Risco Caído
Risco Caído is a dramatic mountain landscape in central Gran Canaria where volcanic cliffs and ravines hold pre-Hispanic cave dwellings, temples, and granaries. These troglodyte habitats—along with granaries and cisterns—are key evidence of a culture that developed in isolation from North African Berbers from around the beginning of our era until the arrival of the first Spanish settlers in the 15th century. Two sacred temple sites, the almogarenes of Risco Caído and Roque Bentayga, hosted seasonal ceremonies. The connection is often made to a cult of stars and Mother Earth, and the site is also considered to have functioned as an astronomical observatory for the island’s Aboriginal people. …
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