Today the island combines urban heritage, popular culture and landscapes of strong symbolic power. La Laguna preserves a historic urban layout central to Atlantic urbanism; Teide summarises the role of nature in island life; and traditions such as pilgrimages, carnival and midlands cuisine keep alive a legacy that blends Guanche roots, rural culture and tourism-era modernity.
Today the island combines urban heritage, popular culture and landscapes of strong symbolic power. La Laguna preserves a historic urban layout central to Atlantic urbanism; Teide summarises the role of nature in island life; and traditions such as pilgrimages, carnival and midlands cuisine keep alive a legacy that blends Guanche roots, rural culture and tourism-era modernity.
Among its main reference points are Teide and sacred landscape, Historic La Laguna, Port and mobility, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. Heritage combines material remains, cultural landscapes and living practices, so it must be read together with history, territory and social life.
Key points
San Cristobal de La Laguna
Ciudad Patrimonio Mundial UNESCO, primer trazado urbano planificado sin murallas en el espacio atlantico, con arquitectura colonial de los siglos XVI al XVIII.
Piramides de Guimar y arqueologia guanche
El yacimiento de Guimar y otros enclaves muestran formas de organizacion del territorio y rituales del mundo guanche aun en proceso de estudio.
Icod de los Vinos y el drago milenario
El drago de Icod, uno de los mas antiguos del mundo, es simbolo botanico e historico de la isla, integrado en un casco historico de gran valor arquitectonico.
Puerto de la Cruz y la arquitectura de los siglos XVIII y XIX
El nucleo historico de Puerto de la Cruz conserva casas nobiliarias, patios interiores y arquitectura de la prosperidad vinculada al comercio con el norte de Europa.
Defensas costeras y castillos
Los castillos de Santa Cruz, San Andres y otros puntos del litoral reflejan la exposicion de la isla a ataques de piratas y potencias europeas rivales.
Municipalities of Tenerife
See all →- AdejeAdeje is a municipality of Tenerife, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- ArafoArafo is a municipality of Tenerife, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- AricoArico is a municipality of Tenerife, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- AronaArona is a municipality of Tenerife, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- Buenavista del NorteBuenavista del Norte is a municipality of Tenerife, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- CandelariaCandelaria is a municipality of Tenerife, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.