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Risco Caído is a land-form and archaeological site on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain. The site contains prehistoric cave dwellings, temples, and granaries attributed to the pre-Hispanic culture of the Canary Islands. It is also considered to have been used as an astronomical observatory by Aboriginal people.
The island also contains numerous Phoenician ruins, and the fortified and walled older portions of the city date to the 16th century. [26] Poblet Monastery: Vimbodí: Catalonia: 518; 1991; i, iv: 12th and 13th centuries: The monastery was founded by the Cistercians in 1151 and is one of the largest in Spain.
The ruins of an eighteenth-century castle remain on the island; the tower of the castle has been substantially rebuilt, and it is now in use as a lighthouse. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1993. [citation needed] The name, Sancti Petri, also applies to the beach on the mainland, in Chiclana de la Frontera, directly opposite the ...
Empúries was founded on a small island at the mouth of the river Fluvià, in a region inhabited by the Indigetes (at the present time, the mouth of the Fluvià is about 6 km to the north). This city came to be known as the Palaiapolis , the "old city" when, towards 550 BC, the inhabitants moved to the mainland, creating the Neapolis , the "new ...
Pages in category "Ruins in Spain" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. El Maipés Necropolis; B.
Currently, the ruins of Fort San Lorenzo and the Chagres village site are contained within the 30,000 acres (12,000 ha) of the San Lorenzo Protected Area, all former Canal Zone territory. [ 11 ] In 1980, UNESCO declared Fort San Lorenzo, together with the fortified town of Portobelo about 30 miles (48 km) to the northeast, to be a World ...
Arwad island (Ruad), occupied in 1300–1302 [4] In the Principality of Antioch, now in Turkey: Roche-Guillaume, 12th century–1203 and 1237–1298; Trapessac, in the 12th century until 1188; Bagras (Gaston), 1153–1189 and 1216–1268; Roche de Roissel, from the 12th century to 1268
They are located in the district of Chacona, part of the town of Güímar on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. The structures have been dated to the 19th century AD and they may originally have been a byproduct of contemporary agricultural techniques. These pyramids stand as high as 12 metres (39 ft).