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El Taller de Las Hilanderas y el Museo de la Seda

El Paso, La Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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El Taller de Las Hilanderas y el Museo de la Seda

Food and drink · El Paso, La Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

A hand-weaving silk workshop whose origins go back to the 16th century, when Flemish and Italian merchants introduced the silkworm to the island; it is considered the only hand-loom silk workshop still surviving in Europe. The Museo de la Seda displays its techniques.

Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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