The Castillo de Santa Barbara is one of the symbols of the Teguise population in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. This strength was in principle simply a lookout tower built in the fifteenth century and whose aim was to spot possible attacks by pirate invasions, the person in charge of building it was Sancho de Herrera.

In the sixteenth century a series of improvements were made to the tower, which made it expand and became what is now known as Castillo de Santa Bárbara, served as shelter for the population of Teguise in case it was invaded.

In the 17th century the Castillo lost a bit of importance due to the construction of other fortifications in the port area of Arrecife. A century later, the pirate attacks had disappeared so that it ceased to have the strategic importance it had had until then. At the moment it has been given another type of utilities, since the beginning of the 90 until 2011 it was used as Ethnographic Museum of the Canary Immigrant until it was closed again. Currently Castillo de Santa Bárbara hosts the Piracy Museum, where you can get to know the most famous pirates and learn about the invasions suffered by the island in past centuries. .

One of the reference sites of Arrefice is the Historic Site of the San Gabriel Castle located on the coast in one of the islets of the bay.

It is Castillo de San Gabriel is a construction that served as a fortress against piracy that came from Africa. To access the fortification must be made through the famous Puente de las Bolas, a few accesses dating from the XVIII century and is built of stone and topped with two balls .

Although they are separated by approximately 200 meters, the two elements are part of the complex and are interlaced by two cobblestone roads. The Castle did not always look like this, at first it was a smaller construction with wooden interiors that burned after an attack. In 1568 it was rebuilt by the Italian engineer Torriani.

The Castillo de San Gabriel currently has the Museo Arqueológico de Arrecife where more than 2500 pieces of the era are exhibited as pre-Hispanic vestiges, ceramics Castilian and Andalusian collections of numismatics, small idols, stone incisions, tools and primitive tools. The fortress is surrounded by a small beach of golden sand, which gives the place more beauty.

In Haría a must-see natural spot on the island of Lanzarote, the Cueva de los Siete Lagos specifically located in the population of Haría. Very close to another of the places of interest of the municipality, Cueva de los Verdes and Jameos del Agua in the Malpais de la Corona.

The Cave of the Seven Lakes has dimensions of about 700 meters topographed, it is within the volcanic tube system of the La Corona volcano and ends when It reaches the sea at a rate of -50.

The experts consider the Cave of the Seven Lakes as one of the caves with the greatest interest of Lanzarote, a perfect place for lovers of speleology can go inside When you enter you can see a large entrance mouth, followed by a detour on the left, you can see galleries with high and wide ceilings, large landslides can be seen and in the final part an impressive side that extends through the volcanic tube.

It is accessed through the Jameo Perdido, a jameo of about 10 meters high, passing the tube becomes wide with a simple route at the beginning that is getting more complicated.

Located in Lanzarote, in the town of Yaiza, there is Castillo de las Coloradas, also known as Torre del Águila, receives the name of Las Coloradas because close to it is the beach of the same name. This fortification dates from 1741 and is one of the most representative examples of military architecture in the Canary archipelago. The objective of the construction of this structure was to defend against attacks by pirates that the island suffered at the time.

The Castle of the Coloradas had to be reformed in 1769 when it was totally destroyed after a fire provoked by Algerian troops.

The fortress has a circular shape, and was raised on the ruins of an ancient tower called Rubicon Tower, it can be accessed through a drawbridge and was built with stone of stonework, wood of tea and lime.

The Tower belonged to the army until 1936, after ceasing to be used as a military fortress it was handed over to the Ministry of Finance and in 1978 the property became the City Council of Yaiza. The town hall was in charge of restoring it, becoming today one of the points of interest of the picturesque coastal path that runs along the south coast of Lanzarote.

In the city of Teguise in Lanzarote there is the Casa Palacio del Marqués de Lanzarote. The importance of this palace is that it was the house of government of the Island of Lanzarote from the fifteenth century, until the invasions of the drunkards left it practically in ruins.

The Palacio del Marqués belonged to the Herrera y Rojas family that lived in Teguise and that turned the villa into one of the political and social centers of the island.

In its beginnings the palace occupied a great extension, it gave to the back of the parochial church of Teguise. It was accessed through three stone doors and where the main entrance was located in the part that overlooked the church, from here you could access a large room and from here to a large patio.

Throughout the years, the palace served as a meeting place for the authorities of the town hall or town hall. Today the palace has been restored and although it is quite different from what it was at the time.

Another of the convents that we can find in the town of Teguise in Lanzarote is the Convent Santo Domingo de Teguise. The only Convent that existed for half a century on the island of Lanzarote was the Order of The Franciscans of Miraflores which today is Museum of Sacred Art With the passing of time, other religious centers were created, including Convent of San Domingo de Teguise, built thanks to the efforts of Gaspar Rodríguez Carrasco, although it was born in Tenerife its commercial activity was carried out in Lanzarote.

In 1692 he sought permission to create a hospital with a church and liturgical service under the congregation of San Juan de Dios, in 1698 he gave some houses to install the hospital, but finally it was not done .

The insistence of Carrasco did not end here and early eighteenth century from a church already built the previous century. The convent presents a facade of double composition, on the door on the right in red ridge, the symbols of the Dominican Order.

In its interior there are two naves separated by four arches of half a point of stone and red and black stonework. One can speak of the golden altarpiece of Indian influence of one of its altars. Today is a Contemporary Art Gallery.

In the Municipality of Tinaja in Lanzarote there is one of the most striking natural elements of the island, known as Natural Monument of the Cave of the Naturalists or Cueva de las Palomas. This interesting natural monument is located concretely between the municipalities of Tías and Tinajo, has an approximate area of about 2 hectares and in 1994 received the classification of Espacio Natural de Canary Islands.

The Cave of the Pigeons or Cave of the Naturalists constitutes a singular and very representative geomorphological element, the visitors that accede to it will be surprised with the galleries that run through its interior, the great beauty that its different rooms and scientific interest keep, which makes it stand out from other caves on the island.

The volcanic tube formed the pahoehoe flows of the final phases of the Timanfaya eruption in 1730 and 1736. The formation is associated with changes in the volume of lava emitted during the active period, its interior has been mapped by speleologists and has a north-east orientation and extends along a length of 1640 meters. In the layout that draws is divided into 2 branches, they have a high degree of conservation and is characterized by showing the full range of characteristic morphologies of this type of volcanic caves.

In Tinajo one of the most important temples that can be visited is the Ermita de los Dolores, whose construction is linked to the volcanic phenomena that occurred in the area. from the year 1730 to 1736. The inhabitants of Tinajo made a promise to the Virgin and after remitting the eruptions erected this temple in gratitude.

It is estimated that the construction of the hermitage began in 1774 when, according to legend, a virgin appeared to the shepherd Juana Rafaela on the slopes of the caldera Guiguan so the cult was opened between 1781 and 1785.

The hermitage is formed by a single nave, its architectural style corresponds to the guidelines presented by the insular temples. On the right side you can see the sacristy and that for years served to give shelter to people who came to the temple on a pilgrimage. It should be noted that for the construction materials used environment, mainly volcanic stone both in the door or the oculus in addition to the side buttresses. The surroundings of the hermitage is the place where the festivities are celebrated in honor of the Virgen de los Dolores.

In Teguise it is possible to find one of the most important places in the town, the Convent San Francisco also known by the name Convent Madre de Dios de Miraflores. At the moment of the convent only the church is conserved since due to the invasions and the step of the time it is what has remained in foot.

This was the ninth of the convents of the order of The Franciscans, in it the remains of some of the most illustrious personalities and some of the first nobility of the Island were seen. Lanzarote

The convent initiated by Sancho de Herrara El Viejo, who was lord of Lanzarote and who in 1534 granted the mandate for the construction of the monastery in the garden of Famara.

The convent was located in the south zone of Teguise, and as it happened with many other temples of the island, it was the result of a fire and it was completely demolished. inhabitants of the city and rebuilt it again. The fire burned the convent, the church with its chapels, the images among them the one of Our Lady of the Conception.

Currently the church has three altarpieces, wooden ceilings, an impressive pulpit carved in wood and the pile of volcanic stone in one piece. The building is used for the celebration of cultural events.