El Asentamiento Púnico Romano de ses Païsses, in the municipality of San Jose, is a monumental complex consisting of ruins of a rural settlement from the Punic and Roman periods founded in the mid-1917th century BC and excavated between 1982 and 1985-XNUMX.
It is made up of two buildings and two necropolis, one Punic and the other Byzantine. In addition, very close we find the Can Sorà farm. The restored country house that is located there serves as an extension of the Ethnographic Museum of Ibiza.
From the top of the complex, you can see two Byzantine-era pits dominated by a spectacular landscape with the islet of Es Vedrà opposite.
At the Punic-Roman Settlement of Ses Païsses, you'll find the remains of an oil mill, a cistern for extracting water over four meters deep, a winery, warehouses, and dwellings arranged around a large courtyard. Surrounding these are fields of almond, carob, and fig trees.
A short distance away is the Can Sorà estate, presided over by a restored country house that functions as an extension of the Ethnography Museum of Ibiza.