Arico el Nuevo

Arico el Nuevo is a population center that belongs to the villa of Arico. This point is called "new" because it was built a posteriori by people who belonged to the old Villa.

Arico el Nuev or is located about 5 kilometers from the municipal capital and has an altitude of about 241 meters above sea level, has the parish church of Our Lady of Light.

This small nucleus has the badge of Good of Cultural Interest in the category of Historical Set in 2007 because it has a set of buildings of great value not only historical but ethnographic and architectural that give good sample of the reflections of the Canarian life of the eighteenth century.

Arico el Nuevo was founded throughout the 18th century, adjoining the royal road that communicated the payment of La Degollada with the Porís de Abona, which was the main port in the area. Arico el Nuevo was of great importance due to the installation of families that came from the Arico Lomo. In addition to the historic buildings, the Our Lady of Light temple is one of its most valuable treasures, erected on land donated by captain Gil Gómez Morales.