It takes less to enjoy what we have prepared on the occasion of the International Day of Monuments and Sites. We will start the next April 17th in this center at 11:30 in the morning with the Encounte [...]
Read moreWe conclude the grind machine series, in which we talked about the windmill and the female mill. In this chapter, we are going to focus on the elements of the pre-colonial Canary, which made the gofio [...]
Read moreTHE MILLS INTERPRETATION CENTRE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE DAY OF THE MONUMENTS AND SITES 2019
Every 18th of April since 1982, it is celebrate The Day of Monuments and Historic Sites. Year after year, this date increases its popularity between cultural institutions all around the world. This da [...]
Read moreWINDMILLS IN FUERTEVENTURA (II). THE FEMALE MILL
Continuing with Fuerteventura’s windmill topic, now we are going to aboard the aspects that define other type of mill that became very famous on the island called Molina, or female mill. We are in fro [...]
Read moreWINDMILLS IN FUERTEVENTURA (I). THE WINDMILL
Grain milling has been a constant activity in the traditional economy of the island. The colonization of the islands meant the introduction of agriculture and the appropriate technology for their expl [...]
Read moreThe gofio, the star food of the Canary Island
The importance of gofio on the island of Fuerteventura dates back to times before the conquest of the islands by Europeans. The indigenous cultures already toasted grains of wild plants that later gro [...]
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