The chronology of Lanzarote connects Indigenous history, conquest, economic change, cultural life and recent transformations.
It was one of the first islands known to European navigators and played an early role in seigneurial conquest. Later, the great Timanfaya eruptions of the eighteenth century transformed settlements, farmlands and collective memory, leaving the scenario that still defines the island's global image today. Chronology organizes those processes into milestones that reveal continuities, ruptures and changes of scale.
Among its main reference points are Timanfaya and eruptions, Art and landscape, Adaptive agriculture, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. The temporal reading links the island with the general Canary Islands timeline.
Key points
Primera conquista europea (1402)
La llegada de Bethencourt a Lanzarote en 1402 inauguro la colonizacion europea del archipielago, con Lanzarote como primera isla sometida al regimen señorial.
Ataques berberiscos y esclavizacion (siglos XVI-XVII)
Los ataques de piratas y corsarios del norte de Africa causaron la esclavizacion de centenares de lanzarotenos y el despoblamiento temporal de partes de la isla.
Erupciones de Timanfaya (1730-1736)
La erupciones mas prolongadas de la historia canaria enterraron pueblos, destruyeron tierras agricolas y obligaron a reorganizar el poblamiento insular.
Traslado de la capital a Arrecife (1852)
El desplazamiento del centro de poder desde Teguise al litoral de Arrecife reflejó la creciente importancia del comercio maritimo sobre la economia interior.
Cesar Manrique y la identidad visual (1966-1992)
El retorno de Manrique a Lanzarote desde Nueva York en 1966 inicio un periodo de intervencion artistica y activismo ambiental que definio la estetica insular contemporanea.
Reserva de la Biosfera (1993)
La declaracion de la isla como Reserva de la Biosfera fue el reconocimiento internacional a la singularidad del paisaje y a un modelo de desarrollo mas contenido que otras islas.
Municipalities of Lanzarote
See all →- ArrecifeArrecife is a municipality of Lanzarote, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- HaríaHaría is a municipality of Lanzarote, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- San BartoloméSan Bartolomé is a municipality of Lanzarote, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- TeguiseTeguise is a municipality of Lanzarote, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- TíasTías is a municipality of Lanzarote, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- TinajoTinajo is a municipality of Lanzarote, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.