The figures linked with Fuerteventura help turn broad historical processes into concrete biographies and local memory.
Biographies linked with Fuerteventura show how wider Canarian processes take shape through concrete people: leaders, artists, religious figures, politicians, scientists or bearers of tradition.
Among its main reference points are Historic Betancuria, Pastoral tradition, Open coasts, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. This section connects local memory with the project's general figures section.
Key points
Jean de Bethencourt
Conquistador normando que someto Fuerteventura en 1405 y fue el señor fundador de la presencia europea permanente en la isla, con sede en Betancuria.
Guize y Ayoze, reyes majos
Los dos últimos reyes indigenas de Fuerteventura se bautizaron voluntariamente en Sevilla en 1404, episodio que simboliza la transicion entre el mundo majo y el colonial.
Miguel de Unamuno
Desterrado en 1924, el filosofo vasco escribio desde Fuerteventura sobre el paisaje desolado de la isla como metafora del exilio y la aridez del pensamiento oficial español.
Gadifer de La Salle
Compañero de Bethencourt en la conquista de las islas orientales; sus relaciones de viaje, recogidas en Le Canarien, son fuente historica primaria sobre el mundo majo y la conquista temprana.
Figures linked with Fuerteventura
Josefina Plá
Writer, artist and cultural critic
1903 - 1999
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Juan Ismael
Painter, poet and avant-garde artist
1907 - 1981
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Domingo Rodríguez «El Colorao»
Timple player, guitarist and teacher
1964
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José Antonio Fajardo
Singer-songwriter, musician and composer
1978 - Present
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Julia Rodríguez
Singer-songwriter, timple player and multi-instrumentalist
2000
Meet figuresMunicipalities of Fuerteventura
See all →- AntiguaAntigua is a municipality of Fuerteventura, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- BetancuriaBetancuria is a municipality of Fuerteventura, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- La OlivaLa Oliva is a municipality of Fuerteventura, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- PájaraPájara is a municipality of Fuerteventura, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- Puerto del RosarioPuerto del Rosario is a municipality of Fuerteventura, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- TuinejeTuineje is a municipality of Fuerteventura, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.