Museo de Piedras
The Museo de Piedras stands in Ingenio, Gran Canaria, dedicated to the traditional use of stones and dry-stone construction by the Guanches and early settlers, preserving a craft vital to the island’s architectural heritage. The museum focuses on how stonework shaped daily life and landscape across Gran Canaria, illustrating techniques and tools used in quarrying, shaping, and building with dry stone. Its exhibits connect the Guanche heritage with later settler practices, highlighting the cultural significance of stonework in local communities. The site anchors this craft in a broader story of adaptation to volcanic terrain and scarce timber, where stone became both shelter and identity. …
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