Independencia municipal de Antigua (1836) Historical milestone · Antigua, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Image of Antigua, not of the place itself. The building of the church of Nuestra Señora de la Antigua in 1785 allowed the town to become ecclesiastically independent of Betancuria; the municipality was formally established in 1836. Photo: Patrice78500 (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Antigua