El Calvario
The construction of El Calvario dates back to the end of the 19th century (1877). Located on a promontory overlooking the municipality, it is a modest building, but of great artistic and historical value. At first it was a simple wall, where the three crosses were raised, confirming the place as a watchtower full of […]
Los Lavaderos
The origin of the Arona Public Laundries dates back to the end of the 19th century. Located in the area known as Caré, it is reached through a path where you can see its batteries and circular tank. This circular agora keeps the secrets of the women who came there to wash and talk among […]
Plaza de la Paz
The Plaza de La Paz housed the first municipal cemetery and, although the old burial place has been moved, this space maintains the quietness typical of spaces to remember family members and people who have died, hence one of the first honorees For the municipality of Arona, Eduardo Domínguez Alfonso, who was the first president […]
Barranco de Herques
The Herques or Erques ravine is a ravine located between the municipalities of Güímar and Fasnia, forming the boundary between the two municipalities, a natural feature that divides territories of great environmental value, as the area is included in the Canary Islands Network of Protected Natural Spaces in the category of Natural Monument. Herques is […]
El Burgado
The ethnographic site is located in the highlands of Fasnia, near the Archifiras reservoir, at an altitude of over 1400 metres above sea level. From here you can clearly see the beginning of the Barranco de Herques ravine (Barranco Fasnia-Güímar Natural Monument). It is made up of a cliff vein, formed by volcanic ash falling […]
Ermita El Calvario
For many years, the only religious symbol in La Zarza was an old Calvary, located in the upper part of this neighbourhood and on the road leading up to the hill, which gave its name to the access street. It is a small and simple Calvary, with white masonry walls, without a doorway or any […]
Iglesia San Joaquín
In 1800, the new parish church was blessed in its current location in the centre of Fasnia (Crta. Los Roques). In its construction, which began in 1796, the usable materials from the old chapel were used, such as beams and roof tiles, which meant that the latter was left unroofed and abandoned. The church collapsed […]
Mirador de la Montaña y Capilla de los Dolores
Montaña de Fasnia is one of the oldest volcanoes in the southeast of Tenerife. However, the dry climate of the area has allowed it to reach our days in a good state of conservation, keeping many of its original shapes fresh, which give it that horseshoe shape open to the sea that characterises it. This […]
Museo la Vieja Escuela
The City Council has transformed “La Vieja escuela” into a cultural space focused on the educational history of the neighbourhood of La Zarza, from the founding of the first school to the present day.In this way, a project is consolidated as a platform of recognition of the teaching work of those who were involved in […]
Verseador Pepe Urbano
José González González González (1895-1961), known by the people of Fasnia as “Pepe Urbano”, was a popular poet who was much loved in the village. He was a man with a special talent in the art of composing verses, as only people who are sensitive to their surroundings and who love words above all else […]
