Casa de Colón

The Casa de Colón is an institution that was created in 1950, the goal of the institution is to investigate and disseminate the history of Canary Islands in your relationships with America. The institution is located in a historic building in the neighborhood of Vegueta in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is created from several houses, currently occupies several mazanas. This location was chosen because it was the former Casa del Gobernador and according to some experts was visited by Christopher Columbus in the stop he made on his first trip in 1482 when you discovered America.

The Casa de Colón has become an important cultural reference on the island, within which there are several rooms that serve as sections and where it is possible to know the funds and services of the institution.

• America before its discovery by Christopher Columbus: information about the American population and its culture and is divided into two sections. One of them is Cultura Esmeraldeña and in second place Culturas Mexicanas.
• Cristóbal Colón y sus Viajes.
• The history of Las Palmas de Gran Canarias.
• Paintings from the 16th to the 19th century.

Near the Casa de Colón is the house where Alfredo Kraus was born, with a façade with Gothic decoration flamboyant