El Aserradero, arquitectura doméstica

In villas like the one in Arafo, you can perfectly see the best of traditional Canarian architecture, buildings that are part of the Canarian cultural heritage and that characterize the landscapes of the archipelago so well.

The Spanish and European cultural contributions have been adding a series of constructive elements over the coming decades that the way of building and the needs of living have been transforming, giving as a result a particularly differentiated architecture.

In Arafo this type of architecture can be clearly seen in places known as " Perdomo" but above all in the Neighborhood of "El Aserradero".

The eruption of a volcano caused that part of the urban helmet of the island was transferred to avoid the rivers of lava, still in the Neighborhood of the "Sawmill" you can see some of These traditional houses, although also where the buildings are best preserved, are on Libertad Street, the Casa de la Esquina de los Carros, Casa de los Núñez, Casa de Ricardo Rodríguez and Casa de Marcelino Batista.