Casa-Museo Miguel de Unamuno

The writer and professor at the University of Salamanca don Miguel de Unamuno was confined to the island of Fuerteventura due to his confrontations with the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera for criticism of the political situation in Spain. Unamuno lived for 4 months in Fuerteventura and more than a punishment, his stay on the island turned the writer into a gift. He became friends with many inhabitants, especially with the intellectual Ramón Castañeyra with whom he enjoyed social gatherings at the writer's house.

This house is located in Puerto del Rosario, in front of the church of the town. The building was once a hotel, it was hosted by Professor Miguel de Unamuno after the banishment order. This House-Museum has the objective of spreading the work that the playwright produced in Fuerteventura. The house is a construction that has all the details of Canarian domestic architecture of the early twentieth century. It has access hall to the house, rooms that overlook a central courtyard with water tank that collects rainwater.

During his stay, the writer delved into Fuerteventura in his vision of a Spain Quixotic; the narrowness of Malpaís, the fauna and flora or the sea will be universal elements integrated into your thinking. In many of his writings is reflected the footprint that the island was for his work and how it connected with his metaphysical and aesthetic thinking.

Miguel de Unamuno called the hotel that ran Paco Medina, his innkeeper and there were many gatherings with friends from the Canary Islands and the Peninsula. , Francisco López, official, the fisherman Antonio Hormiga, the parish priest Victor San Martín or the aforementioned Ramón Castañeyra were some of the friendships that were part of the animated talks.

The Basque writer had an intense activity, discover Canarian authors, write articles, start the sonnets that will appear in his work From Fuerteventura to Paris. For a better knowledge of the figure of the writer, you just have to visit the House-Museum.