The tundra of sticks that the ancient Canarians gave to the Castilians in 1479 is what gave rise to the name of San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
The tundra of sticks that the ancient Canarians gave to the Castilians in 1479 is what gave rise to the name of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. During the conquest, a peninsular regiment was devastated in the battle of La Caldera. It was August 24 and the soldiers implored the support of San Bartolomé. That is to say: the name of Santa Lucía de Tirajana would come from Tunte.
In short, the area was named where the battle on St. Bartholomew's Day took place. And Tirajana? The Castilians had the detail of leaving the surname because although it was called Tunte, for the Castilians it sounded like Tirajana from the phonetic Tirahana, Tirahana, Atrahanaca.
The research work being carried out on the pre-Hispanic sites of the Caldera de Tirajana reveals that this enclave in the south of Gran Canaria is the oldest religious center on the island, with dates dating back to the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries AD. The surveys carried out in the Amurga Fortress, next to the almogarén of the same name, point to what could be the epicenter of one of the sacred cliffs of the Canarian aborigines, Umiaya. Thanks to the textual and archaeological documentation recovered, this space had already been used and visited since the XNUMXth century and was able to maintain its use until the moments before the Conquest.