Santa Lucía de Tirajana

Geography

The town of Santa Lucía de Tirajana is situated in the mountains, 27 km south-west of Las Palmas. Its population is (2013), and the area is 61.56 km².

The municipality includes the larger towns Cruce de Sardina, El Doctoral and Vecindario, located near the coast.

The GC-1 passes through the south-eastern part of the municipality.

Population

| 1991 | 33059 | 1996 | 40127 | 2001 | 47652 | 2002 | 49902 | 2003 | 52684 | 2004 | 53820 | 2013 | 68506

Heritage sites

The archaeological site La Fortaleza is listed as a Property of cultural interest.

There are nine water mills dating from the 19th century, built on the Riego de la Zarcilla river. Most of them kept working up to the 1970s. Since then, many fell into disrepair. Ownership may be public or private. On the municipality, the two mills of El Valle (olive oil for one and gofio**Gofio is roasted maize meal often stirred into coffee. for the other) were declared properties of cultural interest in 2003. D. Benjamín González Araña, who owns the olive oil mill, had its restoration completed in 2004. The council of Gran Canaria had the gofio mill repaired in 2003.

Gallery

Iglesia Santa Lucía de Tirajana

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Public art

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References

References

1. [http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/jaxi-istac/menu.do?uripub=urn:uuid:fbc0bdc8-cacb-43b8-a5cb-a93f745dcff6 Instituto Canario de Estadística], area
2. link. (2014-04-22 , population)
3. {{in lang. es José Mercado Soria, Antonio Toledo de León and Juan Manuel Febles Suárez, arquitectos; Jordi Noguera López, diseñador industrial. [http://www.grancanariapatrimonio.com/documents/251793/287894/Bolet%C3%ADn+de+Patrimonio+Hist%C3%B3rico+N%C2%BA%202.pdf/0c3a5480-33e2-4a32-9473-6ea8c6e0a979 ''Rehabilitación del Molino de Gofio en El Valle y del Sendero de los Molinos en El Riego de la Heredad de La Zarcilla (Santa Lucía de Tirajana)''] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-02-14 ("Rehabilitation of the ''gofio'' mill in El Valle and of the Mills path in the ''Riego de la Heredad of La Zarcilla river''"). In ''Boletín de Patrimonio Histórico'', 2004, nr. 2, pp. 32-36.)