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Erupciones de Timanfaya (1730-1736)

Yaiza, Lanzarote, Las Palmas

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Erupciones de Timanfaya (1730-1736)

Historical milestone · Yaiza, Lanzarote, Las Palmas

Between 1 September 1730 and 1736, a series of eruptions buried nine villages and around a quarter of the island under lava and ash. The parish priest of Yaiza, Andrés Lorenzo Curbelo, left a first-hand account of the six years of eruptions that remains today the main historical source for the event; in 1824 a new eruptive episode occurred in the same area.

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