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Example sentences for: tenerife
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La Palma held out until 1493, and after another two years of furious fighting, the biggest prize of all, Tenerife, was in Spanish hands.
This led, in 1927, to the islands being divided into two provinces; Santa Cruz de Tenerife with the islands of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro; and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.
, endemic to Tenerife Island, has ornithophyllous, red flowers, pollinated by generalist native birds and insects.
La Laguna, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO late in 1999, is Tenerife’s second largest town and known as the ecclesiastic and cultural capital of the island.
The massive growth of tourism in the islands since the 1960s has, in some cases, literally refaced the landscape, with brand-new resorts such as Playa de las Américas on Tenerife and Playa del Inglés on Gran Canaria, springing up like Gold Rush boom towns.