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Barranco de Guayadeque

Agüimes, Gran Canaria - Sureste, Las Palmas

1 Villages · 4 Monuments · 3 Nature · 2 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones

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Barranco de Guayadeque

Nature · Agüimes, Gran Canaria - Sureste, Las Palmas

Gorge about 11 km long separating the municipalities of Agüimes and Ingenio, containing the highest density of aboriginal archaeological sites in Gran Canaria, with hundreds of dwelling and burial caves. It was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (archaeological zone) on 21 June 1991 and a natural monument on 8 May 2000 (Decree 1/2000); at its settlements of Cueva Bermeja and Montaña de las Tierras one can visit a cave house and eat at restaurants carved into the rock.

BIC 21 de junio de 1991; monumento natural 8 de mayo de 2000

Photo: Toni Teror (CC BY 3.0)

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