Cap de Cavalleria Ecomuseum
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The Cap de Cavalleria Ecomuseum is an institution which is located on the northernmost coast of Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain), in the proximity of Cavalleria Cape and the port of Sanitja (Santa Teresa, Es Mercadal).[1]
The Ecomuseum was created in 1997 by the non-profit association “San Nitja. Gestión del Patrimonio Mediterráneo”, with the main objective of protecting, investigating and spreading the cultural and natural resources of Cavalleria and the port of Sanitja. This task is carried out by the interdisciplinary study of the following elements: geological (sedimentation and stratigraphy), biological (native fauna and flora), environmental (preservation of the environment to face up to the pressure of different factors such as tourism), ethnologic (lime kiln, dry walls, lighthouse, etc.), as well as historic and archaeological (Roman military fort, city and medieval mosque), all of them located in the area. Among them, it is worth highlighting the last element mentioned, due to the archaeological interventions in the port of Sanitja, which are carried out in the Roman military fort, dating from the 1st century B. C., and the Roman city of Sanisera (1st century B. C. to 6th century A. D.)