Binissaida

Sant Joan de Binissaida is a rustic estate, known as "llocs" in Menorca, originating from the ancient Alquería de Binissaida, in the municipality of Es Castell, which we find mentioned in the early documents written by Jaume II a few years after the Catalan conquest of Menorca in 1287.

The ancient cavalry of Binissaida, a name with clear Arab roots, "Bani Said" (from the sons of Said), was subject over the years to numerous divisions that generated a series of independent rustic estates, which, however, maintain a connection through the toponym.

As a consequence of the economic, commercial, and maritime expansion experienced by the island of Menorca (especially the city of Maó) during the 18th century, a new economic class emerged—the ascendancy—with distinctly bourgeois roots. They invested part of their surplus in the purchase of rustic estates, where they built manor houses such as Sant Joan de Binissaida.

** Text and images borrowed from business website. Binissaida