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Author: TamaraEnLaPlaya - Replies: 5 - Views: 8411
History of Real Estate FV & LZ
From Diario:

Part 1 of an article by Mario Ferrer

Faced with another year of rising house prices, it is worth reviewing the deep historical oscillations that the real estate business has experienced and its well-known speculation.
[color=#000000][size=large][font=Roboto, Arial]It does not have the glamour of politics, the economy or society, but history of the real estate evolution of a place does not ce
Author: TamaraEnLaPlaya - Replies: 5 - Views: 5076
History of the word - Gambuesa
Noticias:

[size=medium][font=asap-regular, Arial, sans-serif]The word [color=#111111]Gambuesa, in itself makes a journey of high etymological value, and although in our days we have it closely related to the "large stone corral, in which the goats are enclosed once gathered", or at least that is what the RAE affirms, in the historical evolution, which is when we have references, it has an interesting strength as a term, always accompanying the farmer, the cattle and as
Author: TamaraEnLaPlaya - Replies: 0 - Views: 3647
History - Inés Peraza de las Casas (1424-1503)
Diario:

[color=#000000][size=large][font=Roboto, Arial]Inés Peraza de las Casas (1424-1503), also known as the Lady of the Canary Islands, was the last owner of the great lordship of the entire Canary Islands, when Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, El Hierro and La Gomera were already conquered, something that did not happen with La Palma, Tenerife and Gran Canaria, although her rights did belong to her. As a second daughter, Inés Peraza was not going to be the heiress, but, after the death
Author: TamaraEnLaPlaya - Replies: 6 - Views: 5639
History - when FV & LZ were the Granary of the Canaries
Diario:

ANOTHER HISTORY OF THE CANARY ISLANDS

By Mario Ferrer

When Fuerteventura and Lanzarote were the granary of the Canary Islands.

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Author: TamaraEnLaPlaya - Replies: 1 - Views: 3033
New History Museum goes out to Tender
Radio Sinatonia:

The works for the construction of the Museum of History of Puerto del Rosario in Tetir go out to tender.

[color=#111111][font=Roboto, sans-serif][size=small][color=#222222][font=Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system,]The Department of Contracting of the City of Puerto del Rosario has announced this Friday that the construction of what will be the Museum of History and Sculptur
Author: GSDGirl - Replies: 8 - Views: 5487
Hotel El Mirador History
I have been trying to find some information regarding El Mirador Hotel, in particular, what was it before it was a Parador, what year it was originally converted and some pictures of its previous life as a Parador before it went into neglect.

[size=large]We have walked past there numerous times over the years when we have walked from Rosario to Caleta. It always looked like a Police Station with motor bikes and squad cars parked up but the rest of the building just
Author: TamaraEnLaPlaya - Replies: 4 - Views: 3001
History of the word - Gambuesa (cont.)
Noticias:

The tools of the apañada, La Lata or Garrote (I).
To move around the cliffs the majorero inherits from his pre-Hispanic past this phenomenal utensil used in grazing.
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Author: Pho - Replies: 8 - Views: 6306
History of the observatory site in Tefia
I have been doing some research on the observatory at Tefia and its surroundings. Here are three brief notes for anyone interested
Author: TamaraEnLaPlaya - Replies: 0 - Views: 3105
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
Author: TamaraEnLaPlaya - Replies: 0 - Views: 2264
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 fo