorca
Pla de Mallorca
Pla de Mallorca is a comarca in the middle of the Majorca island, Balearic Islands, Spain.It includes the following municipalities:* Algaida* Ariany* Costitx* Lloret de Vistalegre* Llubí* Maria de la Salut* Montuïri* Petra* Porreres...
on Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
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History
In prehistoric times, the area was settled by the Talaiotic cultureTalaiotic Culture
The Talaiotic Culture or Talaiotic Period is the name used to describe the society that existed on the Gymnesian Islands during the Iron Age. Its origins date from the end of the second millennium BC, when the inaccurately named Pre-Talaiotic Culture underwent a crisis and evolved into the...
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After the Moorish conquest of Iberia, it was ruled by the Berber Zenata people, until it was captured by King James I of Aragon
James I of Aragon
James I the Conqueror was the King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276...
in 1229.