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Museos De Tenerife
Museums of Tenerife ( es, Museos de Tenerife), originally Autonomous Organization of Museums and Centers of Tenerife ( es, Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros de Tenerife), is an organisation in Tenerife. History The organisation was created by Cabildo de Tenerife in the early 1990s. In 2011 it was renamed from "Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros de Tenerife" to "Museos de Tenerife". At present, it constitutes the most complete museum network in the Canary Islands. Museums The organisation comprises the following museums: * Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología ** Museo Arqueologico de Tenerife ** Instituto Canario de Bioantropología ** Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife * Museum of Science and the Cosmos * Museum of the History of Tenerife ** Sede Casa Lercaro ** Sede Casa de Carta ** Centro de Interpretación " Castillo de San Cristóbal" * Centro de Documentación Canario-Americano Centro may refer to: Places Brazil *Centro, Santa Maria, a neighb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz (), is a city, the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and capital of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 (2013) within its administrative limits.Instituto Canario de Estadística , population The of Santa Cruz extends beyond the city limits with a population of 507,306 and 538,000 within urban area. It is the second largest city in the Canary Islands and the main city on the island of |
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocco. They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain. The islands have a population of 2.2 million people and they are the most populous special territory of the European Union. The seven main islands are (from largest to smallest in area) Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro. The archipelago includes many smaller islands and islets, including La Graciosa, Alegranza, Isla de Lobos, Montaña Clara, Roque del Oeste, and Roque del Este. It also includes a number of rocks, including those of Salmor, Fasnia, Bonanza, Garachico, and Anaga. In ancient times, the island chain was often referred to as "the Fortunate Isles". The Canary Islands are the southernmost regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabildo De Tenerife
Cabildo Insular de Tenerife (Island Council of Tenerife) is the governing body of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands). It was established on 16 March 1913 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in a session held by the City Council. It was, at that time, the first corporation. The Cabildo of Tenerife, like the other councils of the Canary Islands, enjoys a number of local powers as contained in the Statute of Autonomy of the Canaries, other powers are delegated to the ministries of the territorial government. Offices The initial location of the Tenerife Town Hall was the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City council building. In its first year the government transferred the offices to a building located at the intersection of the 25 de Julio Avenue and Numancia Street in the capital, Tinerfeña. A later transfer took the Town Hall support offices to Alfonso XII Street (currently Castillo Street), where they remained until 1928. In that year, due to the need to find a larger location to accommodat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo De La Naturaleza Y Arqueología
Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología (MUNA), ( en, Museum of Nature and Archeology, formerly es, Museo de Ciencias Naturales, es, Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre) is a museum-based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, (Canary Islands, Spain). It contains many significant archaeological finds and is considered the best repository of objects from the Pre- Castilian Canary Islands. The museum also houses significant paleontological, botanical, entomological, and marine and terrestrial vertebrate collections, and is considered the best Natural Library of the Canary Islands. Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre integrates the Archaeological Museum of Tenerife, the Bioantropología's Canary Institute and the Museum of Natural Sciences of Tenerife. The museum is located in the downtown area of Santa Cruz, in the former Civil Hospital, a building that constitutes an example of the neoclassical architecture of Canary Islands. The archaeological section was founded in 1958. The muse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo Arqueologico De Tenerife
Museo may refer to: *Museum (2018 film), Museo, 2018 Mexican drama heist film *Museo (Naples Metro), station on line 1 of the Naples Metro *Museo, Seville, neighborhood of Seville, Spain {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo De Ciencias Naturales De Tenerife
Museo may refer to: * Museo, 2018 Mexican drama heist film *Museo (Naples Metro) Museo is a station on line 1 of the Naples Metro. It was opened on 5 April 2001 as the eastern terminus of the section of the line between Vanvitelli and Museo. On 27 March 2002 the line was extended to Dante Dante Alighieri (; – 14 Se ..., station on line 1 of the Naples Metro * Museo, Seville, neighborhood of Seville, Spain {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Science And The Cosmos
The Museum of Science and the Cosmos ( es, El Museo de las Ciencias y el Cosmos), is an astronomy, technology, and science museum located in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna on Tenerife island, in the Spanish Canary Islands of Macaronesia. It belongs to the Cabildo de Tenerife and the Tenerife Organization of Museums and Centers. The museum opened in 1993 under the initiative of the Cabildo and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC). It is considered the primary astronomy and science museum of the Canary Islands and the Macaronesian archipelago. History The building was designed by architects Jordi Garcés and Enric Sòria, with the museum designed by Enric Franch. The museum is in the shape of a half-star, and is located adjacent to the IAC in La Laguna. The creation of the museum was promoted by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (led by Ignacio García de la Rosa) and the Cabildo de Tenerife. The inauguration on 11 May 1993 was attended by Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of The History Of Tenerife
The Museum of History and Anthropology of Tenerife ( es, Museo de Historia y Antropología de Tenerife) is part of the Autonomous Organism of Museums and the Cabildo de Tenerife. It opened in December 1993 in the property known as "Casa Lercaro" in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain. The museum holds out the prospect of spreading the history of the island of Tenerife, offering an overview of institutional, socio-economic and cultural development of the island, from the fifteenth century to the twentieth century. The museum also performs a task of research, rescue, preservation, dissemination and exhibition of heritage treasure pieces, documentary and bibliographic. Legend In this mansion there is the legend of Catalina Lercaro. She was forced to marry an older man, who enjoyed a good position and great wealth. This marriage of convenience did not please Catalina, who on her wedding day decided to kill herself by leaping into the pit which is located in the cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sede Casa Lercaro
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Sede may refer to: People * Gérard de Sède * Marc Dion Sédé (born 1987), Ivorian football player Places * Sede, Ethiopia * Sede, district of Santa Maria, Brazil Other * SEDE, the Subcommittee on Security and Defence of the European Parliament See also * Sde (other) * SDE (other) Sde ( he, שְׂדֵה, link=no), also sometimes transliterated Sede, is a Hebrew word meaning '' field'' and may refer to the following places: * Sde Boaz * Sde Boker * Sde David * Sde Eliezer * Sde Eliyahu * Sde Ilan * Sde Moshe * Sde Nahum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Of San Cristóbal (Santa Cruz De Tenerife)
The Castle of San Cristóbal ( es, Castillo de San Cristóbal) in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) was the first fortification of significance on the island of Tenerife and the main defensive building on Santa Cruz Bay. The central Castle Street is named after this fort. Under the administration of Gov. Álvarez de Fonseca, construction began in 1575 but it was the January 20, 1577 when it entered service. The castle was demolished in 1928 to construct the Plaza de España, with the remains of the castle buried under it for centuries. On June 28, 2006, during the refurbishment of the Plaza of Spain, some remains were later found to belong to the castle. At that time precautionary and protective measures were taken in order to ensure the preservation of the find. There remain only a few walls of the original building on display in a tunnel under the Plaza de España. Today, the castle is a museum which houses the famous " Cañón Tigre" (''Tiger Cannon''), which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
