Recovery of the Historical and Cultural Heritage

Finca Es Canons has great significance for the comarca, or region, of Llevant and to the inhabitants in general. It is a place of scenic beauty and a great asset of natural heritage, from which both the inhabitants and visitors to our islands can benefit.

The project, with funds of €8,100,000, is based on the purchase of Finca Es Canons by the Regional Government of the Balearic Islands. This means, among other things, that the Natural Park of Llevant can be extended. A new section of route GR-222 can be opened, currently interrupted between Betlem and La Colònia de Sant Pere where it meets the privately owned Finca Es Canons, and the Ses Cases Velles buildings can be made available to the public administration for their renovation and conversion into hotels, refuges, etc.

Sa Senieta is the only property in Formentera to be listed on the historical heritage register of the Balearic Islands, highlighting its value in terms of the island’s cultural heritage.

The great historical value of this unique country home and its strategic location within the urban district of Sant Francesc Xavier (Formentera), make it highly advisable for the Formentera Island Council, with a grant of €1,000,000, to purchase and subsequently restore this property to transform it into a public space for use compatible with its level of protection.

The Sanitja Tower stands on the edge of a small cliff on the rocky tip that forms the entrance to the port of Sanitja, in the municipality of Es Mercadal. This tower once formed part of the island’s defence system, designed towards the end of the 18th century and constructed by the British in the early 19th century.

The project, with a grant of €250,116.41, aims to protect the stability, safety and continuity of the tower, whilst also ensuring that this military structure remains as it is today, in the 21st century, a landmark of north Menorca’s landscape. A visual point of reference on current walking routes.