El Cenobio de ValerónArchived 2016-07-23 at the Wayback Machine on the site of the Unidad de Patrimonio Histórico del Cabildo de Gran Canaria. This page includes a short video showing 2 types of openings on cavities, and how some were hidden from view. It also includes a citation dating from the time of their Spanish conquest, that describes this type of caves on the islands.
El Cenobio de ValerónArchived 2016-07-23 at the Wayback Machine on the site of the Unidad de Patrimonio Histórico del Cabildo de Gran Canaria. This page includes a short video showing 2 types of openings on cavities, and how some were hidden from view. It also includes a citation dating from the time of their Spanish conquest, that describes this type of caves on the islands.
The uTube video Cenobio de Valerón caves archaeological site - Gran Canaria shows in details all that can be seen from outside the caves, including from 1'21 to 1'28 a panoramic view of the surroundings as seen from the entrance of the caves complex; the sea is not in sight. The beginning of the video shows the surroundings, its steep slopes and difficult access.
