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Plaza de la Iglesia [Church Plaza]

Plaza de la Iglesia [Church Plaza]

por | Sep 28, 2017 | Activities

Plaza de la Iglesia [Church Plaza]

Church Plaza opens before the Parish Church of Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia [Our Lady of the Peña de Francia –named after a mountain shrine in Mainland Spain]. Previously it was called Fountain Square. Traditionally it can boast of having the best tended gardens in town, filled with thousands of red Christmas Flowers in December. There are numerous outstanding dragon trees, Canary palms, laurels and other sizeable trees. The centrepiece is a fountain from 1900 adorned with a stone swan. At one side stands a monument to Agustín de Bethencourt y Molina (1758-1824), one of the most prominent figures in PCR history. A military engineer, he rose to the rank of General in the Russian Army in the epoque of Tsar Alexander I and became Director General of the Department of Communication Routes in Imperial Russia. In Russia he designed major buildings and public works. Before that he was the first Director of the School of Canals and Roads in Madrid. . Bethencourt y Molina was born just opposite his monument, in the house which accommodates the old Monopol Hotel, one of the first in the town.

Plaza de la Iglesia [Church Plaza]

Plaza de la Iglesia

por | Sep 28, 2017 | Lugares de Interés

Plaza de la Iglesia

La plaza de la Iglesia debe su nombre a que está situada a las puertas de la Parroquia Matriz de Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia. Antes se la llamó plaza de la Pila. Tradicionalmente puede presumir de lucir los jardines más cuidados de la ciudad, que en Navidad se llenan de miles de flores de pascua rojas. Destacan varios dragos canarios, araucarias, palmeras canarias, laureles de indias y otros árboles de gran porte. En su centro se dispone una fuente del año 1900, adornada con un cisne de piedra. En uno de los laterales se encuentra el monumento a Agustín de Bethencourt y Molina (1758-1824), una de las figuras más relevantes de la historia del Puerto de la Cruz. Ingeniero militar, llegó a obtener el rango de general en el Ejército de Rusia en la época del Zar Alejandro I y Director General del Departamento de Vías de Comunicación del Imperio Ruso. Antes fue el primer director de la Escuela de Canales y Caminos de Madrid. Además, diseñó en Rusia importantes edificios y obras públicas. Bethencourt y Molina nació justo enfrente de donde está emplazado su monumento, en la casa que albergó el antiguo Hotel Monopol, uno de los primeros de la ciudad.

Plaza de Europa. [Europe Square]

Plaza de Europa. [Europe Square]

por | Sep 28, 2017 | Activities

Plaza de Europa. [Europe Square]

This public plaza , inaugurated in 1992, covers 5,000 sq metres and has two storeys of public parking spaces underground. Half a dozen authentic cannon from the XVIII and XIXth Centuries, handed over by the Ministry of Defence and the Canary Military Command, enhance the “battlements” of this urban monument which takes the shape of a fortified balcony overlooking the sea. The Orotava architect Luis García Mesa took his inspiration from the ancient fortifications which defended the Islands. The name given to the Plaza, which is rimmed by a splendid promenade, is in recognition of Puerto de la Cruz’ European tradition.

Plaza de Europa. [Europe Square]

Plaza de Europa

por | Sep 28, 2017 | Lugares de Interés

Plaza de Europa

Esta plaza pública, inaugurada en 1992, abarca 5.000 metros cuadrados y cuenta con dos plantas de aparcamientos públicos subterráneos. Media docena de auténticos cañones de los siglos XVIII y XIX, cedidos por el Ministerio de Defensa y la Zona Militar de Canarias, adornan la empalizada de este monumento urbanístico en forma de fortaleza abalconada sobre el mar, para cuyo diseño el arquitecto orotavense Luis García Mesa se inspiró en las antiguas fortificaciones que defendieron la isla. El nombre de esta plaza, coronada por un magnífico paseo marítimo, es un reconocimiento a la tradición europeísta de la ciudad del Puerto de la Cruz.

Playa Jardín de Punta Brava. [Garden Beach at Punta Brava]

Playa Jardín de Punta Brava. [Garden Beach at Punta Brava]

por | Sep 28, 2017 | Lugares de Interés

Playa Jardín de Punta Brava. [Garden Beach at Punta Brava]

This marvellous strip of shoreline is the result of coastal reconditioning finished in 1993 running from the Castillo San Felipe as far as the suburb of Punta Brava. It is a series of black, volcanic sand beaches, surrounded by splendid garden and pedestrian walkways, designed by the artist Cesar Manrique. Along a 600-metre shore front, service and leisure facilities, enhanced by flourishing gardens, sea-water cascades, and artificial caves live up to the area’s name. The quality of the facilities and its well-kept natural beauty make the Playa Jardín a place of singular beauty designed for leisure and awarded the European Union’s Blue Flag. The construction of Playa Jardín cost the Ministry of Public Works nearly 2,000 million Pesetas. The works, supervised by the artist César Manrique and the engineers Amigó and Olcina, were executed by the companies Cubiertas y MZOV and Ferrovial. To cover the old pebble beach, 23,000 cubic metres of volcanic sand extracted from the sea-bed nearby were used. The construction of the semi-submerged breakwater which protects the beach from the heavy swell prevailing on the north coast required 4,226 concrete blocks of 20 tonnes each, equivalent to 35,207 cubic metres of concrete.

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