🏛️ Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape

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Risco Caído is a land-form and archaeological site on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain. The site contains prehistoric cave dwellings, temples, and granaries attributed to the pre-Hispanic culture of the Canary Islands. It is also considered to have been used as an astronomical observatory by Aboriginal people. In July 2019, Risco Caído was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is also a UNESCO recognised Cultural Landscape. It is the first World Heritage Site of the island of Gran Canaria and the province of Las Palmas and the fourth of the Canary Islands.

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Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape is a cultural World Heritage site in Spain, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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