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Places of interest
1. Grabados Rupestres del Barranco de Balos
Places of interest
2. Templo Parroquial de San Sebastián
Places of Worship
The main parish of San Sebastián or the town of Agüimes, in the province of Las Palmas, is a valuable example of what the artistic current of the neoclassical style meant in the Canarian archipelago.
Places of interest
3. Playa de los Tres Peos
Places of interest
4. Casa de la Cámara Episcopal
Squares

The Casa de la Cámara Episcopal is located in the Gran Canarian municipality of Agüimes, this property is also known by the name of Palacio de Verdugo

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With the passage of time the House of the Episcopal Chamber passed from the summer residence of the bishops to the store where the tithes were dosed that the Catholic Kings granted to Bishop Frias.

The palace is formed by two perpendicular naves, its main body is of a single floor on which are distributed several rooms whose pavement is of wood of tea.

The lateral wing is composed of two floors and an interior patio with stairs that allows access to the second floor. It should be noted the masonry work of the building.

Places of interest
5. El faro de Punta de Arinaga
Lighthouses
The lighthouse of Punta de Arinaga is, along with that of Punta de Melenara, one of the two that mark the east coast of the island of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain). Located to the south of that one, it is nailed to the foot of the mountain of Arinaga on a tower with white and red strips of standardized design. Next to it, we find the old lighthouse, classified as a fourth order at the time of its commissioning in 1897, which served to cover an extensive strip of coast without marking that covered from the Lighthouse of La Isleta to Maspalomas and that, In addition, he came to mark the two most dangerous geographical accidents of this stretch of coast: the tip of Tenefe and the low of Gando.
Cultural spaces, Places of interest
6. Sala de Arte Agüimes
Art centers
Sculptures and monuments
Places of interest
7. Iglesia de Playa de Arinaga
Places of Worship
Places of interest
8. El Camello
Art centers
Sculptures and monuments
Places of interest
9. Cave Church
Places of Worship
Natural places, Places of interest
10. Monumento Natural del Barranco de Guayadeque
Other natural spaces
National Parks