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Flag of Gran Canaria. Gran Canaria (UK: / ˌ ɡ r æ n k ə ˈ n ɛər i ə,-ˈ n ɑːr-/, US: / ˌ ɡ r ɑː n k ə ˈ n ɑːr i ə,-ˈ n ɛər-/; [2] [3] Spanish: [ɡɾaŋ kaˈnaɾja] ⓘ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, [4] an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa and is part of Spain.
The Romans named each of the islands: Ninguaria or Nivaria (Tenerife), Canaria (Gran Canaria), Pluvialia or Invale (Lanzarote), Ombrion (La Palma), Planasia (Fuerteventura), Iunonia or Junonia (El Hierro) and Capraria (La Gomera). From the 14th century onward, sailors from Mallorca, Portugal and Genoa made numerous visits.
The division of Gran Canaria at the time of the conquest (Guanartemato de Gáldar – dark green, Guanartemato de Telde – light green) There were three stages in the conquest of Gran Canaria: a) Initial stage, June – December 1478. The first expeditionary force disembarked on La Isleta on 24 June 1478.
The Dutch concentrated on Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, attempting to burn it down. The Dutch pillaged Maspalomas, on the southern coast of Gran Canaria, San Sebastián on La Gomera, and Santa Cruz on La Palma, but eventually gave up the siege of Las Palmas and withdrew. Christian prisoners are sold as slaves in a square in Algiers.
In Gran Canaria, suicide was regarded as honorable, and whenever a new king was installed, one of his subjects willingly honored the occasion by throwing himself over a precipice. [ 1 ] [ 37 ] In some islands, polyandry was practised; [ 1 ] in others they were monogamous .
It is located 600 m (1,969 ft) (in direct line) south of the northern coast of the Gran Canaria island, on the small GC-291 road, near Las Palmas (23 km (14 mi) east) and Agaete (11 km (7 mi) south-west) (see § "Access" for more details). Galdar is about 4 km (2 mi) west in direct line. The site overlooks the San Felipe ravine, a north ...
In 1880 they opened a small museum and library on the second floor of Las Palmas City Hall with the aim of promoting the study of Canarian history. There were no higher educational institutions in Gran Canaria at the time, and the museum became the main driving force behind historical research on the island.
[234] [235] [236] Similar pyroclastic rock has been extracted from quarries on Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura. [237] On Gran Canaria, lapilli have been extracted at quarries for use in heat exchangers, and for filters that remove dust from gases. [238] The sedimentary rock calcrete (also known as caliche) was extracted at some quarries in ...
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