Nicolau calmly explains to a devoted audience some of the characteristics that make the Torre des Carregador - today better known as Torre de sa Sal Rossa - so special. However, this peaceful explanation is suddenly interrupted by loud shouts. Sword in hand, and wrapped in a tunic and a handkerchief indicating that the man had come from afar, he rushes to the place where Nicolau was making the explanation. Once there, between threats, he explains how difficult it was for corsairs like him to plunder the salt shippers, due to the complex system of defence towers on the island's coast. «The defence towers are connected to each other to warn each other, and from the top of Dalt Vila you can see as far as Ses Salines», Abdalà explains, resigned.
All this is just a small sample of the theatrical performance that took place on Sunday morning, in which the audience was masterfully transported to the time when the island of Ibiza's main source of income was the salt business. And it did so by emphasising two places that are so important for understanding this history: the Torre des Carregador and the church of Sant Francesc de s'Estany.
This is just a small sample of Sunday morning's theatrical performance, which masterfully transported the audience to a time when the salt business was Ibiza's main source of income. This was achieved by emphasising two important sites for understanding this history: the Torre des Carregador and the church of Sant Francesc de s'Estany. This brought the Spring Theatre cycle, promoted by the Sant Josep Town Council, to a close. At 11 a.m., the bus departed from the Sant Jordi racecourse for the tower, where Miquel Vingut and Esperança Llorenç, dressed as Antònia and Nicolau, were waiting for the audience. They were later joined by Juanjo Rivera, first as Abdalà and then as Antoni Vallmajor.
After the performance in sa Sal Rossa, the performance moved to the church of Sant Francesc where Nicolau, the bell ringer, explained the differences between the different ways of ringing bells, according to the function of the call, which could be to go to Mass or to announce a funeral.
The action then moved inside the church, where Neus Torres — the play's director and scriptwriter — explained some of the building's key features. «It is a small church without any significant heritage, but it has a chalice given by King Alfonso XIII which still bears his seal,» she said. She also mentioned some other curiosities about the unassuming church of Sant Francesc, such as the fact that its interior houses a stalagmite believed to have been transferred from sa Cova Santa, and that the presbytery was burnt down during the Civil War.