Museum of the History of Tenerife
The Museum of History and Anthropology of Tenerife (Spanish: Museo de Historia y Antropología de Tenerife) is part of the Autonomous Organism of Museums and the Cabildo de Tenerife. It opened in December 1993 in the property known as "Casa Lercaro" in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain.
The museum holds out the prospect of spreading the history of the island of Tenerife, offering an overview of institutional, socio-economic and cultural development of the island, from the fifteenth century to the twentieth century.
The museum also performs a task of research, rescue, preservation, dissemination and exhibition of heritage treasure pieces, documentary and bibliographic.
Legend
In this mansion there is the legend of Catalina Lercaro. She was forced to marry an older man, who enjoyed a good position and great wealth. This marriage of convenience did not please Catalina, who on her wedding day decided to kill herself by leaping into the pit which is located in the courtyard of the family mansion. Since then many people claim to have seen the spectre of Catalina Lercaro walking through the halls of the museum.[1] The mansion/museum is the most famous "haunted mansion" of the Canary Islands.
References
- ^ El fantasma de Catalina Noticia en el diario El Día
External links
- Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros de Tenerife
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- Category
- Commons
- Guanches
- Bimbache
- Pre-colonial times
- Conquest
- Treaty of Alcáçovas
- First Battle of Acentejo
- Kingdom of the Canary Islands
- Battle of Aguere
- Second Battle of Acentejo
- Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657)
- Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797)
- Spanish transition
- Autonomous community
- Canarian Parliament
and galleries
- Archaeological Museum of Puerto de la Cruz
- Atlantic Center of Modern Art
- Castle of San Cristóbal (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)
- Centro de Fotografía Isla de Tenerife
- Castillo de San José
- Elder Museum of Science and Technology
- Museo Canario
- Museum of the History of Tenerife
- Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología
- Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Museum of Science and the Cosmos
- Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
- Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Carnival of Las Palmas
- Bajada (festival)
- Cavalcade of Magi
- Holy Week
- Virgin of Candelaria
- Cristo de La Laguna
- Akelarre
the Canary Islands