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Castillo de la Luz

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria - Área Metropolitana, Las Palmas

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Castillo de la Luz

Monument · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria - Área Metropolitana, Las Palmas

Fortification in La Isleta next to the port of La Luz. It originated as a wooden fort from 1478 built by Juan Rejón; after the incorporation of Gran Canaria into the Crown of Castile it was rebuilt in stone from 1494 and reinforced in 1515 and 1553. It was set on fire during the 1599 Dutch attack and rebuilt in the late 17th century. Declared a Monumento histórico-artístico on 12 July 1941, it today houses the Fundación Martín Chirino.

Photo: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden (CC BY 2.0)

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