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Barlovento (Spanish for windward) is a municipality in the northern part of the island of La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, and a part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Barlovento is on the main highway which encircles the island. The land rises steeply from a small coastal plain, to the rim of the Caldera de Taburiente at Pico de la Cruz (2,350m)
The majority of the municipality is rural, with the only town being Barlovento, where the ayuntamiento (municipal office) is, at 548m above sea level. Being in the cloudier North East of the island, with a short, rocky, coastline, there is less tourism than other municipalities, although there are a number of casas rurales for rent. There is, however, a large recreation zone and campsite at the Laguna de Barlovento, an artificial reservoir, which is the largest area of freshwater on the island. There are also saltwater bathing pools, the Piscina Fajana, with a restaurant and other facilities at Punta del Corcho, near the Faro de Punta Complida lighthouse, at the North Eastern point of the island. There are beautiful laurisilva forests in the municipality.
The parish church of the town of Barlovento, Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Barlovento, dates back to the 16th century and is a listed monument.
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La iglesia parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Rosario se encuentra en el término municipal de Barlovento, isla de La Palma (Canarias, España). Se desconoce la fecha de construcción aunque se estima que fue alrededor del año 1581.
IglesiaBien de interés cultural
El faro de Punta Cumplida es un faro situado en la localidad de Barlovento, en la isla de La Palma (provincia de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, España).
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What there really is in the village and around it, with distances. If an activity isn't on this list, we haven't found it nearby.
