Tabarca settled here. The islet was renamed Nova Tabarca ("New Tabarca" in both Valencian and Latin). Thus a settlement was created by royal edict on this uninhabited island which the North African corsaries had previously used as a platform for raids on the Levantine coast. On their arrival, the Genoese were first moved to Alicante, where they lived temporarily in the Jesuit School, empty after the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain. Finally, the Genoese were moved to the island together with a Spanish garrison. The military engineer Fernando Méndez Ras planned a fortified town and walls, bulwarks, warehouses and barracks
La Digue and Inner Islands La Digue and Inner Islands La Digue and Inner Islands is one of the 26 districts of Seychelles. It consists of the island of La Digue and assorted smaller islands of the Inner Islands. La Digue and Inner Islands district has an area of and a population of 3506 as of 2012. The population density is 83.8 inhabitants / km². It is located in the Inner Islands. Most of the islands of the district belong to the Granitic Seychelles. The district was created in 1994 when the government united former La Digue District and Silhouette District. It is managed by