The Castilian campaign culminated in 1483 after a violent process that profoundly transformed the territory and indigenous political structures. With the foundation of Las Palmas and the establishment of the bishopric, the island acquired a decisive role in Canarian administration and in the Atlantic routes of the early modern period.
The Castilian campaign culminated in 1483 after a violent process that profoundly transformed the territory and indigenous political structures. With the foundation of Las Palmas and the establishment of the bishopric, the island acquired a decisive role in Canarian administration and in the Atlantic routes of the early modern period.
Among its main reference points are Historic Las Palmas, Aboriginal landscape, Natural contrasts, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. This historical reading connects settlement, conquest, economy, institutions, migrations and cultural memory rather than reducing the island to isolated dates.
Key points
Los antiguos canarios y el guanartemato
La sociedad prehispanica de Gran Canaria se organizo en dos guanartematos, Galdar y Telde, con una complejidad social mayor que la de otras islas del archipielago.
La conquista castellana de 1478-1483
La conquista de Gran Canaria duro cinco anos y fue la mas costosa militarmente, con derrotas iniciales de las fuerzas castellanas frente a los guerreros indigenas.
Las Palmas y su proyeccion atlantica
La ciudad fundada en 1478 se convirtio en escala fundamental entre Europa, America y Africa, con un puerto activo en el comercio de mercancias, esclavos y azucar.
Vegueta, primer nucleo fundacional
Vegueta es el barrio colonial mas antiguo de Las Palmas, con la Catedral de Santa Ana, el primer ayuntamiento y la casa-museo de Colon entre sus referencias principales.
Azucar, cochinilla y economia de exportacion
La caña de azucar en el siglo XVI y la cochinilla en el XIX fueron los principales productos de exportacion que conectaron la isla con los mercados europeos.
Municipalities of Gran Canaria
See all →- AgaeteAgaete is a municipality of Gran Canaria, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- AgüimesAgüimes is a municipality of Gran Canaria, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- ArtenaraArtenara is a municipality of Gran Canaria, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- ArucasArucas is a municipality of Gran Canaria, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- FirgasFirgas is a municipality of Gran Canaria, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- GáldarGáldar is a municipality of Gran Canaria, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.