https://fuerteventura.click/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:09:20 +0000 MyBB https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Pico-de-la-Zarza--3790 Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:55:20 +0000 TamaraEnLaPlaya]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Pico-de-la-Zarza--3790 Radio Sintonia:

The Cabildo of Fuerteventura is studying the possibility of acquiring the Pico de la Zarza.

"It is extremely important that the community of Fuerteventura knows that the Pico de la Zarza belongs to private individuals, not to the public." This was recalled this morning, through the microphones of Radio Sintonía, by the Minister of Environment of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, Carlos Rodríguez. However, he has advanced the intention of the Cabildo to acquire the environment, a possibility that would be studied.



In addition, he has reported that the Island Council has reached an agreement with the owners to replace the fencing of the space with the intention of making it stronger and more durable. The minister has denounced the breakages of the current fences and gates, as well as meteorological measurement material, which, he said, "damages the illusions of improving these environments".

At 807 metres above sea level, the Pico de la Zarza is the highest point in Fuerteventura and its summit is an excellent viewpoint towards the coasts of Cofete and the surrounding mountains, within the Jandía Natural Park.

In addition, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in its list of natural paths, it is one of the areas with the highest concentration of endemic species in Fuerteventura. In this place and its surroundings, you can find abundant endemic rock species, some exclusive to this area, such as the Jandía magarza (Argyranthemum winteri) or the Jandía tajinaste (Echium handiense). Likewise, the rocky cliffs of this area serve as a refuge for two species, a scavenger and a seriously threatened raptor, the guirre (Neophron percnopterus majorensis) and the tagarote falcon (Falco pelegrinoides).

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The Cabildo of Fuerteventura is studying the possibility of acquiring the Pico de la Zarza.

"It is extremely important that the community of Fuerteventura knows that the Pico de la Zarza belongs to private individuals, not to the public." This was recalled this morning, through the microphones of Radio Sintonía, by the Minister of Environment of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, Carlos Rodríguez. However, he has advanced the intention of the Cabildo to acquire the environment, a possibility that would be studied.



In addition, he has reported that the Island Council has reached an agreement with the owners to replace the fencing of the space with the intention of making it stronger and more durable. The minister has denounced the breakages of the current fences and gates, as well as meteorological measurement material, which, he said, "damages the illusions of improving these environments".

At 807 metres above sea level, the Pico de la Zarza is the highest point in Fuerteventura and its summit is an excellent viewpoint towards the coasts of Cofete and the surrounding mountains, within the Jandía Natural Park.

In addition, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in its list of natural paths, it is one of the areas with the highest concentration of endemic species in Fuerteventura. In this place and its surroundings, you can find abundant endemic rock species, some exclusive to this area, such as the Jandía magarza (Argyranthemum winteri) or the Jandía tajinaste (Echium handiense). Likewise, the rocky cliffs of this area serve as a refuge for two species, a scavenger and a seriously threatened raptor, the guirre (Neophron percnopterus majorensis) and the tagarote falcon (Falco pelegrinoides).

link to article for beautiful pic]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Living-memory-of-Vallebr%C3%B3n Sun, 11 Feb 2024 19:41:59 +0000 TamaraEnLaPlaya]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Living-memory-of-Vallebr%C3%B3n Radio Sintonia:

Isabel Darias and Jorge Fleitas, living memory of Vallebrón.

Isabel Darias (Vallebron, 1950) and Jorge Fleitas (La Oliva, 1948) help us to understand how the old society of Vellebrón developed life. It is a protected area with an area of more than 1,600 hectares in the municipality of La Oliva, crossed by two huts, Valle Largo and Valle Chico. On the tour of the town, which we start from the hermitage of San Juan, we are accompanied by the Councilor for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Rubén González.



Precisely, in the small hermitage we stop at the first singularity of this Majorero population. Above the door, on both sides, the image carved on tile, of the figure of two rats, is striking. Isabel and Jorge agree in the explanation of this fact that has to do with an old epidemic that the town suffered from these rodents. That is the story that has at least been told generation after generation in the village, they say.

From the hermitage, located at the top of the town, we turn our gaze to the particular valley and return to the past with the story of Isabel and Jorge. Their voices, in the silence of midday, transport us to a green place where practically everything was grown with water from the numerous wells in the area. 'Alfalfa, tomato trees, carrots, peppers, fig trees, almond trees... everything was cultivated," recalls Jorge.

The entire land was devoted exclusively to agriculture. "In the upper part of the valley cereals were planted, mainly wheat and barley, and in the lower part legumes, lentils, chickpeas or peas."

As a witness to this agricultural past, the nateros remain standing on the slopes of the knife, stone walls to support the land and make it arable. As far as the eye can see, these ancient structures are visible. miles of stone walls, handmade, generation after generation.

Both Jorge and Isabel value the quality of life of the space where they return on weekends or at parties, but they also demand that conservation be compatible with the possibility of using the territory. 'You can't do anything, even to fix a topsail you have to do a project and that can't be, because people get tired', they agree in expounding.

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Isabel Darias and Jorge Fleitas, living memory of Vallebrón.

Isabel Darias (Vallebron, 1950) and Jorge Fleitas (La Oliva, 1948) help us to understand how the old society of Vellebrón developed life. It is a protected area with an area of more than 1,600 hectares in the municipality of La Oliva, crossed by two huts, Valle Largo and Valle Chico. On the tour of the town, which we start from the hermitage of San Juan, we are accompanied by the Councilor for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Rubén González.



Precisely, in the small hermitage we stop at the first singularity of this Majorero population. Above the door, on both sides, the image carved on tile, of the figure of two rats, is striking. Isabel and Jorge agree in the explanation of this fact that has to do with an old epidemic that the town suffered from these rodents. That is the story that has at least been told generation after generation in the village, they say.

From the hermitage, located at the top of the town, we turn our gaze to the particular valley and return to the past with the story of Isabel and Jorge. Their voices, in the silence of midday, transport us to a green place where practically everything was grown with water from the numerous wells in the area. 'Alfalfa, tomato trees, carrots, peppers, fig trees, almond trees... everything was cultivated," recalls Jorge.

The entire land was devoted exclusively to agriculture. "In the upper part of the valley cereals were planted, mainly wheat and barley, and in the lower part legumes, lentils, chickpeas or peas."

As a witness to this agricultural past, the nateros remain standing on the slopes of the knife, stone walls to support the land and make it arable. As far as the eye can see, these ancient structures are visible. miles of stone walls, handmade, generation after generation.

Both Jorge and Isabel value the quality of life of the space where they return on weekends or at parties, but they also demand that conservation be compatible with the possibility of using the territory. 'You can't do anything, even to fix a topsail you have to do a project and that can't be, because people get tired', they agree in expounding.

link to article for pics]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-The-Cabildo-republishes-the-Fuerteventura-Trail-Guide Sat, 10 Feb 2024 20:30:50 +0000 TamaraEnLaPlaya]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-The-Cabildo-republishes-the-Fuerteventura-Trail-Guide
The Cabildo republishes the Fuerteventura Trail Guide.

The guide is available online for the public and is also distributed in tourist offices, educational centres, libraries and town halls

The Cabildo of Fuerteventura, through the area of the Environment, directed by Carlos Rodríguez, has republished the Topoguide of the Fuerteventura Trails Network. An instrument that includes each of the 255 kilometres of the 21 routes that make up the island's network of trails (GR-131) from the Islet of Lobos to Punta de Jandía.



For the president of the Cabildo, Lola García, "the guide invites you to get to know the beauty of the Majorero landscape and respect its treasures and natural resources, with an environment and climate that makes it possible to practice hiking and contact with nature throughout the year".



The councillor of the area, Carlos Rodríguez, also points out that "exploring the natural wealth of Fuerteventura through the trails is an opportunity not only to appreciate it, but also to commit to its conservation". "It is essential to enjoy nature by walking along the official trails and adopting good environmental practices that respect the environment."



The guide was published for the first time in 2013, so it required a reissue to continue reaching those sectors of the population interested. The Cabildo will distribute 1,000 copies in Spanish and 1,000 in English of this publication in tourist offices, educational centers, libraries and town halls, among others.



The GR-131 is part of an international trail that crosses Fuerteventura, from north to south, with stages or long routes (GR), which in turn connect with a diversity of short distance trails (PR) and local trails (SL), some transversal and others circular, all of them signposted, and with possibilities for all tastes and levels.]]>
The Cabildo republishes the Fuerteventura Trail Guide.

The guide is available online for the public and is also distributed in tourist offices, educational centres, libraries and town halls

The Cabildo of Fuerteventura, through the area of the Environment, directed by Carlos Rodríguez, has republished the Topoguide of the Fuerteventura Trails Network. An instrument that includes each of the 255 kilometres of the 21 routes that make up the island's network of trails (GR-131) from the Islet of Lobos to Punta de Jandía.



For the president of the Cabildo, Lola García, "the guide invites you to get to know the beauty of the Majorero landscape and respect its treasures and natural resources, with an environment and climate that makes it possible to practice hiking and contact with nature throughout the year".



The councillor of the area, Carlos Rodríguez, also points out that "exploring the natural wealth of Fuerteventura through the trails is an opportunity not only to appreciate it, but also to commit to its conservation". "It is essential to enjoy nature by walking along the official trails and adopting good environmental practices that respect the environment."



The guide was published for the first time in 2013, so it required a reissue to continue reaching those sectors of the population interested. The Cabildo will distribute 1,000 copies in Spanish and 1,000 in English of this publication in tourist offices, educational centers, libraries and town halls, among others.



The GR-131 is part of an international trail that crosses Fuerteventura, from north to south, with stages or long routes (GR), which in turn connect with a diversity of short distance trails (PR) and local trails (SL), some transversal and others circular, all of them signposted, and with possibilities for all tastes and levels.]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Los-Molinos-beach Wed, 12 Jul 2023 20:46:21 +0000 TamaraEnLaPlaya]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Los-Molinos-beach Radio Sintonia:

New tower and improvements for Los Molinos beach.

The City Council of Puerto del Rosario, through the Department of Beaches directed by Toñi Fdez. Aragón, works on the improvement of the infrastructures of the beach of Los Molinos, one of the coastal areas of the municipality that registers more influx of bathers during the summer months.





Offer safety and accessibility to bathers

In a visit made in recent days by the councilor of the area, in which members of the beach lifeguard service, Fdez, were also present. Aragon checked the state of the current tower and the wall that supports the rescue modules, which must be restored.

"We are aware of the danger of entering the caves without reading the information, so we have decided to put it at the entrance of them, in order to avoid situations that may endanger bathers," explained the councilor.

Among the measures that will be carried out on the beach of Los Molinos are the closure of the accesses through the upper area of the caves, a usual route for bathers who want to access them when they can not do so on the beach itself, creating an alternative walkway that offers greater security to visitors who want to enjoy this spectacle of nature. In addition to a new tower for lifeguards, a walkway that can be used during the three months of low tide, two new water drums that allow the cures to be properly carried out and Wi-Fi signal from the totem, to guarantee communications in an area.

link to article for pic]]> Radio Sintonia:

New tower and improvements for Los Molinos beach.

The City Council of Puerto del Rosario, through the Department of Beaches directed by Toñi Fdez. Aragón, works on the improvement of the infrastructures of the beach of Los Molinos, one of the coastal areas of the municipality that registers more influx of bathers during the summer months.





Offer safety and accessibility to bathers

In a visit made in recent days by the councilor of the area, in which members of the beach lifeguard service, Fdez, were also present. Aragon checked the state of the current tower and the wall that supports the rescue modules, which must be restored.

"We are aware of the danger of entering the caves without reading the information, so we have decided to put it at the entrance of them, in order to avoid situations that may endanger bathers," explained the councilor.

Among the measures that will be carried out on the beach of Los Molinos are the closure of the accesses through the upper area of the caves, a usual route for bathers who want to access them when they can not do so on the beach itself, creating an alternative walkway that offers greater security to visitors who want to enjoy this spectacle of nature. In addition to a new tower for lifeguards, a walkway that can be used during the three months of low tide, two new water drums that allow the cures to be properly carried out and Wi-Fi signal from the totem, to guarantee communications in an area.

link to article for pic]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Villa-de-Betancuria Sat, 08 Jul 2023 19:35:16 +0000 TamaraEnLaPlaya]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Villa-de-Betancuria Radio Sintonia:

The Villa de Betancuria, a strategic place.

On a tour of the most historic buildings on the island, the Villa de Santa María de Betancuria, former capital of Fuerteventura, was founded in 1402 by the Norman conqueror Jean de Béthencourt, from whom it takes its name. Located for strategic reasons towards the center of the island, however it was razed several times by pirate attacks. It left the island capital in 1834, being constituted as an independent City Council in 1812.



From the urban point of view it presents a dispersed habitat, settled spontaneously and without responding to any previous layout. Among its main buildings are the temple of Santa María with its square and the houses of the main families of the population, which coexist with other examples of buildings of popular origin, in which some Gothic elements in stonework are preserved. Likewise, the nucleus is complemented by the old Franciscan convent of San Buenaventura, of which some walls and the structure of the church remain.]]> Radio Sintonia:

The Villa de Betancuria, a strategic place.

On a tour of the most historic buildings on the island, the Villa de Santa María de Betancuria, former capital of Fuerteventura, was founded in 1402 by the Norman conqueror Jean de Béthencourt, from whom it takes its name. Located for strategic reasons towards the center of the island, however it was razed several times by pirate attacks. It left the island capital in 1834, being constituted as an independent City Council in 1812.



From the urban point of view it presents a dispersed habitat, settled spontaneously and without responding to any previous layout. Among its main buildings are the temple of Santa María with its square and the houses of the main families of the population, which coexist with other examples of buildings of popular origin, in which some Gothic elements in stonework are preserved. Likewise, the nucleus is complemented by the old Franciscan convent of San Buenaventura, of which some walls and the structure of the church remain.]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Barranco-del-Cavadero-the-history-of-the-mahos-in-stone Mon, 26 Jun 2023 19:37:44 +0000 TamaraEnLaPlaya]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Barranco-del-Cavadero-the-history-of-the-mahos-in-stone Radio Sintonia:

Barranco del Cavadero, the history of the mahos in stone.

The Archaeological Zone of the Barranco del Cavadero is located in the municipality of La Oliva, specifically from the place where the ravines of Risco Azul and Cavadero converge. From this point, popularly known as Peña Azul or Pie de la Virgen to Playa del Chinchorro, south of El Jablito, it is called Barranco del Cavadero. At its source and along its course, Quaternary alluvial deposits and basaltic formations formed by Series III lavas, belonging to the Pleistocene, predominate.

Pre-European history of Fuerteventura


The rock engravings of the Barranco del Cavadero were discovered by the drafting group of the Advance of the Archaeological Chart of Fuerteventura in the eighties and since then they constitute one of the most spectacular rock ensembles of Fuerteventura, both for the place where they are located and for the reasons represented. These cultural manifestations belonging, according to the researchers, to the society of the mahos, are an instrument that contribute to reveal aspects related to the pre-European stage of Fuerteventura.

The inscriptions of the Barranco del Cavadero are engraved on basaltic blocks located on the walls of the ravine bed and are composed of spans distributed in three stations along its course.

According to the proposals of various researchers, the engravings of the Barranco del Cavadero are classified as: alphabetical and geometric.

(a) Alphabetical

In Fuerteventura there are two types of alphabetical engravings; Libyan-Berber alphabetic characters and pseudo-Latin alphabetic characters. Both are present in the Barranco del Cavadero and even overlap in some panels.

Berber-lyrical prints


In the first case, the Libyan-Berber engravings are made using abrasion and chopping techniques, maintaining a vertical arrangement. They are associated with other motifs such as supposedly Latin and geometric engravings. The most representative are on the right bank of the Barranco, in the place known as Peña Azul or Pie de la Virgen, a stretch of the channel characterized by the intense polishing of the rocks due to the strong flow to which they have been subjected in the past and where the sandy bed is ideal for the extraction of water by the technique of eres. Some researchers have related the place where these engravings appear with the possibility of obtaining water, valuing similar phenomena in other parts of the Archipelago and North Africa, where inscriptions of Libyan characters appear near water points. For some authors the presence of the engravings in sites with water resources gives the place a certain form of sacralization. This hypothesis is reinforced by the curious phenomenon that in the place, according to tradition, the Virgin appeared, whose footprint was inscribed on the rock. The Christian sacralization of an aboriginal cultural center is a phenomenon that is repeated in various parts of the island.

Pseudo-Latin prints


In the second case, the pseudo-Latin engravings are made using the incision technique and maintain a horizontal position. These engravings appear alongside Libyan-Berber inscriptions as well as geometrical ones. About these engravings there are several theories, some authors believe that these inscriptions keep analogies with the signs of the Pompeian Cursive alphabet. Others integrate them into a totally different type and classify them as a Libyan-Canarian.

However, for most researchers these engravings confirm the Roman presence in the Archipelago, related to some type of commercial or exploratory activity. They also suggest the possibility that the first settlers of the eastern islands belonged to Romanized Berber tribes and connoisseurs of a rudimentary Latin language and scripts.

b) Geometric.

These engravings are the most difficult to interpret. Sometimes they appear isolated and others mixed with the previous motifs. The predominant technique is the incision and the motifs are rectilinear, triangles, reticulated, square, etc.



Source: Government of the Canary Islands]]> Radio Sintonia:

Barranco del Cavadero, the history of the mahos in stone.

The Archaeological Zone of the Barranco del Cavadero is located in the municipality of La Oliva, specifically from the place where the ravines of Risco Azul and Cavadero converge. From this point, popularly known as Peña Azul or Pie de la Virgen to Playa del Chinchorro, south of El Jablito, it is called Barranco del Cavadero. At its source and along its course, Quaternary alluvial deposits and basaltic formations formed by Series III lavas, belonging to the Pleistocene, predominate.

Pre-European history of Fuerteventura


The rock engravings of the Barranco del Cavadero were discovered by the drafting group of the Advance of the Archaeological Chart of Fuerteventura in the eighties and since then they constitute one of the most spectacular rock ensembles of Fuerteventura, both for the place where they are located and for the reasons represented. These cultural manifestations belonging, according to the researchers, to the society of the mahos, are an instrument that contribute to reveal aspects related to the pre-European stage of Fuerteventura.

The inscriptions of the Barranco del Cavadero are engraved on basaltic blocks located on the walls of the ravine bed and are composed of spans distributed in three stations along its course.

According to the proposals of various researchers, the engravings of the Barranco del Cavadero are classified as: alphabetical and geometric.

(a) Alphabetical

In Fuerteventura there are two types of alphabetical engravings; Libyan-Berber alphabetic characters and pseudo-Latin alphabetic characters. Both are present in the Barranco del Cavadero and even overlap in some panels.

Berber-lyrical prints


In the first case, the Libyan-Berber engravings are made using abrasion and chopping techniques, maintaining a vertical arrangement. They are associated with other motifs such as supposedly Latin and geometric engravings. The most representative are on the right bank of the Barranco, in the place known as Peña Azul or Pie de la Virgen, a stretch of the channel characterized by the intense polishing of the rocks due to the strong flow to which they have been subjected in the past and where the sandy bed is ideal for the extraction of water by the technique of eres. Some researchers have related the place where these engravings appear with the possibility of obtaining water, valuing similar phenomena in other parts of the Archipelago and North Africa, where inscriptions of Libyan characters appear near water points. For some authors the presence of the engravings in sites with water resources gives the place a certain form of sacralization. This hypothesis is reinforced by the curious phenomenon that in the place, according to tradition, the Virgin appeared, whose footprint was inscribed on the rock. The Christian sacralization of an aboriginal cultural center is a phenomenon that is repeated in various parts of the island.

Pseudo-Latin prints


In the second case, the pseudo-Latin engravings are made using the incision technique and maintain a horizontal position. These engravings appear alongside Libyan-Berber inscriptions as well as geometrical ones. About these engravings there are several theories, some authors believe that these inscriptions keep analogies with the signs of the Pompeian Cursive alphabet. Others integrate them into a totally different type and classify them as a Libyan-Canarian.

However, for most researchers these engravings confirm the Roman presence in the Archipelago, related to some type of commercial or exploratory activity. They also suggest the possibility that the first settlers of the eastern islands belonged to Romanized Berber tribes and connoisseurs of a rudimentary Latin language and scripts.

b) Geometric.

These engravings are the most difficult to interpret. Sometimes they appear isolated and others mixed with the previous motifs. The predominant technique is the incision and the motifs are rectilinear, triangles, reticulated, square, etc.



Source: Government of the Canary Islands]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Hermitage-in-Las-Pocetas Sat, 24 Jun 2023 19:54:45 +0000 TamaraEnLaPlaya]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Hermitage-in-Las-Pocetas Radio Sintonia:

The Hermitage of San Francisco Javier in Las Pocetas, blessed in 1775.

In the small town of Las Pocetas in the municipality of Antigua, among new constructions remains standing a building of 1775, it is the Hermitage of San Francisco Javier.

This hermitage was blessed on December 2, 1775. The plan is rectangular with sacristy attached to the south wall. The entrance doors to the enclosure are framed in semicircular arches made of stonework. In the upper right part of the façade is the belfry with a single hollow-bell and crowned with three pinnacles. Two abutments protrude from the north wall. The calvary, consisting of a simple wooden cross, is located in front of the main gate. Inside the building we find a small choir above the door which is accessed by a staircase of two sections, all made of wood. The altarpiece is made of polychrome wood with plant motifs and contains a niche with the image of the Saint.

Source: Government of the Canary Islands

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The Hermitage of San Francisco Javier in Las Pocetas, blessed in 1775.

In the small town of Las Pocetas in the municipality of Antigua, among new constructions remains standing a building of 1775, it is the Hermitage of San Francisco Javier.

This hermitage was blessed on December 2, 1775. The plan is rectangular with sacristy attached to the south wall. The entrance doors to the enclosure are framed in semicircular arches made of stonework. In the upper right part of the façade is the belfry with a single hollow-bell and crowned with three pinnacles. Two abutments protrude from the north wall. The calvary, consisting of a simple wooden cross, is located in front of the main gate. Inside the building we find a small choir above the door which is accessed by a staircase of two sections, all made of wood. The altarpiece is made of polychrome wood with plant motifs and contains a niche with the image of the Saint.

Source: Government of the Canary Islands

link to article for pic]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-La-Salinas-del-Carmen-the-importance-of-salt-in-the-history-of-our-island Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:17:18 +0000 TamaraEnLaPlaya]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-La-Salinas-del-Carmen-the-importance-of-salt-in-the-history-of-our-island Radio Sintonia:

La Salinas del Carmen: the importance of salt in the history of our island.

The Salinas de El Carmen come from the historic Salinas de La Hondurilla dating back to approximately 1800. Declared a monument in 2002, they are the first salt harvest on the island.

More than 200 years of history
These were expanded in successive years reaching in 1910 its current configuration being already owner D. Manuel Velázquez Cabrera, currently occupying 28,320 m2 and as with the old Canarian mud salt flats, it is located directly attached to the flat coast, with an alluvium front where the socket fits as a catchment mechanism.

Currently, the Salinas del Carmen Museum is responsible for promoting and disseminating information about this historic exploitation located in the north of the island, also known as the house of Manuel Velázquez Cabrera, owner of the building in 1910. "In his office he will show us the history of the Canarian salt mines in general and of these salt mines in particular, in the study we will learn how salt is obtained and the peculiarities of the Saltadero del Carmen, we will cross the warehouse with the tools of the salt worker and, in the bedroom, we will better understand what the day to day of the salt workers was like with old images ...", They recommend from the museum.

As for its location, the main characteristic is that its catchment system is direct, filling with the Tides at the point called bufadero or saltadero, from where a channel with spillway starts, which leads the water by gravity to the cookers.

The Salinas de El Carmen are transitional salt flats, originally made of mud, they were not lined with stone until the forties, increasing the efficiency of the installation. Therefore, it has characteristics of both types.

Delimitation and protection
The delimitation coincides with the delimitation of the Special Protection Plan, definitively approved on March 30, 1995.

This delimitation establishes an area of protection around the property that aims to prevent and protect the monument from works and other activities that affect its integrity or prevent its appreciation and enjoyment.

Likewise, part of the delimited area is affected by the maritime-terrestrial demarcation and the 100 meters of servitude and protection established by the aforementioned demarcation.

Therefore the delimitation starts from El Saltadero, located to the NE, on the shore of the sea, in a westerly direction, coinciding with the stone wall that delimits the property, approximately 210 meters, point foreseen in the Special Protection Plan as a place of access to the monument; from here, it makes a break of 79 meters to the West, in the direction of the general crossing of access to the nucleus of Las Salinas to the edge of the road, from where it breaks in a Southwest direction, 126 meters, coinciding with the outer edge of the road, point from which it breaks again at approximately 90º in a Southeasterly direction, coinciding with the curb of the street of the future parking foreseen in the Special Protection Plan, in line of 87 meters, from where it continues in the direction of the Beach, bordering on the outside the existing pedestrian path to shores of the sea and that in a straight line measures 150 meters.]]> Radio Sintonia:

La Salinas del Carmen: the importance of salt in the history of our island.

The Salinas de El Carmen come from the historic Salinas de La Hondurilla dating back to approximately 1800. Declared a monument in 2002, they are the first salt harvest on the island.

More than 200 years of history
These were expanded in successive years reaching in 1910 its current configuration being already owner D. Manuel Velázquez Cabrera, currently occupying 28,320 m2 and as with the old Canarian mud salt flats, it is located directly attached to the flat coast, with an alluvium front where the socket fits as a catchment mechanism.

Currently, the Salinas del Carmen Museum is responsible for promoting and disseminating information about this historic exploitation located in the north of the island, also known as the house of Manuel Velázquez Cabrera, owner of the building in 1910. "In his office he will show us the history of the Canarian salt mines in general and of these salt mines in particular, in the study we will learn how salt is obtained and the peculiarities of the Saltadero del Carmen, we will cross the warehouse with the tools of the salt worker and, in the bedroom, we will better understand what the day to day of the salt workers was like with old images ...", They recommend from the museum.

As for its location, the main characteristic is that its catchment system is direct, filling with the Tides at the point called bufadero or saltadero, from where a channel with spillway starts, which leads the water by gravity to the cookers.

The Salinas de El Carmen are transitional salt flats, originally made of mud, they were not lined with stone until the forties, increasing the efficiency of the installation. Therefore, it has characteristics of both types.

Delimitation and protection
The delimitation coincides with the delimitation of the Special Protection Plan, definitively approved on March 30, 1995.

This delimitation establishes an area of protection around the property that aims to prevent and protect the monument from works and other activities that affect its integrity or prevent its appreciation and enjoyment.

Likewise, part of the delimited area is affected by the maritime-terrestrial demarcation and the 100 meters of servitude and protection established by the aforementioned demarcation.

Therefore the delimitation starts from El Saltadero, located to the NE, on the shore of the sea, in a westerly direction, coinciding with the stone wall that delimits the property, approximately 210 meters, point foreseen in the Special Protection Plan as a place of access to the monument; from here, it makes a break of 79 meters to the West, in the direction of the general crossing of access to the nucleus of Las Salinas to the edge of the road, from where it breaks in a Southwest direction, 126 meters, coinciding with the outer edge of the road, point from which it breaks again at approximately 90º in a Southeasterly direction, coinciding with the curb of the street of the future parking foreseen in the Special Protection Plan, in line of 87 meters, from where it continues in the direction of the Beach, bordering on the outside the existing pedestrian path to shores of the sea and that in a straight line measures 150 meters.]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Ajuy-one-of-the-oldest-treasures-in-the-Canary-Islands Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:13:40 +0000 TamaraEnLaPlaya]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Ajuy-one-of-the-oldest-treasures-in-the-Canary-Islands Radio Sintonia:

Ajuy: one of the oldest treasures in the Canary Islands.

Belonging to the municipality of Pájara and bordering the municipality of Betancuria there is a small fishing village called Ajuy. This enclave, located west of Fuerteventura, is characterized by the outcrop of the oldest geological materials of the Archipelago.



A geological gem
The Natural Monument of Ajuy has an area of 31.8 hectares and geographically is included within another Protected Natural Area, the Rural Park of Betancuria. It so happens that the Betancuria Rural Park is the largest protected area on the island, unlike the Ajuy Natural Monument, which is the smallest space.

Geologically this space has a special relevance, since it is where the oldest materials in the entire archipelago are located. On the cliff located on the northern margin of the Barranco de Ajuy, north of the town, you can see the outcrop of the Basal Complex, whose age ranges between 100 and 150 million years, having been formed, therefore, during the Cretaceous or time of the dinosaurs. If we compare this antiquity with that estimated to have the island, between 30 and 35 million years, it is still one more reason for its great scientific interest. These materials were generated during the separation of the African and American continents, coinciding with the formation of the Atlantic Ocean, also showing numerous more recent magmatic intrusions in the form of.

The footprint of climate and history
Subsequently, variations in sea level gave rise to the formation of a marine sedimentary deposit on which we can observe the presence of paleodunes from the Pliocene period that are located more than 14 meters above current sea level. There is no doubt that the existence of all these materials is of great interest when it comes to understanding in more detail the process of formation of the island of Fuerteventura.

The existence of fossils in marine and aeolian deposits is a record of great importance in order to interpret and know in greater detail the global climate changes that have occurred on the planet over the last few million years. Some of the most remarkable testimonies derived from these changes can be observed thanks to the decrease in sea level after the last regression. In addition, the fossils found mark the evolution of some of the marine organisms that were present at other times.

Flora and fauna
With regard to the species of flora and fauna present in the area, they currently do not differ from those of the rest of the coastal landscape of this sector of the island. As for the uses, it is worth mentioning fishing, as well as the practice of shellfishing on intertidal rasas. They also highlight the ethnographic and historical values related to the lime and mining industry, leaving many testimonies about these activities.

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Ajuy: one of the oldest treasures in the Canary Islands.

Belonging to the municipality of Pájara and bordering the municipality of Betancuria there is a small fishing village called Ajuy. This enclave, located west of Fuerteventura, is characterized by the outcrop of the oldest geological materials of the Archipelago.



A geological gem
The Natural Monument of Ajuy has an area of 31.8 hectares and geographically is included within another Protected Natural Area, the Rural Park of Betancuria. It so happens that the Betancuria Rural Park is the largest protected area on the island, unlike the Ajuy Natural Monument, which is the smallest space.

Geologically this space has a special relevance, since it is where the oldest materials in the entire archipelago are located. On the cliff located on the northern margin of the Barranco de Ajuy, north of the town, you can see the outcrop of the Basal Complex, whose age ranges between 100 and 150 million years, having been formed, therefore, during the Cretaceous or time of the dinosaurs. If we compare this antiquity with that estimated to have the island, between 30 and 35 million years, it is still one more reason for its great scientific interest. These materials were generated during the separation of the African and American continents, coinciding with the formation of the Atlantic Ocean, also showing numerous more recent magmatic intrusions in the form of.

The footprint of climate and history
Subsequently, variations in sea level gave rise to the formation of a marine sedimentary deposit on which we can observe the presence of paleodunes from the Pliocene period that are located more than 14 meters above current sea level. There is no doubt that the existence of all these materials is of great interest when it comes to understanding in more detail the process of formation of the island of Fuerteventura.

The existence of fossils in marine and aeolian deposits is a record of great importance in order to interpret and know in greater detail the global climate changes that have occurred on the planet over the last few million years. Some of the most remarkable testimonies derived from these changes can be observed thanks to the decrease in sea level after the last regression. In addition, the fossils found mark the evolution of some of the marine organisms that were present at other times.

Flora and fauna
With regard to the species of flora and fauna present in the area, they currently do not differ from those of the rest of the coastal landscape of this sector of the island. As for the uses, it is worth mentioning fishing, as well as the practice of shellfishing on intertidal rasas. They also highlight the ethnographic and historical values related to the lime and mining industry, leaving many testimonies about these activities.

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Barranco de Tinojay, a "naval museum in stone".

The Barranco de Tinojay, located in the municipality of La Oliva, begins with the name of Barranco de Vallebrón on the N. E. slope of Montaña de La Muda, running through the Vallebrón Valley until it reaches the height of the village of La Caldereta. At this point, located north of La Calderetilla, it joins the Barranco del Llano del Palo. From there to its mouth in Boca del Barranco de Tinojay or Playa de los Valdivias, it is called Barranco de Tinojay. It is from the section between Rosa del Alto to Rosa de Tinojay where the engraving stations are located, constituted according to the researchers, by numerous naviform engravings, reticulated and a podomorph, highlighting, according to the author J. M. Amezcua (560: 1995), some 66 inscriptions for being in better condition than the rest.



Rock engravings


The engravings are made on basaltic blocks and loose rocks, located mostly on the left bank of the ravine, being scarcer on its right bank, probably because in this part the lichens prevent them from being clearly visualized. To this natural deterioration is added the one produced by human action when some of these inscriptions were made, on others older destroying, in some cases the strokes of previous engravings.

In view of their concentration and spatial distribution in the territory, the rock engravings of the Barranco de Tinojay have been divided into three stations (see annex II).



Naval representations
The main motif engraved along the Barranco de Tinojay is the representation of ships. The extraordinary uniqueness of the ships, due to both the quantity and variety of the characteristics represented, make the naviform engravings of the Barranco de Tinojay, a cultural reference for the history of the Canary Islands in general and Fuerteventura in particular. In Tinojay you can observe, through the ships engraved on the rocks, the different cultures that sailed with their ships the Atlantic sailing for different reasons around the island.

According to J. M. Amezcua (561-568; 1995) in the Barranco de Tinojay are represented ships from various peoples of antiquity such as Egyptian, Cretan, Greek, Phoenician, Punic, Roman galleys, Nordic or Mediterranean cocas, caravels and rollers, galleons, Barbary jabeques, sloops and faluchos.

These engravings are considered by some researchers as a naval museum in stone, since in the Barranco the evolution of navigation through time is appreciated, both rowing and sailing. Following J.M. Amezcua, ships are located with bogar oars, gobernalle oars, square, trapezoidal, triangular sails, cups, spurs, mainmasts, mesanas, ratchets, etc.

Possible Aboriginal taxpayers
Some of these rock manifestations are estimated by researchers as contemporaneous to the aboriginal era, at least since the first expeditions to the Canary Islands of European ships in search of slaves, orchillas, etc., between a chronological period that covers between the end of the thirteenth century and the end of the fifteenth century. These possible contacts of the aborigines with the European populations and the possibilities of trade that the ships opened, but also, the threat imposed by the slave raids, would be phenomena that we must weigh if they affected enough to induce them to sometimes make these representations, however, we lack any data to establish a cause-effect relationship between them (Gabriel Escribano Cobo, Alfredo Mederos Martín, Domingo Chinea. 45; 1997).

From the sixteenth century, and already in historical times for the island, there was a progressive renewal among the types of ships that most frequently visited our coasts. For this time, researchers have pointed out several hypotheses that could explain the presence of these engravings relating it to maritime traffic in the area such as the possibility of watering in coves, maritime provisioning in periods of poor harvests, the transport of population to the islands, emigration as a symbol of hope for a better life or the threat of pirate attacks.



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Barranco de Tinojay, a "naval museum in stone".

The Barranco de Tinojay, located in the municipality of La Oliva, begins with the name of Barranco de Vallebrón on the N. E. slope of Montaña de La Muda, running through the Vallebrón Valley until it reaches the height of the village of La Caldereta. At this point, located north of La Calderetilla, it joins the Barranco del Llano del Palo. From there to its mouth in Boca del Barranco de Tinojay or Playa de los Valdivias, it is called Barranco de Tinojay. It is from the section between Rosa del Alto to Rosa de Tinojay where the engraving stations are located, constituted according to the researchers, by numerous naviform engravings, reticulated and a podomorph, highlighting, according to the author J. M. Amezcua (560: 1995), some 66 inscriptions for being in better condition than the rest.



Rock engravings


The engravings are made on basaltic blocks and loose rocks, located mostly on the left bank of the ravine, being scarcer on its right bank, probably because in this part the lichens prevent them from being clearly visualized. To this natural deterioration is added the one produced by human action when some of these inscriptions were made, on others older destroying, in some cases the strokes of previous engravings.

In view of their concentration and spatial distribution in the territory, the rock engravings of the Barranco de Tinojay have been divided into three stations (see annex II).



Naval representations
The main motif engraved along the Barranco de Tinojay is the representation of ships. The extraordinary uniqueness of the ships, due to both the quantity and variety of the characteristics represented, make the naviform engravings of the Barranco de Tinojay, a cultural reference for the history of the Canary Islands in general and Fuerteventura in particular. In Tinojay you can observe, through the ships engraved on the rocks, the different cultures that sailed with their ships the Atlantic sailing for different reasons around the island.

According to J. M. Amezcua (561-568; 1995) in the Barranco de Tinojay are represented ships from various peoples of antiquity such as Egyptian, Cretan, Greek, Phoenician, Punic, Roman galleys, Nordic or Mediterranean cocas, caravels and rollers, galleons, Barbary jabeques, sloops and faluchos.

These engravings are considered by some researchers as a naval museum in stone, since in the Barranco the evolution of navigation through time is appreciated, both rowing and sailing. Following J.M. Amezcua, ships are located with bogar oars, gobernalle oars, square, trapezoidal, triangular sails, cups, spurs, mainmasts, mesanas, ratchets, etc.

Possible Aboriginal taxpayers
Some of these rock manifestations are estimated by researchers as contemporaneous to the aboriginal era, at least since the first expeditions to the Canary Islands of European ships in search of slaves, orchillas, etc., between a chronological period that covers between the end of the thirteenth century and the end of the fifteenth century. These possible contacts of the aborigines with the European populations and the possibilities of trade that the ships opened, but also, the threat imposed by the slave raids, would be phenomena that we must weigh if they affected enough to induce them to sometimes make these representations, however, we lack any data to establish a cause-effect relationship between them (Gabriel Escribano Cobo, Alfredo Mederos Martín, Domingo Chinea. 45; 1997).

From the sixteenth century, and already in historical times for the island, there was a progressive renewal among the types of ships that most frequently visited our coasts. For this time, researchers have pointed out several hypotheses that could explain the presence of these engravings relating it to maritime traffic in the area such as the possibility of watering in coves, maritime provisioning in periods of poor harvests, the transport of population to the islands, emigration as a symbol of hope for a better life or the threat of pirate attacks.



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A temple for Our Lady of the Conception.

Fuerteventura has several historic buildings, among them is the well-known Hermitage of Our Lady of the Conception, the temple is located in the town of Los Llanos de la Concepción, declared of Cultural Interest in May 2007





A building with more than 200 years
The place of Llanos de La Concepción was known until the late eighteenth century as Llanos del Otro Valle or Llanos de Santa Inés. This settlement, quite old, built its temple between 1784 and 1796, being its main promoter D. Joseph de Armas who became guarantor of the work. On November 3, 1796, the entire neighborhood committed itself to the endowment and maintenance of the temple that would be under the invocation of Our Lady of La Concepción, later taking the place the name of said patron, and decreed in 1797 that this feast would be celebrated on August 15 of each year. The temple was blessed on March 20, 1798.

With the Parish Restructuring Plan of Fuerteventura, culminated in 1792 by the prelate Antonio Tavira y Almazán, the payment of Los Llanos de La Concepción became the property of the newly created beneficiary of Casillas del Ángel. and as a consequence of the Constitution of 1812 and the subsequent territorial division into municipalities, this place was part of the municipality of Casillas del Ángel until September 21, 1926, when said municipality disappears when it is annexed by Puerto Cabras.

Building structure
The temple is a modest construction with a simple nave covered with three waters and exposed tiles. In both longitudinal walls of the hermitage there are windows near the altar area. The sacristy is attached to the head of the temple occupying the same width as the hermitage and differing from it by the hipped roof and without tile.

The access to the temple is made by two doors, one towards the middle of the wall of the epistle, facing south and the main door facing west, both are finished in a semicircular arch. On the main doorway, in the central part of the gable opens a small oculus. The belfry is placed on the upper right side of the façade, plastered and painted white, with a small hollow-bell topped in a semicircular arch, crowning the rectangle that forms the whole of the belfry protrudes a small cornice on which rest two small decorative volutes flanking a pinnacle. The hermitage is surrounded by a small wall attached to the north, south and east sides. In front of the main door there is a small paving of limestone slabs and in front of it is also the small calvary with a wooden cross on a square base.

Interior of the building
Inside, the simple wooden roof rests on three sides on a hearth with cord decoration and the almizate is decorated with simple geometric motifs; simple wooden braces counteract the thrust exerted by the roof on the walls and two small braces in the corners of the head of the temple. On the wall of the epistle, next to the altar, there is a small niche with a corbel that houses small images. The sacristy is accessed by an open door on the right side of the front wall. The entrance is covered with simple wooden truss and features a large window in the south wall, characteristic of domestic architecture, with masonry seats within the wall.



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A temple for Our Lady of the Conception.

Fuerteventura has several historic buildings, among them is the well-known Hermitage of Our Lady of the Conception, the temple is located in the town of Los Llanos de la Concepción, declared of Cultural Interest in May 2007





A building with more than 200 years
The place of Llanos de La Concepción was known until the late eighteenth century as Llanos del Otro Valle or Llanos de Santa Inés. This settlement, quite old, built its temple between 1784 and 1796, being its main promoter D. Joseph de Armas who became guarantor of the work. On November 3, 1796, the entire neighborhood committed itself to the endowment and maintenance of the temple that would be under the invocation of Our Lady of La Concepción, later taking the place the name of said patron, and decreed in 1797 that this feast would be celebrated on August 15 of each year. The temple was blessed on March 20, 1798.

With the Parish Restructuring Plan of Fuerteventura, culminated in 1792 by the prelate Antonio Tavira y Almazán, the payment of Los Llanos de La Concepción became the property of the newly created beneficiary of Casillas del Ángel. and as a consequence of the Constitution of 1812 and the subsequent territorial division into municipalities, this place was part of the municipality of Casillas del Ángel until September 21, 1926, when said municipality disappears when it is annexed by Puerto Cabras.

Building structure
The temple is a modest construction with a simple nave covered with three waters and exposed tiles. In both longitudinal walls of the hermitage there are windows near the altar area. The sacristy is attached to the head of the temple occupying the same width as the hermitage and differing from it by the hipped roof and without tile.

The access to the temple is made by two doors, one towards the middle of the wall of the epistle, facing south and the main door facing west, both are finished in a semicircular arch. On the main doorway, in the central part of the gable opens a small oculus. The belfry is placed on the upper right side of the façade, plastered and painted white, with a small hollow-bell topped in a semicircular arch, crowning the rectangle that forms the whole of the belfry protrudes a small cornice on which rest two small decorative volutes flanking a pinnacle. The hermitage is surrounded by a small wall attached to the north, south and east sides. In front of the main door there is a small paving of limestone slabs and in front of it is also the small calvary with a wooden cross on a square base.

Interior of the building
Inside, the simple wooden roof rests on three sides on a hearth with cord decoration and the almizate is decorated with simple geometric motifs; simple wooden braces counteract the thrust exerted by the roof on the walls and two small braces in the corners of the head of the temple. On the wall of the epistle, next to the altar, there is a small niche with a corbel that houses small images. The sacristy is accessed by an open door on the right side of the front wall. The entrance is covered with simple wooden truss and features a large window in the south wall, characteristic of domestic architecture, with masonry seats within the wall.



Source: Government of the Canary Islands]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Hermitage-in-El-Cotillo Sat, 29 Apr 2023 20:47:40 +0000 TamaraEnLaPlaya]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Hermitage-in-El-Cotillo Radio Sintonia:

The Hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Buen Viaje, a reference for fishermen and boats.

Fuerteventura has numerous historic buildings founded several centuries ago. Just in the north of the island is, specifically in the town of El Cotillo, the Hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Buen Viaje, declared an Asset of Cultural Interest on February 10, 2003



A hermitage with more than 300 years
It is located in the village of Cotillo, municipality of La Oliva, on an esplanade, with the façade facing the sea.

The hermitage of El Tostón was founded by the captain and Sergeant Major, D. Sebastián Trujillo Ruiz, relative of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, on the seventh of June 1680.

Exterior structure
The hermitage has undergone different extensions and restorations over time, as corroborated in the inscription on its façade, carried out in 1834. Outside it is presented in a simple rectangular construction and sacristy attached to the wall of the gospel, at the height of the main altar, place by which both enclosures communicate. On the main façade opens a door framed in black stonework topped with a semicircular arch. On this arch there is an inscription with the date of 1834 on a piece of clear stonework. The belfry is located on the upper right side of the gable, consists of a single hollow-bell, topped in a semicircular arch. The façade is cut in the form of an arch, crowned by a small wooden cross on a stonework base. In front of the main door is the small calvary with a wooden cross on a podium in a staggered form.

Interior of the ship
The interior roof is covered with a simple gabled coffered ceiling and almizate decorated with geometric motifs (lacery); Two simple wooden braces join the side walls.

The following elements are part of it:

– Wooden altarpiece of a single body divided into three streets separated by pilasters, in each of them a niche opens in which the images are welcomed, it is located at the head of the temple.

– Image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, located in the left niche of the altarpiece, round bulk and recently manufactured.

– Image of Jesus Savior of the world. Sculpture of round bulk and recent manufacture, is located in the right niche of the altarpiece.

– Carving of Christ on the Cross, located in the niche of the attic of the altarpiece, of round bulk.

– Image of Our Lady of the Good Journey. This candlestick sculpture is located in the central niche of the altarpiece, it is the most interesting image of the temple, with the face, hand and hair carved in wood and polychromed like the Child who holds the virgin in his right hand, carrying a cane in the left.

– Chalice, silver of the S. XIX.



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The Hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Buen Viaje, a reference for fishermen and boats.

Fuerteventura has numerous historic buildings founded several centuries ago. Just in the north of the island is, specifically in the town of El Cotillo, the Hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Buen Viaje, declared an Asset of Cultural Interest on February 10, 2003



A hermitage with more than 300 years
It is located in the village of Cotillo, municipality of La Oliva, on an esplanade, with the façade facing the sea.

The hermitage of El Tostón was founded by the captain and Sergeant Major, D. Sebastián Trujillo Ruiz, relative of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, on the seventh of June 1680.

Exterior structure
The hermitage has undergone different extensions and restorations over time, as corroborated in the inscription on its façade, carried out in 1834. Outside it is presented in a simple rectangular construction and sacristy attached to the wall of the gospel, at the height of the main altar, place by which both enclosures communicate. On the main façade opens a door framed in black stonework topped with a semicircular arch. On this arch there is an inscription with the date of 1834 on a piece of clear stonework. The belfry is located on the upper right side of the gable, consists of a single hollow-bell, topped in a semicircular arch. The façade is cut in the form of an arch, crowned by a small wooden cross on a stonework base. In front of the main door is the small calvary with a wooden cross on a podium in a staggered form.

Interior of the ship
The interior roof is covered with a simple gabled coffered ceiling and almizate decorated with geometric motifs (lacery); Two simple wooden braces join the side walls.

The following elements are part of it:

– Wooden altarpiece of a single body divided into three streets separated by pilasters, in each of them a niche opens in which the images are welcomed, it is located at the head of the temple.

– Image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, located in the left niche of the altarpiece, round bulk and recently manufactured.

– Image of Jesus Savior of the world. Sculpture of round bulk and recent manufacture, is located in the right niche of the altarpiece.

– Carving of Christ on the Cross, located in the niche of the attic of the altarpiece, of round bulk.

– Image of Our Lady of the Good Journey. This candlestick sculpture is located in the central niche of the altarpiece, it is the most interesting image of the temple, with the face, hand and hair carved in wood and polychromed like the Child who holds the virgin in his right hand, carrying a cane in the left.

– Chalice, silver of the S. XIX.



Source: Government of the Canary Islands]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Hermitage-in-La-Caldereta Sat, 22 Apr 2023 20:17:25 +0000 TamaraEnLaPlaya]]> https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Hermitage-in-La-Caldereta Radio Sintonia:

The hermitage of La Caldereta, a controversial sanctuary.

Fuerteventura has a large number of cultural and historical buildings, among which is the Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores and San Miguel Arcángel, declared of Cultural Interest on April 4, 2008.



A controversial building for the neighbors
The foundation of a hermitage in La Caldereta had in the background a strong litigation between the neighbors of this place and those of the neighboring town of Vallebrón.

The small rural nucleus of La Caldereta de los Denises, until the end of the eighteenth century, did not have its own sanctuary that allowed its neighbors to comply with religious precepts, having to move to La Oliva or Vallebrón to comply with them, generating a series of discomforts and losses of time, mainly in times of greater agricultural work and in periods of rain.

Demographic expansion and economic boom
The hamlet of La Caldereta arises, possibly, as a result of the demographic takeoff of the eighteenth century, motivated by the economic prosperity that is lived at that time on the island that implied the expansion of the vegas and the foundation of small rural nuclei, whose economic activity was based on agriculture and livestock, as is the case of La Caldereta, activities that are still in place.

In the nineties of the eighteenth century the neighbors of this small payment began the relevant procedures before the bishopric to have their own hermitage, near their place of residence, but their first intention was not to erect a new temple but, based on the fact that the town of Vallebrón had two sanctuaries, one dedicated to Our Lady of Grace and another to San Juan, decided to ask the Bishop to transfer the first temple, with the image and materials, to La Caldereta endorsing their request the co-patrons of the hermitage of Gracia, neighbors of the payment of La Caldereta. This request was to the liking of Bishop who gave his approval to the transfer of the temple.

Strong opposition
The resolution of the Bishop, of the transfer of the temple, immediately had a strong opposition from the neighbors of Vallebrón, generating a conflict between both payments, which determined that the Bishop decreed the suspension of the transfer of the hermitage.

Resolution that, of course, did not please the residents of La Caldereta, although they accepted it for a while, waiting for tempers to calm down and to be able to continue with their attempt to transfer. Faced with the impossibility of agreement between the inhabitants of both payments, the neighbors of La Caldereta decide to request authorization from the Bishop to build a new temple, dedicated to Our Lady of Grace, committing to erect it at the expense of the neighbors and with the donations of the devotees. Bishop D. Antonio Tavira gives his authorization on July 14, 1792.

Several years to erect the building and a change of ownership
The construction of the temple was not carried out immediately, but after sixteen years after its authorization, also occurring at this time that the neighbors decide to change the ownership of the temple of Our Lady of Grace by that of Our Lady of Sorrows and San Miguel Arcángel, for which they request a license to change ownership of the temple, obtaining the same in the general visit made by Bishop D. Manuel Verdugo in 1800.

In the year 1808 the hermitage was completely finished but it did not have endowment to sustain its maintenance, a problem that had to be solved before its blessing, which is why the neighbors, who had raised and decorated it at their expense, are committed, in a document signed before a notary public in February 1808 in La Oliva, to the maintenance of the temple and on February 11 of that same year authorization is requested to proceed to bless the hermitage. Act that occurred on March 24 of that year, officiated by the priest D. Manuel Francisco Rodríguez de Godoy.

Building structure
The hermitage was built on a flat land, of small dimensions, with a single floor in rectangular shape and sacristy attached to the side of the epistle, at the height of the main chapel. The current temple is covered with three waters and the sacristy with flat roof, both are made following the methods of traditional rural architecture, with a rather rustic image, which has been maintained over time. The sacristy is accessed from a door in the west wall, it is quite low, lintelled and on three steps. The temple can be accessed from two doors, a lateral one open towards the middle of the south wall and the main door in the west wall. The lateral is lintelled and quite low; It is accessed from 4 steps of whitewashed masonry. The main façade is framed in dark stonework and finished in a semicircular arch. The belfry is located in the center of the façade, placed at the top of the gable, is more recent than the temple, has a rectangular shape, with a bell hole topped with a semicircular arch and crowning the set is a small cross. In front of the main door there is also a white slab paving. The hermitage and sacristy are surrounded by a low wall, masonry, whitewashed and whitewashed and in the middle of the esplanade in front of the temple, in front of the main door is the calvary, double circular tier, masonry and whitewashed.

Interior structure
Inside the hermitage has a three-sided roof with almizate decorated with simple lacería; Three simple wooden braces in the nave and four small ones in the corners counteract the thrust exerted by the roof on the walls. A wooden strip attached to the wall, painted brown, runs along the entire interior perimeter of the nave, at a height of approximately 80 cm high, surrounding the openings of the doors. The high altar rises from the rest of the nave by a small step.



Source: Government of the Canary Islands

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The hermitage of La Caldereta, a controversial sanctuary.

Fuerteventura has a large number of cultural and historical buildings, among which is the Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores and San Miguel Arcángel, declared of Cultural Interest on April 4, 2008.



A controversial building for the neighbors
The foundation of a hermitage in La Caldereta had in the background a strong litigation between the neighbors of this place and those of the neighboring town of Vallebrón.

The small rural nucleus of La Caldereta de los Denises, until the end of the eighteenth century, did not have its own sanctuary that allowed its neighbors to comply with religious precepts, having to move to La Oliva or Vallebrón to comply with them, generating a series of discomforts and losses of time, mainly in times of greater agricultural work and in periods of rain.

Demographic expansion and economic boom
The hamlet of La Caldereta arises, possibly, as a result of the demographic takeoff of the eighteenth century, motivated by the economic prosperity that is lived at that time on the island that implied the expansion of the vegas and the foundation of small rural nuclei, whose economic activity was based on agriculture and livestock, as is the case of La Caldereta, activities that are still in place.

In the nineties of the eighteenth century the neighbors of this small payment began the relevant procedures before the bishopric to have their own hermitage, near their place of residence, but their first intention was not to erect a new temple but, based on the fact that the town of Vallebrón had two sanctuaries, one dedicated to Our Lady of Grace and another to San Juan, decided to ask the Bishop to transfer the first temple, with the image and materials, to La Caldereta endorsing their request the co-patrons of the hermitage of Gracia, neighbors of the payment of La Caldereta. This request was to the liking of Bishop who gave his approval to the transfer of the temple.

Strong opposition
The resolution of the Bishop, of the transfer of the temple, immediately had a strong opposition from the neighbors of Vallebrón, generating a conflict between both payments, which determined that the Bishop decreed the suspension of the transfer of the hermitage.

Resolution that, of course, did not please the residents of La Caldereta, although they accepted it for a while, waiting for tempers to calm down and to be able to continue with their attempt to transfer. Faced with the impossibility of agreement between the inhabitants of both payments, the neighbors of La Caldereta decide to request authorization from the Bishop to build a new temple, dedicated to Our Lady of Grace, committing to erect it at the expense of the neighbors and with the donations of the devotees. Bishop D. Antonio Tavira gives his authorization on July 14, 1792.

Several years to erect the building and a change of ownership
The construction of the temple was not carried out immediately, but after sixteen years after its authorization, also occurring at this time that the neighbors decide to change the ownership of the temple of Our Lady of Grace by that of Our Lady of Sorrows and San Miguel Arcángel, for which they request a license to change ownership of the temple, obtaining the same in the general visit made by Bishop D. Manuel Verdugo in 1800.

In the year 1808 the hermitage was completely finished but it did not have endowment to sustain its maintenance, a problem that had to be solved before its blessing, which is why the neighbors, who had raised and decorated it at their expense, are committed, in a document signed before a notary public in February 1808 in La Oliva, to the maintenance of the temple and on February 11 of that same year authorization is requested to proceed to bless the hermitage. Act that occurred on March 24 of that year, officiated by the priest D. Manuel Francisco Rodríguez de Godoy.

Building structure
The hermitage was built on a flat land, of small dimensions, with a single floor in rectangular shape and sacristy attached to the side of the epistle, at the height of the main chapel. The current temple is covered with three waters and the sacristy with flat roof, both are made following the methods of traditional rural architecture, with a rather rustic image, which has been maintained over time. The sacristy is accessed from a door in the west wall, it is quite low, lintelled and on three steps. The temple can be accessed from two doors, a lateral one open towards the middle of the south wall and the main door in the west wall. The lateral is lintelled and quite low; It is accessed from 4 steps of whitewashed masonry. The main façade is framed in dark stonework and finished in a semicircular arch. The belfry is located in the center of the façade, placed at the top of the gable, is more recent than the temple, has a rectangular shape, with a bell hole topped with a semicircular arch and crowning the set is a small cross. In front of the main door there is also a white slab paving. The hermitage and sacristy are surrounded by a low wall, masonry, whitewashed and whitewashed and in the middle of the esplanade in front of the temple, in front of the main door is the calvary, double circular tier, masonry and whitewashed.

Interior structure
Inside the hermitage has a three-sided roof with almizate decorated with simple lacería; Three simple wooden braces in the nave and four small ones in the corners counteract the thrust exerted by the roof on the walls. A wooden strip attached to the wall, painted brown, runs along the entire interior perimeter of the nave, at a height of approximately 80 cm high, surrounding the openings of the doors. The high altar rises from the rest of the nave by a small step.



Source: Government of the Canary Islands

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Hermitage of Our Lady of Charity, a sanctuary in Tindaya.

Fuerteventura has several historic buildings scattered throughout the island, among them is the hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, which is located in Tindaya (La Oliva). This structure was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest by Decree 255/1993, of September 24, 1993.



Sanctuary structure
Rectangular building with small sacristy attached to the right side. The single nave is undifferentiated and only one step highlights the area of the main altar. The pavement is made of stone slabs of the country and the roof is a simple torque and row truss with four braces of simple beams. The façade adapts to the gabled roof of the building and is centered by the main door with a semicircular arcade. The entire exterior is whitewashed, except for the belfry of a hole that rises on the left side of the façade and is of the so-called millstone. On the wall on the side of the Epistle opens a second door, with a semicircular arch. The small Sacristy, on the other hand, has access from the right side of the main altar and communicates directly with the square through a door; Its roof is hipped and independent of the rest of the hermitage.

Pieces of important cultural value
The movable property that comprises and constitutes an essential part of its history are: Main altarpiece (baroque, eighteenth century), canvases of the Dream of San José (very close to the style of Cristóbal Hernández de Quintana) and Immaculate Conception (Canarian school), image of Our Lady of Charity (candlestick), Holy Water Font, pulpit, etc.

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Hermitage of Our Lady of Charity, a sanctuary in Tindaya.

Fuerteventura has several historic buildings scattered throughout the island, among them is the hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, which is located in Tindaya (La Oliva). This structure was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest by Decree 255/1993, of September 24, 1993.



Sanctuary structure
Rectangular building with small sacristy attached to the right side. The single nave is undifferentiated and only one step highlights the area of the main altar. The pavement is made of stone slabs of the country and the roof is a simple torque and row truss with four braces of simple beams. The façade adapts to the gabled roof of the building and is centered by the main door with a semicircular arcade. The entire exterior is whitewashed, except for the belfry of a hole that rises on the left side of the façade and is of the so-called millstone. On the wall on the side of the Epistle opens a second door, with a semicircular arch. The small Sacristy, on the other hand, has access from the right side of the main altar and communicates directly with the square through a door; Its roof is hipped and independent of the rest of the hermitage.

Pieces of important cultural value
The movable property that comprises and constitutes an essential part of its history are: Main altarpiece (baroque, eighteenth century), canvases of the Dream of San José (very close to the style of Cristóbal Hernández de Quintana) and Immaculate Conception (Canarian school), image of Our Lady of Charity (candlestick), Holy Water Font, pulpit, etc.

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