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.
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.
Among its main reference points are Timanfaya and eruptions, Art and landscape, Adaptive agriculture, 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
La conquesta senorial de Bethencourt
Lanzarote fue la primera isla canaria conquistada por Juan de Bethencourt en 1402, dando inicio al proceso de expansion europeo en el archipielago bajo regimen señorial.
Erupciones de Timanfaya (1730-1736)
Las erupciones de Timanfaya fueron las mas prolongadas y devastadoras de la historia canaria, cubriendo un tercio de la isla con lava y obligando al abandono de numerosos pueblos.
Teguise, antigua capital
Teguise fue la capital de Lanzarote desde la conquista hasta 1852, cuando el traslado a Arrecife evidencio el desplazamiento del poder hacia la costa y el comercio maritimo.
Ataques de piratas y esclavitud
Lanzarote sufrio numerosos ataques de corsarios y piratas berberiscos durante los siglos XVI y XVII, con episodios de esclavizacion masiva de la poblacion que marcaron su historia.
Castillos y defensas costeras
Los castillos de San Gabriel, Santa Barbara y San Jose son la respuesta defensiva a esos ataques, concentrados en Arrecife y Teguise, los nucleos mas vulnerables.
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.