A spectacular aboriginal granary of collective character. This site is located on a high escarpment of the Montaña del Gallego and was built by the ancient Canary Islanders more than 800 years ago, taking advantage of the geological conditions of the volcanic cone. In it, and with the help of stone picks, they opened more than 350 cavities, which are arranged in several levels and were used for the storage of cereals and other foodstuffs.
The strategic nature of this site makes it an authentic natural fortress, unnoticed from the outside and located on an almost vertical mountain wall.
The term “cenobio” obeys to a false idea that the silos or chambers of the site were the rooms of a sort of convent where the young women of the noble class were secluded until they got married, under the care of the harimaguadas or priestesses of great social and religious influence, now completely discarded.
Cuesta de Silva, Santa María de Guía, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias
Photo Taken: April 18, 2023
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