The prehistoric complex of Capocorb Vell represents a myth in prehistoric research thanks to its conservation and for having been one of the first excavated and studied on the island, as well as one of the most extensive.
It is located on an eminently flat terrain about 100m above sea level.
The Talayotic people came from the eastern Mediterranean and settled on the island around the 14th century BC.
The Talayot is a large construction made of large unhewn blocks placed without any mortar, following a truncated cone or pyramid shape with a column in the centre that supported the roof. They could have two or even three storeys.
Around the Talayot, smaller habitats were located in strategic places.
The Talayot had a clearly defensive purpose, dominating a territory that allowed the development of agricultural and livestock farming activities.
The Capocorb Vell complex is made up of a nucleus of three circular and two square talayots, as well as several surrounding constructions and a series of talayots and other types of buildings on its periphery.
The Talayotic people were ungenteel and only archaeology can provide information about their life.
This complex was studied by the archaeologists L. Ch. Watelin, French and Albert Mayr, German, although the first scientific excavations were carried out in the decade of 1910-20 by Josep Colominas Roca under the patronage of the distinguished Hispanic prehistorian Luis Pericot.
Capocorb Vell is unique in the western Mediterranean and was declared a Historic-Artistic Monument by Government Decree on 3 June 1931.
In February 2018 the Associació per a la Revitalització dels Centres Antics (ARCA) awarded Capocorb Vell for the maintenance of the Talayotic settlement.
Open Monday to Sunday from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. (closed on Thursdays except public holidays)
Admission: 3,00 €.
