Caves of Valeron in Gran Canaria
Valerón’s monastery (in Spanish cenobio de Valerón) is an archaeological site on the Spanish island of Grand Canary, in the municipality of Santa Maria de Guia, on Valerón's cliff. It is the largest pre-Hispanic collective granary built before Roman times and used by the island’s inhabitants until the conquest of the island at the end of the 15th century.
Close to Gáldar Painted cave, it is one of the emblematic sites of Grand Canary and is listed as a Spanish Property of cultural interest.
Caves of Valeron, Gran Canaria, Spain
It is the largest pre-Hispanic collective granary built before Roman times and used by the island’s inhabitants until the conquest of the island at the end of the 15th century.
Within the site are found idols, paintings, ceramics, human bones and ashes, which are believed to have belonged to those who were guarding the granary
Spanish Name : cenobio de Valerón
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This is a superb aboriginal grain collection store, in a settlement located up on a high escarpment at Montaña del Gallego. It was built by the ancient Canarians over 800 years ago, making full use of the geological conditions at the volcanic cone. With the help of flint stones they opened up over 350 cavities laid out on several levels, which were used for the storage of cereals and other foodstuffs.The strategic nature of its location made it an authentic natural fortress, unnoticeable from the outside and set within a near vertical mountain wall.
The term cenobio (meaning monastery), adhered to the false idea of the silos or chambers being convent rooms in which the young noble classes were imprisoned until they were of age to be married, under the watchful eye of the adolescent harimaguadas girls and female priests, who were highly influential in social and religious circles. This theory has now been completely ruled out.
The vision itself of the grain caverns and the awe-inspiring ravines that surround them will leave a long lasting picture in the memory of all who visit them. Visitors can learn all about the Ancient Canarians during their guided tour around the information boards, scale models and life-size recreations all along the route.
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Cenobio de Valerón (Valerón’s monastery is an archaeological site on the Spanish island of Grand Canary, in the municipality of Santa Maria de Guia, on Valerón's cliff. It is the largest pre-Hispanic collective granary built before Roman times and used by the island’s inhabitants until the conquest of the island at the end of the 15th century.
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CDD| Rincones de nuestra tierra, Cenobio de Valerón
En Canarias desde dentro estreno una nueva sección: rincones de nuestra tierra. En la primera entrega visito el Cenobio de Valerón en la isla hermana de Tamarán (Gran Canaria), un hermosísimo yacimiento amazigh (guanche) utilizado como granero por los antiguos grancanarios (canarii). Espero que les guste, si es así suscríbanse al canal y si tienen alguna duda o propuesta no duden en dejarla abajo en los comentarios o en el perfil de Fb Ale Val Her o la página de Fb Canarias desde dentro. Muchísimas gracias!
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Stage 06 - Locals Lead the way! - The Retro Lab’s Aventura de Gran Canaria
* Tarmac Tourism // Asphalt Adventures // Road Reviews * Stage 6 would see us attempting to drive the GC-200 and GC-2 for the second time on the adventure, this time driving in the opposite direction from Costa Taurito to the Valeron Monastery.
I missed the turning again and then my rear camera fell off so the guy in the Yaris got away, we are now passed the new road and are continuing to the Valeron Monastery along the GC-200.
Valerón’s monastery which is known as the Cenobio de Valerón in Spanish is the largest pre-Hispanic collective granary on Gran Canaria and was built in the north-west face of the mountain known as the Montaña del Gallego in Pre-Roman times and used by the island’s inhabitants until the conquest of the island at the end of the 15th century. The site features 298 compartments sized between one and three square meters distributed on 8 levels and if you include all the silos and rooms that can be found there are more than 350 compartments. The compartments were sealed with screens made of wood, stone, textiles or leather but only a few stone slabs have remained.
The site overlooks the San Felipe ravine and was chosen for its easily excavated rock, cemented volcanic tephra, which was dug using wooden and stone tools. The site is also hidden from the sea and has extremely steep access slopes that make good natural defences
The name “monastery” comes from the Roman belief that celibate priestesses called “harimaguadas” lived at the site, with whom young noble women would came to live until their marriage. It wasn’t until the 20th centuary when a French archaeologist named Guy Marcy recognised the site as bearing similarities with many sites across North Africa which are known to have been used as granaries.
Valerón's Monastery was declared Historical Artistic Monument on October 14, 1978, by royal decree and in 2010 the site was closed to allow a large restoration program to be undertaken that included the restoration of the historic San Felipe footpath used by the islands original inhabitants to access the caves that took 2 years to complete.
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