Canary Islands
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The Canary Islands or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost autonomous community of Spain, located about 100 kilometres off the northwest coast of Africa. The archipel
Guanche mummy of a woman (830 AD). Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
A selection of artefacts unearthed from the Lomo de los Gatos site on Gran Canaria
Reconstruction of a Guanche settlement of Tenerife
Alonso Fernández de Lugo presenting the captured native Guanche kings of Tenerife to the Catholic Monarchs
Las Palmas
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Las Palmas, officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands in Spain. With a population of 383,516 as of 2024, it is the ninth-
Canary Islands
…Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas. In 1982, the autonomous community of the Canary Islands was established. The cities of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria are, jointly, the capitals of the islands. Those cities are also, respectively, the capitals of the provinces of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas…
Las Palmas panorama
Canteras EM1B2907
Catedral Santa Ana
Bandama Caldera, Gran Canaria, May 2018