Adeje

Adeje municipality
Adeje
coat of arms	Map of the Canary Islands
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Canary Islands
Province :	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Island:	Tenerife
Coordinates	28 ° 7 ′  N , 16 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 7 ′  N , 16 ° 43 ′  W
Height :	280  msnm
Area :	105.94 km²
Residents :	47,869 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	451.85 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ):	38001
administration
Mayor :	José Miguel Rodriguez Fraga ( PSOE ) (as of 2005)
Address of the municipal administration:	C / Grande, 1 38670 Adeje
Website :	www.ayuntamientodeadeje.es
Location of the municipality

Adeje is a city in the southwest of the Canary Island of Tenerife . It has an area of ​​105.94 km² at an average altitude of 280 m above sea level. The population is 47,869 (as of January 1, 2019). The most important districts are the tourist areas of Costa Adeje with the merged area of ​​Torviscas and Playa Fañabé on the coast . Costa Adeje has merged in the south with Playa de las Américas , which belongs to the municipality of Arona . A large commercial area is located in “Los Olivos” west of Adeje on the motorway.

Districts

The individual localities that belong to Adeje are: Armeñime, Barriada De Fyefes, La Caldera, La Caleta, Callao Salvaje, Costa Adeje, Las Cancelas, La Concepción, Fañabé, Ifonche, Marazul, Los Menores, Miraverde, Las Moraditas, Iboybo , El Pinque, Playa Paraíso , Playas de Fañabé, El Puertito, Ricasa, San Eugenio, Taucho, Tijoco and Torviscas.

Distribution of residents across the districts:
District	Residents
Adeje	16,476
Adeje Casco	3.133
Costa Adeje	25,063
Costa Adeje - El Beril	115
Costa Adeje - Playas de Fañabé	525
Costa Adeje - Playas del Duque	1,206
Costa Adeje - San Eugenio	3,370
Costa Adeje - Torviscas	6,647
total	56,535

(Stand 2013)

Culture and sights

Buildings

San Sebastian Chapel

In Adeje there are a number of buildings and an archaeological site that are protected as Bien de Interés Cultural :

• The church of Santa Úrsula was built as a simple chapel at the beginning of the 16th century. From 1560 it was a regular parish church. The aisle and the rosary chapel were added in the 16th century. The main nave and the chancel were added during extensions in the 17th and 18th centuries. The figure of the Virgin of Candelaria in the side chapel is believed to be a copy of the first sculpture of the Canary Islands' patron saint, which appeared on the island at the end of the 14th century.

• The Casa Fuerte is a building complex with a floor area of ​​around 10,000 m². It was built in 1556 to defend against pirate attacks. In the 18th century, Domingo José de Herrera y Rojas, the last Marques de Adeje who lived there, carried out extensive renovations. At the end of the 19th century, a large part of the property was destroyed by fire.

• The former Convento Franciscano de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe y San Pablo was founded in 1679 through the initiative and support of the first Marquis of Adeje, Juan Bautista de Ponte y Pagés. His coat of arms can be seen on the entrance facade of the church. There were never more than eight to nine monks in the monastery. In 1802 there were only two. The monastery was closed in 1835 as part of the dismortment in Spain . In the 19th century, today's town hall was built in place of the ruined monastery building.

• The Conjunto Histórico del Caserío de Taucho is a settlement that has existed since the end of the 15th century at an altitude of 870 m to 950 m above sea level in the center of today's city of Adeje. Here the first Castilian settlers founded a place together with the surviving indigenous people, which has developed rather disorderly since then. The buildings show the most diverse architectural styles that have been used over time.

• The archaeological site of Morro Grueso is located between the Barranco del Agua in the north and the Barranco de Fañabé in the south. It is an accumulation of basalt blocks with rock carvings on 18 surfaces. These are straight lines that run parallel or crosswise. Three motifs also have elliptically arranged lines. The meaning of these engravings, probably created by the native inhabitants of the island, has not yet been clarified with certainty.

Green spaces and recreation

• The Barranco del Infierno nature reserve (German: Höllenschlucht ) with its varied flora and fauna and numerous terraces and steep slopes is one of the municipality's most popular excursion destinations.
• The two water parks " Aqualand Costa Adeje" and Siam Park .
• The places "El Puertito" and "La Caleta" were next to "El Balito" the first connections to the outside world by sea until the country roads were improved in 1960. The production of bananas and tomatoes was shipped via these two places.
• Between El Puertito and La Caleta are the cliffs of Adeje and Playa Diego Hernández, which are protected natural areas. Soils and vegetation in the area are volcanic.

Town twinning

Adeje maintains city ​​partnerships with Bischofshofen in the Austrian state of Salzburg and with the Bavarian city ​​of Unterhaching near Munich in Germany .

Web links

Commons : Adeje  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Adeje  - travel guide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Anuario Estadístico de Canarias. 2007. (PDF; 2.26 MB) In: Gobierno de Canarias. Canarian Institute for Statistics, September 2008, p. 41 , accessed on February 1, 2014 (Spanish). 
3. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
4. ↑ Nomenclátor: Población del Padrón Continuo por Unidad Poblacional a 1 de enero. In: ine.es. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, accessed December 24, 2017 (Spanish). 
5. ^ Consejería de Turismo, Cultura y Deportes: Iglesia de Santa Úrsula. Bienes de Interés Cultural. Gobierno de Canarias, accessed May 26, 2018 (Spanish). 
6. ↑ Carlos Rodríguez Morales in María José Ramos Rodríguez et al .: La Basílica de Candelaria - Crónica de una construción . 1st edition. Ayuntamiento de Candelaria, Candelaria 2012, ISBN 978-84-616-1174-4 , pp. 281 ff . (Spanish).
7. ^ Consejería de Turismo, Cultura y Deportes: Casa Fuerte. Bienes de Interés Cultural. Gobierno de Canarias, accessed May 26, 2018 (Spanish). 
8. ^ Consejería de Turismo, Cultura y Deportes: Exconvento Franciscano de la Virgen de Guadalupe y San Pablo. Bienes de Interés Cultural. Gobierno de Canarias, accessed May 26, 2018 (Spanish). 
9. ↑ Consejería de Turismo, Cultura y Deportes: Caserío de Taucho. Bienes de Interés Cultural. Gobierno de Canarias, accessed May 26, 2018 (Spanish). 
10. ^ Consejería de Turismo, Cultura y Deportes: Morro Grueso. Bienes de Interés Cultural. Gobierno de Canarias, accessed May 26, 2018 (Spanish). 
11. ↑ Diego Hernández Beach. In: costa-adeje.es. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014 ; accessed on August 12, 2018 .