José de Viera y Clavijo
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José de Viera y Clavijo, was a Spanish, of Portuguese descent, Enlightenment ecclesiastic, poet, historian, botanist, ethnographer, and professor. He is best known for his exhaustive History of the Ca
Fabregat Retrato de José Viera y Clavijo
The Church of St James is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the town of Los Realejos, Tenerife, Spain. Founded in 1496, it was declared a national monument of Spain by Royal decree of Spain 59
José de Viera y Clavijo
…by scholarship after his time the "spiritual son" of the former. Viera was born in Realejo Alto, on the island of Tenerife, and was baptized at the Parroquia Matriz del Apóstol Santiago. He was the son of notary and town mayor, Gabriel Álamo y Viera and his wife Antonia María Clavijo. As a child, his family moved to La Orotava, where…
Church of St James, Los Realejos
The Realejo de Arriba in the 19th century