Puerto del Rosario

Puerto del Rosario, the island capital of the Canary Island of Fuerteventura. At the same time, the name referred to one of the six municipalities of the island.

Places in the municipality

The population numbers in parentheses are from the year 2011.

  • Puerto del Rosario ( 28 528 )
  • El Matorral ( 2,176 )
  • Puerto Lajas ( 927 )
  • Tetir (863)
  • Los Estancos (660 )
  • Casillas del Angel ( 518)
  • Asomada (418 )
  • El Time (315 )
  • Tefia (252 )
  • La Ampuyenta (234 )
  • Llanos de la Concepción (220 )
  • Tesjuates (215)
  • La Matilla (156 )
  • Guisguey (141 )
  • Las Parcelas (27 )
  • Puertito de los Molinos (14 )

History

Since 1860, the former Puerto de Cabras (today's Puerto del Rosario ) island's capital. It replaced Antigua, it was only temporary since 1834. Before that it was since the Spanish conquest by Jean de Bethencourt Betancuria. The name of Puerto del Rosario has only existed since the 1950s. The name of Puerto de Cabras (Goat port) was in Puerto del Rosario ( Port of Rosary ), according to the church in the place, renamed. The valley south of the capital is called even today Barranco de Cabras.

Established the place was only in the 18th century. Before, no one lived here on the coast for fear of pirates. Towards the end of the 19th century ensured English merchants for the first prosperity of the city. It started trading with burnt lime on the island. In addition, on Fuerteventura, the fuel was scarce, so English coal was imported. Another trade was made with the grown on the island of cochineal louse. She gave the coveted red dye carmine. With the new commercial port Puerto de Cabras quickly became the largest town on the island. Towards the beginning of the 20th century, the heyday of this harbor town, however, was already over. In the 1930s, Fuerteventura had become a place of exile. 1924 banished to the Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno to Puerto de Cabra. After four months, but he escaped with the help of others to France.

Today, Puerto del Rosario is the administrative center of the homonymous municipality and at the same time the entire island of Fuerteventura. There is a museum in the building, in which the writer Miguel de Unamuno lived. There it is shown how life at this time has been on Fuerteventura.

Traffic

Just south of the capital is the international Fuerteventura Airport (Aeropuerto del Matorral ). Here scheduled and charter flights to many European countries are handled. Also, here operate regional aircraft to the neighboring islands.

The marina is the largest Umschlagort the island. On 22 September 2007 he became the official Schengen port. After border controls for exit and entry were made ​​and decorated in the European Union. That has an impact on the economy of the island and on some cruise lines. The occasion was the new direct ferry service to the Moroccan port of Tarfaya, which has been operated since 2008 by the shipping company Naviera Armas. However, this was interrupted for an indefinite time when the car ferry Assalama sank on 30 April 2008 in front of Tarfaya.

Attractions

  • Casa Museo Miguel de Unamuno, Museum of the exiled writer
  • Eco-museum La Alcogida
  • Auditorium with 600 seats
  • Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
  • Iglesia de Santa Ana
  • Iglesia Santo Domingo de Guzmán
  • Ermita de San Agustín
  • Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Socorro
  • Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción
  • Ermita de San Pedro Alcántara
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