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Necrópolis de Arteara

San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria - Sur, Las Palmas

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Necrópolis de Arteara

Monument · San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria - Sur, Las Palmas

Necrópolis de Arteara

The largest aboriginal cemetery in Gran Canaria, in the Fataga gorge, with more than 800 stone burial mounds used for 2,300 years, from the 5th century BC to the 18th century, even after the Castilian conquest. The so-called Túmulo del Rey (King's Mound) is illuminated in alignment with the sunrise on the spring equinox. Declared a Monumento histórico-artístico in 1973 and an archaeological zone in 1985, since 2014 it has had an interpretation center that turns it into an archaeological park.

monumento histórico-artístico en 1973, zona arqueológica en 1985

Photo: Victor R. Ruiz from Arinaga, Canary Islands, Spain (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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