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10 unusual facts about Santa Cruz de Tenerife


Alejandro Colina

Alejandro Colina's parents were Alejandro Torcuato Colina, the illegitimate son of Estado Falcón; and Fermina Viera, a Spanish lady originally from Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Alonso de Espinosa

A reprint of Espinosa's book appeared in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1848, as one of the Biblioteca Isleña series.

Antonio Gutiérrez de Otero y Santayana

Antonio Gutiérrez de Otero y Santayana (May 8, 1729 – May 14, 1799) was a Spanish Lieutenant General best known for repelling Admiral Nelson's attack on Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797.

Barlovento

Barlovento, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a municipality in the northern part of the island of La Palma in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands

George Glas

A few days later he was seized by the Spaniards, taken to Teneriffe and imprisoned at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Henry Blackwood

Early in 1798 Brilliant was sent out to join Admiral Waldegrave on the Newfoundland station; and on 26 July, whilst standing close in to the bay of Santa Cruz in quest of a French privateer, she observed the frigates Vertu and Régénérée preparing to sail for Rochefort.

Plaza de la Patrona de Canarias

This square is considered one of the "main squares" of the island of Tenerife, together with the Plaza de España in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Plaza del Cristo de La Laguna in San Cristóbal de La Laguna.

Sabin Berthelot

He retired in August 1874, and was given the freedom of the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Saint Brendan's Island

In 1719, the Scottish monk Sigbert de Gembloux reported seeing the island, as did Don Matea Dacesta, mayor of Valverde, El Hierro in 1721.

Witches of Anaga

These rituals were held in an area in the mountains of Anaga in the dorsal between San Andrés and Taganana.


Cabildo de Tenerife

The initial location of the Tenerife Town Hall was the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City council building.

Menceyato of Güímar

Occupied an area significantly greater than the actual municipality of Güímar, including part of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, El Rosario, Candelaria, Arafo and Fasnia, himself and perhaps a small part of the town of Arico.

Peñate

There is also a relatively high concentration on Peñates in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Huelva, Sevilla, Madrid, and Barcelona.

San Juan de la Rambla, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

San Juan de la Rambla (first part Spanish for Saint John) is a municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.