 During the Arab or Moorish era the peninsula of "Yartan" was one of thirteen districts of Majorca.After the Catalan conquest of the island the present town of Artà emerged in the 13th century after the arrival of the Norbertines, or White Monks, who founded the "Priory of Santa Maria del Bellpuig".The estate of "Bellpuig" is three miles southwest of Artà.