... Pretty view of another great new UNESCO site... a network of 21 hand-carved caves... the Sacred Mountains and the cultural landscape located at the North West side near Artenara, the highest town on the island... an almost inaccessible area that has remained untouched for centuries... and one of the best hidden secrets on the island... this is the area where you can really understand what the traditional lifestyle of the first inhabitants of Gran Canaria has been... the Risco Caído Archaeological Site includes a series of ceremonial, residential, and agricultural-livestock caves... a natural work of art and a unique archaeological monument worldwide discovered in 1996... it’s considered to be one of the most spectacular sites on the island... Thanks Adolfo! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Risco Caído is located in the volcanic caldera of Tejeda, a place of 18,000 hectares. This pre-Hispanic, native population had lived on the Canary Islands for about 2000 years. Much of this time they were isolated from the world and even neighbouring islands. They seem to have evolved from North African Berbers until the first Spanish settlers in the 15thC.
In 2019 Risco Caido and the sacred mountains of Gran Canaria became a UNESCO WHS site. This World Heritage site covers much more than the caves of Risco Caído. It includes the entire landscape of the Caldera de Tejeda, sacred to the Canaries, and other sites such as Mesa de Acusa, Roque Bentayga, Roque Nublo and the Cueva de los Candiles.
EUROPA Stamps - Stories and Myths
(Issued 09-05-2022)
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