The Island just 60 miles off the coast of Africa has not always been the holiday escape, although escape may be the appropriate word to use when describing your Lanzarote Apartments, on the Island.
Lanzarote originally called Tite Roy Gatra,which means "Rose-coloured-Hill" and was the name given by its inhabitants the Gaunche, although the origin of the Guanche is unknown, it was believed to have been used by the Phoneticians but there was no sign of Roman invasion until recently.
Lancelloto Malocello, was a Genoese navigator who arrived on the island in 1312, it is believed he was searching for the brothers Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldiis who had gone missing since 1291 while in search of a new trade route to India, a voyage that almost two hundred years later was to become famously completed by Christopher Columbus.
Although there was no real documentation of Lancelotto Malocello being on the Island until the Norman conquest of the island by Jean de Bethencourt in 1402 almost a century later, it was stated in reports that the fortress constructed by Malocello could still be seen on the island. And was located just above Teguise.
Lanzarote has been a source for slavery since documented in 1385 to 1395. mostly by Spanish marauders, however in 1585, the Ottoman admiral Murat Reis seized Lanzarote temporarily from the Spanish.
During the 17th century, pirates raided the island and took a 1,000 of its inhabitants to slavery hiding them in the Cueva de los Verdes.
In earlier centuries, it is believed that the previous inhabitants throughout Lanzarote had hidden themselves inside the cave to protecting them from the pirates and slave raiders.
The Cueva de los Verdes, Spanish for "Green cave", because it was originally owned by the "Verdes" family, is a lava tube and now a tourist attraction on the island. The cave lies within the Spanish Monument Natural del Malpaís de La Corona, which is an protected area of the Canary Islands.
It is believed the cave was created around 3,000 years ago by lava flows that had erupted from the nearby Monte Corona volcano, and flowing across the Malpaís de la Corona toward the sea.
When the lava streams cooled on top, and developed a solid crust, the lava then drained away leaving the top part as the roof of a cave. In around different 20 spots, the roof of the cave eventually collapsed, forming a cavern known locally as "jameo".
The caves themselves extend 6 kilometres above sea level and then for another 1.5 kilometres below the sea and is more commonly referred to as the Tunnel de la Atlantida.
One of the "jameo" forms the entrance to the Cueva de los Verdes. Two kilometres of the cave system had been developed for tourists during the 1960s, the cave walls were illuminated by colourful lights.
The cave is also famous, as a concert hall, which is found at the entrance and exit of the cave. The concert hall has 15 to 20 rows of 26 seats in each row, and allows room for up to 500 people at once, and an interesting place to go from your Lanzarote Apartments.
Lanzarote originally called Tite Roy Gatra,which means "Rose-coloured-Hill" and was the name given by its inhabitants the Gaunche, although the origin of the Guanche is unknown, it was believed to have been used by the Phoneticians but there was no sign of Roman invasion until recently.
Lancelloto Malocello, was a Genoese navigator who arrived on the island in 1312, it is believed he was searching for the brothers Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldiis who had gone missing since 1291 while in search of a new trade route to India, a voyage that almost two hundred years later was to become famously completed by Christopher Columbus.
Although there was no real documentation of Lancelotto Malocello being on the Island until the Norman conquest of the island by Jean de Bethencourt in 1402 almost a century later, it was stated in reports that the fortress constructed by Malocello could still be seen on the island. And was located just above Teguise.
Lanzarote has been a source for slavery since documented in 1385 to 1395. mostly by Spanish marauders, however in 1585, the Ottoman admiral Murat Reis seized Lanzarote temporarily from the Spanish.
During the 17th century, pirates raided the island and took a 1,000 of its inhabitants to slavery hiding them in the Cueva de los Verdes.
In earlier centuries, it is believed that the previous inhabitants throughout Lanzarote had hidden themselves inside the cave to protecting them from the pirates and slave raiders.
The Cueva de los Verdes, Spanish for "Green cave", because it was originally owned by the "Verdes" family, is a lava tube and now a tourist attraction on the island. The cave lies within the Spanish Monument Natural del Malpaís de La Corona, which is an protected area of the Canary Islands.
It is believed the cave was created around 3,000 years ago by lava flows that had erupted from the nearby Monte Corona volcano, and flowing across the Malpaís de la Corona toward the sea.
When the lava streams cooled on top, and developed a solid crust, the lava then drained away leaving the top part as the roof of a cave. In around different 20 spots, the roof of the cave eventually collapsed, forming a cavern known locally as "jameo".
The caves themselves extend 6 kilometres above sea level and then for another 1.5 kilometres below the sea and is more commonly referred to as the Tunnel de la Atlantida.
One of the "jameo" forms the entrance to the Cueva de los Verdes. Two kilometres of the cave system had been developed for tourists during the 1960s, the cave walls were illuminated by colourful lights.
The cave is also famous, as a concert hall, which is found at the entrance and exit of the cave. The concert hall has 15 to 20 rows of 26 seats in each row, and allows room for up to 500 people at once, and an interesting place to go from your Lanzarote Apartments.
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