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| Situation: |
West of the island |
| Area: |
39,15 kms² |
| Height: |
574 m |
| Population: |
8049 (INE
2000) |
| Distance
to Las Palmas: |
24 km |
Popular Fiestas
February (variable): El Almendro en Flor.
September 29th: San Miguel
ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH (SAN MIGUEL) After various restorations over a period of two hundred years, the old chapel which was founded in the 17th century was finally transformed at the beginning of the present century into the church that it is today. Dedicated to the patron saint of the town, St. Michael, the building houses some beautiful works of art by Luján Pérez, as well as the famous "Green Font" (Pila Verde), a porcelain baptismal font of Andalusian origin, probably made in the 15th century.
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THE COLMENAR BARRACKS (16th cent.);
SAN ROQUE VALLEY ;
TENTENIGUADA AND PEDERNAL, with their beautiful chapels and Canarian constructions of yesteryear, especially the first of these three where the mineral water bottling factory of the same name is located
LOS MOCANES VALLEY , with an extremely old estate.
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