Castillo de la Luz

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Castillo de la Luz

The Castillo de la Luz is a former sea fortress in the north of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands . In early 2014, after years of renovation, it was reopened as a marine museum and exhibition space for art.

State of the fortress at the end of the 15th century. Model in the Casa de Colón ( Las Palmas )

The square building with massive walls was built in 1541 on the remains of the fortress walls of a destroyed castle from the time of the conquest. It was built mainly to protect against pirates and was equipped with eleven cannons. For centuries it formed an important defense system against attacks from the seaside, at that time still by the sea. In 1595 Francis Drake did not succeed in taking the fortress with an English fleet, but in 1599 the Dutchman Pieter van der Does , who looted and burned it down. From 1601 it was restored. Military use was given up in the 19th century.

Due to land reclamation, the building no longer has any contact with the sea. It has been a listed building since 1941 . Since the first restoration was completed (1969–1972) it has housed a maritime museum and other exhibition rooms. There were also cultural events. In 1990 the fortress was restored. After the architecture firm Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos won the competition to redesign the building in 1998, renovation work began in 2001 so that the interior could not be viewed for years. The renovation, originally planned to take two years, cost around 6.6 million euros and was repeatedly delayed by archaeological finds, the bankruptcy of the construction company in 2007 and double vandalism in 2011.

On January 28, 2014, the castle was reopened as a marine museum and exhibition space for art after 13 years of renovation by the Crown Prince couple. From June 2014, works by local artist Martín Chirino will also be exhibited there. The redevelopment is related to a large-scale redesign of the city.

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Commons : Castillo de La Luz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the attacks in total Néstor Alamo: Drake y Van der Doez en Gran Canaria. In: Revista de Historia , ISSN  0213-9464 , Part I: 35/36 (1932), pp. 75-100; Part II: 37 (1933), pp. 153-157; Part III: 38 (1933), pp. 181-192. For details on the second attack by JH Abendanon: De Vlootaanval onder bevel van jhr. Pieter van der Does op de Canarian Eilanden en het Eiland Santo Thomé in 1599 volgens de Nederlandsche en Spaansche bronnen. In: Bijdragen voor Vaderlandse Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde 8 (1921), pp. 14–63, translated into Spanish by Gottfried von Waldheim: El ataque de una flota bajo el mando de Pieter Van der Does contra las islas Canarias y la de Santo Thomé, en el año 1599, según fuentes holandesas y españolas. In: El museo canario , ISSN  0211-450X , 13 (1952), No. 41-44, pp. 73-174; Julio-César Santoyo: La conquista de Las Canarias. Diario de un ataque holandés a Gran Canaria y Gomera en 1599. In: Anuario de estudios atlánticos , ISSN  0570-4065 , 25 (1979), pp. 489-514; and lastly Antonio Rumeu de Armas: La sublevación de los Países Bajos contra España y la invasión de Gran Canaria por el Almirante Holandés Van Der Does en 1599. In: Antonio de Bethencourt Massieu (ed.): IV Centenario del ataque de Van der Does a las Palmas de Gran Canaria (1999). Coloquio Internacional "Canarias y el Atlántico, 1580-1648" . Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas 2001, ISBN 84-8103-279-4 , pp. 15-24.
  2. ^ Proyecto de investigación Histórico Arqueológico del Castillo de La Luz. In: Proyectos Patrimoniales (website). On the archaeological work also Julio Cuenca, José Guillén, Guillermo Rivero: Intervención arqueológica en el Castillo de La Luz. In: Boletín de Patrimonio Histórico No. 2, 2004, pp. 20-25. Digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fmdc.ulpgc.es%2Fcgi-bin%2Fshowfile.exe%3FCISOROOT%3D%2Fbolph%26CISOPTR%3D35%26filename%3D36.pdf~GB%3D~ IA% 3D ~ MDZ% 3D% 0A ~ SZ% 3D ~ double-sided% 3D ~ LT% 3D ~ PUR% 3D .
  3. ↑ Two people arrested for vandalism in the Castillo de La Luz. In: Comprendes. The Spain magazine (website), March 19, 2011.
  4. ^ Iván Suárez: Los Príncipes reabren el Castillo de La Luz entre abucheos. In: eldiario.es , January 28, 2014.
  5. ↑ El Castillo de La Luz abre en 2014 después de trece años cerrado. In: Canarias7.es (website), November 1, 2013.
  6. ↑ El Ayuntamiento informa que la Fundación Martín Chirino abrirá sus puertas en el Castillo de La Luz in junio de 2014. In: Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (press release on the website), November 2013.


Coordinates: 28 ° 8 ′ 55 "  N , 15 ° 25 ′ 29.5"  W.