The figures linked with La Gomera help turn broad historical processes into concrete biographies and local memory.
Biographies linked with La Gomera 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 Silbo Gomero, Garajonay, Atlantic stopover, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. This section connects local memory with the project's general figures section.
Key points
Beatriz de Bobadilla
Señora de La Gomera y amiga intima de la reina Isabel I; su presencia en San Sebastian durante las escalas de Colon la convirtio en figura legendaria de la historia atlantica.
Hernan Peraza el Joven
Señor de La Gomera asesinado por los gomeros en 1488 como respuesta a sus abusos; su muerte provoco la brutal represalia de los Reyes Católicos contra la poblacion indigena.
Portadores del Silbo Gomero
Los silbadores tradicionales de La Gomera son guardianes de un patrimonio inmaterial unico; su labor de transmision intergeneracional fue clave para la declaracion de Patrimonio UNESCO.
Figuras de la migracion americana
Escritores, politicos y comerciantes gomeros emigrados a Venezuela y Cuba conectaron la isla con los procesos de independencia latinoamericana y la vida cultural del Caribe.
Figures linked with La Gomera
Municipalities of La Gomera
See all →- AguloAgulo is a municipality of La Gomera, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- AlajeróAlajeró is a municipality of La Gomera, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- HermiguaHermigua is a municipality of La Gomera, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- San Sebastián de La GomeraSan Sebastián de La Gomera is a municipality of La Gomera, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- Valle Gran ReyValle Gran Rey is a municipality of La Gomera, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- VallehermosoVallehermoso is a municipality of La Gomera, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.