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Risco Caido
Risco Caído
archaeological site on Gran Canaria in Spain
Contents
7 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Orientation2:40
Welcome to the Cultural Landscape of Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria, an extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage site located in the mountainous heart of Spain's Canary Islands. In two thousand nineteen, during…
Listen in the app2Spot 1: Barranco Hondo Cliff Edge3:36
Perched precariously along a sheer volcanic promontory, a complex of twenty one artificial caves was carved by hand directly into the cliff wall fully one hundred meters above the bottom of the ravine. Please look toward the…
Listen in the app3Spot 2: Exterior and Vaulted Structure of Cave C62:58
Cave C6 stands as the absolute architectonic masterpiece of the entire Canary Islands, being the only artificial cave in the archipelago painstakingly hollowed out to form a perfect, smooth vaulted dome ceiling. Please raise your…
Listen in the app4Spot 3: The Light Shaft and Solar Marker Inside Cave C63:15
Inside this darkened vault, a specially angled roof opening acts as a prehistoric solar and lunar marker, casting a beam of morning sunlight that illuminates engraved pubic triangles along the wall every day from the spring…
Listen in the app5Spot 4: The Ancient Hearths of Cave C62:52
Embedded directly into the clay floor of Cave C6 lie two circular ancient hearths whose clay surfaces preserve a frozen magnetic record of the very last time fire burned within this cave between the mid seventeenth and mid…
Listen in the app6Spot 5: Viewpoint Facing Caldera de Tejeda and Roque Bentayga2:32
Stepping out onto this sweeping mountain viewpoint, you are rewarded with a breathtaking panorama of the sacred volcanic landscape encompassing the Caldera de Tejeda and the majestic basalt monolith of Roque Bentayga. Please…
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As our audio journey through the Cultural Landscape of Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria comes to an end, we hope you have felt the profound connection between human creativity, cosmic observation, and the…
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What is Risco Caido?
Risco Caido is a place with 7 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Type | Heritage |
|---|---|
| Story sections | 7 |
| Total length | 19 min 32 s in all |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 28.0436, -15.6613 |
| Last updated |