Yacimientos arqueológicos en Gran Canaria

environment. The Fallen Risco was discovered in 1996 in the ceremonial center of the same name, also known as almogarén, this center is a unique complex of religious and astronomical nature occupied by the first inhabitants of the island.

The importance of the Fallen Risco is vital, this site shows the symbolic importance for the aborigines of Gran Canaria. The site is in full Caldera de Tejeda and in addition to this space you can also see some mountain sanctuaries also excavated in stone.

In the group of caves that are part of the Risco Caído site, there is one of them, the number 6 that has a special shape, a circular cave with a dome over 4 meters long. height. At its highest point opens a skylight through which light enters and where it is possible to see the engravings carved by the ancient inhabitants.

Such is the importance of this site that Unesco has considered it "Exceptional Archaeological Monument on a World Scale" which may be a preliminary step to be declared World Heritage.

collective character located on a high escarpment of the Montaña del Galleg or within a site dating back 800 years ago. The aborigines took advantage of the geological conditions of the volcanic cone to open, through peaks of stone, 350 cavities that are located on several levels and that served at the time to store cereals and other foods.

The Cenobio de Valerón is located in a strategic point which makes it an authentic natural fortress that goes completely unnoticed from the outside.

It has the name of Cenobio because it obeyed to the false idea by which the silos and cameras of the deposit were the rooms of a luck of convent in which the young people of class were recruited noble until it was time to get married while they were in the care of the priestess of great social and religious influence, today totally ruled out.

municipality of Telde, Gran Canaria, just four kilometers from Gando airport, next to the neighborhood of the same name.

most well-known sites on the island.

The archaeological site consists of a group of caves that open directly on the sea and other constructions such as stone houses divided into two groups that are separated from each other, apart from these constructions we must also add some burial mounds. All this is surrounded by a wall that delimits the town.

Not all the town can be visited, but the one that is open to the public is divided into two groups, a southern part that includes four enclosures with rooms and a circular morphology on the exterior and three elliptical floors. the constructions, while one of them is quadrangular. The second group of constructions in the northern part has dwellings with similar characteristics to those in the southern part, with the difference that one of the enclosures is cruciform.

It is also necessary to add a square-shaped structure with rounded corners that shows the architectural perfection of the site despite being from pre-Hispanic times.

conservation, research and dissemination from one of the most unique sites on the island. A program of didactic and dissemination actions regarding its thematic contents is also carried out.

The painted Cave was discovered in the 19th century and is a fantastic example of the artistic representations of the ancient origins of Gran Canaria s. The Cueva de Gáldar is excavated in volcanic material, the walls are decorated by geometric motifs. Experts consider that due to the regular distribution of these reasons makes think that it is a calendar. In addition to these geometric paintings, ancient vestiges of houses have also been found where different utensils and tools were found.

The Museum and Archaeological Park Cueva Pintada de Gálda r was re-inaugurated on July 26, 2006 after being for about 20 years restoring and carrying out works to recover the site. The archaeological complex has a didactic classroom, a laboratory, a library and a multi-purpose room.

of 6 aboriginal houses, some tumular constructions and a reciento with a kind of tier that is believed to be the old palace of justice, although It is not entirely clear. This archaeological zone is currently delimited.

Second is The Hole, this set consists of aboriginal houses, with a cruciform tendency, a larger set towards the sea side.

Finally there is the Bocabarranco deposit, in this part there are several houses of the ancient Canarian ones, also they have been discovered structures of great walls, after several studies it has arrived to the conclusion that these constructions date from the seventh century. This site closer to the sea also offers structures still buried near the cliff and some outcrop of walls in it. In the studies that have been carried out, pieces of wood have been found that were used as tools for the construction of the structures.

It is one of the most recognized sites in the archipelago, the most interesting is that there is much more to dig.