Las Manchas (La Palma)
Coordinates: 28 ° 36 '5 " N , 17 ° 52' 48" W.
Las Manchas (“ The Spots ”) is a locality on the Canary Island of La Palma along the LP-2 and LP-212 roads in the districts of Los Llanos de Aridane and El Paso .
history
In Las Manchas there was already one of the haciendas of the Palmerian landowner family Massieu in the 17th century ; Nicolás Massieu y Vandala also had the Ermita de San Nicolás church built. Since the separation of the municipality of El Paso from Los Llanos de Aridane in 1837, the place belongs to both municipalities. The local border runs along the LP-2. The part below (west) of the road is officially called Las Manchas de Abajo , the part above turns into San Nicolás de las Manchas .
In 1949 the volcano San Juan with its lava flow buried parts of Las Manchas (and of San Nicolás) under itself.
population
Villages or hamlets with population figures as of January 1, 2013, and municipality affiliation:
- Las Manchas de Abajo (186, Los Llanos)
- San Nicolás (248, El Paso)
There are also residents in scattered houses.
Belonging to two municipal districts of the same name
Just like the location, two municipal districts are called El Paso (this also includes El Paraiso and Jedey) and Los Llanos de Aridane (this also includes Cuatro Caminos). The two parishes border in the north with the parishes Todoque (municipality Los Llanos), Tajuya and Tacande (both municipality El Paso), in the east with the municipality Villa de Mazo , in the south with the municipality Fuencaliente de La Palma and in the west with Puerto Naos (Los Llanos municipality). In the south, both districts with the name Las Manchas extend into the area of the Protected Landscape ( Paiseje Protegido ) Tamanca .
Natural location and economy
In Las Manchas agriculture dominates , for which water is a limiting factor. The geographical location on the western slope of La Palma means that there is no rain caused by the trade winds . In addition, the height of around 500 m above sea level leads to high temperatures in summer and comparatively cool winters. The sources of the caldera , from which the Aridane Valley was supplied via water pipes soon after the conquest , could not be used due to the distance and the height difference.
This led to a concentration on viticulture . The Massieus hacienda was already based on wine, and fruit trees were also cultivated back then. The local wineries now produce DO wines.
In recent years, the production of DO goat cheese ( Queso palmero ) has also established itself.
Tourism only exists to the extent that fincas are occasionally offered as holiday accommodation.
Arts and Culture
Plaza de La Glorieta
The Plaza de La Glorieta is a square in Las Manchas de Abajo designed by the Palmerian artist Luis Morera .
Wine museum
The La Palmas Wine Museum ( Casa Museo del Vino ) is located in the immediate vicinity of the Plaza de La Glorieta. His exhibition illustrates the history of viticulture on La Palma with many pictures, videos and objects. It also offers the tasting of Palmerian DO wines.
Individual evidence
- ↑ La antigua hacienda de Las Manchas
- ↑ Salvador González Vázquez: Historia contemporánea de La Palma (1766-2000) Revista de estudios generales de la Isla de La Palma (2004): 65-122
- ↑ R. Olzem The 1949 San Juan Eruption
- ↑ INEbase (database of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística)
- ↑ L. Arvena Gil: El archivo Lugo-Viña, Massieu, fuente para la historia económica y social de La Palma en el siglo XVIII XV Coloquio de historia canario-americana (Francisco Morales Padrón, Red.), 2004, p. 1382– 1399; ISBN 84-8103-379-0
- ↑ Overview of the DO wineries on La Palma ( Memento of the original from July 14th, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ El Manchón: Ficha técnica y de premios Ganados Regulating Body
- ↑ Tajogaite: Ficha técnica y de premios Ganados Regulating Body
- ↑ Casa Museo del Vino on the website of the municipality of Los Llanos ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
