El Gallego

El Gallego is a hamlet in Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas and has about 275 residents. El Gallego is situated nearby to the hamlet Doñana, as well as near the neighborhood San Juan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Caves of Valeron and Tagoror del Gallego.

Caves of Valeron

Archaeological site

Photo: Miguel Diaz Ojeda, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.

Valerón's "monastery" is an archaeological site on the Spanish island of Grand Canary, in the municipality of Santa Maria de Guia, on Valerón's cliff. It is the largest pre-Hispanic collective granary built before Roman times and used by the island's inhabitants until the conquest of the island at the end of the 15th century.

Tagoror del Gallego

Archaeological site

Photo: Tamara k, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tagoror del Gallego is an archaeological site.

Casa Quintana

Building

The Quintana House is an example of the architecture of the municipality of Guia de Gran Canaria in the Canarian island of Gran Canaria, located in the Plaza Mayor de Guía; its buildings date from the 16th century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moya and Northern Gran Canaria.

Moya

Town

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Moya is a town and a municipality in the northern part of the island of Gran Canaria in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Its population is 7,841, and the area is 31.87 km2, making it one of the smallest municipalities on the island. Moya is situated 4½ km southeast of El Gallego.