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What to see and do in Hermigua

What to see and do in Hermigua (La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife): 9 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

When to go to Hermigua: festival calendar

August: Fiestas de Santo Domingo de Guzmán (August)

How far each place is from the centre of Hermigua

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What to see and do in Hermigua

Hermigua
Village
A municipality in the north built around a deep valley once devoted to sugar-cane growing, prosperous until American competition brought it down in the mid-16th century. Beatriz de Bobadilla, lady of the island, distributed its land among settlers from 1488, following the Gomeran rebellion against Hernán Peraza.
Iglesia de la Encarnación
Monument
The parish church of Hermigua, dedicated to the municipality's patroness, the Virgen de la Encarnación.
Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán (antiguo convento de San Pedro Apóstol)
Monument
A former Dominican convent founded on 18 March 1611 on the site of an earlier hermitage dedicated to San Pedro, built in 1598 after an earlier one was destroyed by a flood in 1596. For centuries it was the cultural and religious centre of the island's north, until its closure in 1821 during the disentailment of the Liberal Triennium.
Pescante de Hermigua
Monument
An iron loading structure from 1907 used to load bananas directly onto ships, in the absence of a proper port, by means of a system of cables and cages.
Bosque y Barranco del Cedro
Nature
A stretch of laurisilva forest in the Parque Nacional de Garajonay that descends towards Hermigua, with the so-called 'sea of clouds' generated by the trade winds over the valley.
Parque Natural de Majona
Nature
A protected natural area in the municipality of Hermigua.
Rebelión de los gomeros y reparto de Hermigua
Historical milestone
After the rebellion of the aboriginal Gomerans against Hernán Peraza 'el Joven' in 1488, the reprisals led by Pedro de Vera wiped out much of the indigenous population. Beatriz de Bobadilla, lady of the island, later distributed the land of the Hermigua valley among settlers, beginning its era as a major sugar-cane producer.
Sucesos de Hermigua
Historical milestone
On 22 March 1933 the Guardia Civil put down a strike by farm labourers in Hermigua, leaving several dead; the episode is remembered as one of the harshest instances of social conflict in the Canary Islands during the Second Republic.
Fiestas de Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Activity
The main festival of Hermigua, in honour of its patron saint.