Molino de Gofio del Risco de las Pencas

In San Juan de la Rambla you can find one of the most outstanding, most interesting and most representative monuments of the history of the island, it is the Molino de Gofio del Risco de las Pencas, also known by the names of Molino de Ruiz, Molino de la Grieta or Molino de Pico de the Crack. This mill was a hydraulic installation that was used to grind gofio and is located on the left side of the ravine Ruiz, in the municipality of San Juan of the Rambla.

Adjacent to the Mill is the La Vera district and a large natural rock of cylindrical shape known as Roque del Molino or Risco de las Pencas that gets its name from the many branches that populate it. The good conservation of the Mill helped him to be declared in 2007 Asset of Cultural Interest with category of Ethnological Center. The building is formed by two buildings with walls of tuff blocks in reddish tone and masonry. The main construction houses the machine that served for grinding, with a four-sided roof. A series of performances has restored the mill to turn it into an attractive tourist attraction.