The Libyco-Berber inscriptions constitute unquestionable proof of the local presence of a pre-Hispanic culture, and bear testimony to the westernmost expression of Amazigh culture, which, for the first time, evolved into another unique insular culture.Ĭriterion (iii): All the archaeological sites and rock art manifestations of the Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape bear unique and exceptional testimony to an extinct insular culture that seems to have evolved in isolation for more than 1500 years. The vestiges of this pre-Hispanic culture have survived in time and space, shaping the landscape, and conserving traditional practices such as transhumance, terrace-farming installations, and water management installations. The property has troglodyte sites, which contain a large number of rock art images, some of which are very probably cultural, and farming settlements, giving rise to a cultural landscape that still conserves most of its original elements, and the visual relationships between them. The property contains a set of manifestations, which are primarily archaeological, of an extinct insular culture that seems to have evolved in total isolation, from the arrival of the first Berbers from North Africa, probably at the beginning of our era, until the Spanish conquest in the 15 th century. Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape encompasses a huge central mountainous area on Gran Canaria island, sheltered by the Caldera de Tejeda, and formed of cliffs and ravines, in an area of exceptional biodiversity.
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Es posible que estos dos “almogarenes” guarden relación con un eventual culto rendido a los astros y la “Tierra Madre”.ĭescription is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0
Los vestigios troglodíticos comprenden también algunas cuevas dedicadas a prácticas rituales, así como los templos o “almogarenes” del Risco Caído y el Roque Bentayga donde se celebraban ceremonias relacionadas con las estaciones del año. Su territorio abarca un considerable número de vestigios de viviendas, cisternas y graneros troglodíticos, cuya antigüedad pone de manifiesto la presencia de una cultura insular autóctona que evolucionó de modo autárquico desde la llegada de los bereberes norteafricanos, a principios de nuestra era, hasta la conquista del archipiélago de las Canarias por los españoles en el siglo XV.
Situado en una vasta zona montañosa del centro de la isla de Gran Canaria, el sitio del Risco Caído se caracteriza por una topografía de acantilados, barrancos y formaciones volcánicas presentes en un paisaje de rica biodiversidad.
Paisaje cultural del Risco Caído y montañas sagradas de Gran Canaria
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