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Places of interest
1. Ermita de san Miguel
Places of Worship
Places of interest
2. Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Regla
Places of Worship
Historical buildings
The hermitage of Our Lady of Regla, located in the municipality of Pájara, island of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) is a building with two naves covered with gable roofs, the most recent one being the epistle. The main chapel of the Virgin of Regla has a strap that presents a date recorded, 1687, standing out next to the main cover of the nave that is supposed to be earlier than the date indicated.
Bishop Dávila makes reference in his "Synods" of 1735 that "one more nave was being built in said church, because it was not the one that his parishioners had capable of, which has been increased".
Each ship has a sacristy attached to the front wall. The two naves are separated with columns of stonework drums on which are supported by semicircular arches. The wooden covers of Mudejar influence rest on a hearth with lace decoration and paired braces decorated with geometric motifs.
At the foot of the temple, stands the choir on wooden columns, which runs the width of both.
It has large and high presbyteries that are separated from their naves by ogival arches of different sizes, traversed by a baquetón from the apex of the key to the capital and cylindrical columns that start from a hexagonal pilaster.
In the bell tower of the Church there is a reduced arch that serves as an entrance to the remains of a ribbed vault, of which only some small nerves and five different enjarjes are preserved.
The cover of the oldest nave, that of the Gospel, is made of copper stonework, following a classical scheme. The doorway is framed by a semicircular arch. On both sides there are two plinths, on which rest pairs of cajeadas pilasters, with capitals decorated with plant motifs.
Above them is the entablamento, in which a Broken Fronton is located.The whole cover presents a great profusion of decorative elements: geometric figures, snakes, suns, moon, human heads with plumes, birds, lions, etc. While some specialists consider the facade of Aztec influence, others think that it is linked to the "Nova Iconografía de Cesare Ripa".
The proximity to Betancuria of arable land determined the creation of other population centers, such as Pájara. In 1681 the neighbors of the place request to the Town hall the extension of the Vegas that delimited the lands of culture "for having increased the vicinity and not having enough lands for sowings"; and on the same date the construction of the first nave of the Church of Nuestra Señora de Regla had already been completed.
In the eighteenth century several events occurred that led to the decentralization of the social and political and religious predominance of Betancuria; thus in 1708 the suffragan parishes of Our Lady of Regla in Pájara and Nuestra Señora de Candelaria in La Oliva were created, although until 1711 the temples were not consecrated as aid of parishes, which led in the case of Pajara with the enlargement of the temple, justified by the demographic needs of a valley in agricultural expansion and where undoubtedly, from the seventeenth century, it would be the first hermitage, the dynamic axis of the dispersed and expanded urban development, until late in the XX century, population pressure and the new political model distorts the protagonism that for centuries the church maintained in the urban fabric of a small town capital, especially with the construction of several municipal buildings in the 1970s, which due to their proximity and height interfere in the contemplation of the aforementioned hermitage.
Natural places, Places of interest
3. Pico de la Zarza
Viewpoints
Other natural spaces
Mountains
Pico de la Zarza, also called Pico de Jandia, is 807 meters high, the highest mountain on the island of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain).
Places of interest
4. Morro Jable

Morro Jable is one of the most important towns in Pájara, with almost 8,000 inhabitants. Today Morro Jable is one of the tourist references of the island of Fuerteventura highlighting its beaches as the main reference for visitors. The beauty of Morro Jable lies not only in the beaches of fine sand and bathed by transparent waters of the ocean, but also has beautiful natural landscapes.

Once you are in Morro Jable, the first thing that will attract the attention of all visitors will be the Playa de la Solana with the wide beaches of clear and fine sand or maybe the Saladar de Jandía, which is a place full of sea birds. Also striking is the Matorral lighthouse which can be seen practically from any point on the beach.


With regard to the town, it also offers many places of interest such as the old town or the Church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen where there is a viewpoint from which it is possible to see the wide beaches or the seaport. Morro Jable also offers a wide cultural offer, with concerts, parties and cultural events with the assistance of first class names.

Museums, Places of interest
5. Faro de Jandía
Lighthouses

The Jandia Lighthouse is located at the tip of the same name, in the southernmost part of the island of Fuerteventura. It is one of the quietest points of the island, it is situated between the extensive plains of the Boards which is like a kind of coastal terrace that is in the area known as Natural Path Valley of the Mosquitos.

Al Faro de Jandía can be reached by a dirt track from Morro Jable after traveling about 20 kilometers to reach this inhospitable place. Along the way you can see gorse or barillas, also some tarajales and palm trees abound although it is worth noting that the most emblematic is the cardón de Jadía which is a kind of endemic shrub that can only be found at certain points of the island and that is in danger of extinction.

The Faro de Jandía was built in the mid-nineteenth century, inside you can see an exhibition on sea beds surrounding the area, and the cetaceans that inhabit this part of the Atlantic.

The facilities also houses the Interpretation Center of the Jandía Natural Park which is divided into five rooms where you can get to know the Natural Park in depth, from its habitats, vegetation and flora, fauna up to the maritime signs of the Faro de la Punta.

Places of interest
6. La Lajita

La Lajita is a charming little coastal town that belongs to Pájara, just 12 kilometers from the tourist area of Costa Calma. This small town 26 kilometers from Pájara has about 1800 inhabitants and traditionally based its economy on livestock and artisanal fishing. With the passage of time, tourism has become more important in its economy and has become an interesting point to visit in Fuerteventura.

The proximity to Costa Calma has meant that this small town has experienced an interesting tourist growth, even with this growth. the small municipality has not lost the charm that makes it so recommendable.

One points of interest offered by La Lajita is the chapel of the Immaculate Conception. We must also highlight its wonderful beach, with black sand and an infinity of boats stranded on its shore with traditional gear that give good sample of the type of artisanal fishing that fishermen still practice today. The waves on the beach are soft, have little occupation and can be accessed without any difficulty.

La Lajita is a quiet place, without crowds and perfect to disconnect.

Places of interest
7. Faro de Morro Jable
Lighthouses
At the Punta del Matorral, where the extensive beach of Sotavento de Jandía makes an inflection towards the Atlantic, we are presented with the slender figure of the Morro Jable lighthouse, named for being Morro Jable the closest port that we can find in this area. the south coast of the Canary Island of Fuerteventura. It is located on a stretch of coastline between the lighthouses of La Entallada, to the north, and Punta Jandía, to the south.
Places of interest
8. Zona Arqueológica La Pared de Jandía

The archaeological zone of La Pared of Jandía is located 20 kilometers from the city of Pájara, in the north-east part of Jandía. This archaeological area gets its name from a cobbled wall that is believed to have traveled from east to west dividing the island of Fuerteventura into 2 parts.

With the Norman conquest the wall was dated in the XV century, it is a pre-Hispanic construction located in the isthmus that joins the peninsula where Jandía is with the rest of the island. At the moment they are conserved around 6 kilometers of a height that vary between the 0,5 and 0,8 meters and that they present several attached modules, as well as many vestiges of prehispanic ascription.

There is a hypothesis in which he affirms that this wall served to separate the kingdoms of Jandía and Maxorata, although this theory is rejected by many experts.

La Pared de Jandía starts from the coast of Laja Blanca and continues south where it bifurcates and gradually disappears due to modern constructions and reappears again in the slopes of the Montañetas de Pedro Ponce.

Attached to the wall you can see up to 54 paved constructions of different sizes and typologies. La Pared de Jandía was declared Good of Interest Culture in 2014 by the Government of the Canary Islands.

Places of interest
9. Ermita de San Antonio de Padua
Places of Worship
Historical buildings

The hermitage of San Antonio de Padua is located in the town belonging to Pájara of Toto, in the center of the town. The temple is a place of obligatory visit in which to know much better the history of this small municipality of Fuerteventura. The Hermitage is attached to the square, was built at the end of the eighteenth century, when it began to emerge a large number of hermitages distributed by the most important points of the island.

History says that the Hermitage of San Antonio de Padua was paid for by the villagers themselves, although a large part was paid by Ana Cabrera Betancuria.

The location of the chapels at the time used to correspond to high places or far from the population center, in this case the opposite happened, it was located in the center of the town, close to the square in a place of easy access for all debotos.

The hermitage is built in a single nave, with a wooden roof, and also houses several valuable goods that come from donations that the people themselves donated to the temple and that still today are still part of the buildings. equipment.

Places of interest
10. Playa Barlovento
Viewpoints