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Tenerife Costa Adeje 2020

2020

Tenerife, and especially the tourist region, are hit by the Corona crisis.

Image by Justin Chavanelle

On the 25th of April a major forest fire started in the municipalities of Granadilla and Vilaflor, in the Paisaje Lunar. 250 hectares of nature reserve went up in flames.

2018

Tenerife Costa Adeje 2006

2007

In commemoration of the plane crash, the monument 'Stairway to heaven' was inaugurated by the Dutch artist Rudi van de Wint.

Tenerife Costa Adeje 1995

Construction of many hotels and shopping centres.

1995

Tenerife Costa Adeje 1991

1991

When Playa de Las Américas literally burst through the tourists in the 1990s, it was decided to start new projects in the west.

Tenerife Costa Adeje 1990

Tourism started in Costa Adeje in the 1990’s.

1990

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The Greek Philosopher Plato claimed that Tenerife and the rest of the islands belonged to the lost realm of Atlantis.

427-347 B.C.

Tenerife Costa Adeje 400 v.C.

400 B.C.

The Guanches crossed the sea to Tenerife, they were the first and original population of Tenerife until 100 years after Christ.

Tenerife Costa Adeje 500 n.C.

Tenerife was an uninhabited island until 500 AD.

500 

Juba the 2nd  gives the Canary Islands their name (Berber King who was married to the daughter of Mark Antony and Cleopatra)

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Image by Daniel H. Tong

1986

Spain and the Canary Islands join the European Union.

Image by Guillaume Périgois
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After the Second World War and the establishment of the Kingdom of Spain, a law is proclaimed promising autonomy to the region.

1977

1978

Tenerife Sur opened on the 6th of November.

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The world stood still for a moment on the 27th of March at Tenerife North Airport, the biggest aviation disaster in history occurred at the time. Two Boeings 747 collided with airlines KLM and Pan American with a death toll of 583 people, only 61 people survived this disaster.

1982

1936

The Spanish Civil War breaks out. The resistance in the Canary Islands and Tenerife is strong against the Spanish dictator Franco, resulting in the emergence of Canarian nationalism that turns against the Spanish dictatorship.

Image by Hasan Almasi

1930

The first connecting flight between the Spanish mainland and Tenerife.

1929

The first unofficial flight with the airline "Lufthansa" from Berlin to Tenerife North.

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1927

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The Canary Islands are split into two provinces.

The Canary Islands including Tenerife become a Spanish province with a huge rivalry between the cities of La Palma and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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1812

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1797

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English Admiral Nelson attacks Santa Cruz de Tenerife in an attempt to conquer the islands. He leads a painful defeat and also loses his arm.

Garachico was completely wiped off the map by the eruption of "El Teide" volcano.

Image by Buzz Andersen

1706

1685-1687

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Tenerife was hit by a plague of grasshoppers that destroyed many vineyards.

The creation of the Flemish Canary Nation which was responsible for the many sugar plantations

Image by Josh Withers

1550-1600

1496

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The last resistance of Tenerife is broken, it is taken by Castile.

The Castilian fleet puts its focus on Tenerife, which is the only island that does not fall under the crown and becomes an eyesore.

Image by Bogdan Zaleski

1494

1479

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The Treaty of Alcacovas classifies the region under the Castilian flag.

1312

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The Genoese Lancelotto Malocello rediscovers the archipelago after the fall of the Roman Empire.

Jean De Bethencourt leads an expedition for Castile with the aim of conquering the Canary Islands.

Image by Ian Chen

1402

2006

Costa Adeje was visited… and you read it well… by spacious

2 million tourists.

Tenerife Costa Adeje 2010

In almost 20 years, this area in Costa Adeje with various boulevards has become one of the top tourist locations in the southern part of Tenerife.

2010

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Tenerife was erupted by a volcanic eruption, 3 million years before Christ.

3 million bc

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