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Betancuria is a small town and a municipality in the western part of the island of Fuerteventura in the Province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. The population is 811 (2013), and the area is 103.64 km2 (40 sq mi). It is situated in a mountainous region, 4 km (2 mi) west of Antigua and 21 km (13 mi) southwest of the island capital Puerto del Rosario. By population it is the smallest municipality in Fuerteventura as well as all of the Canary Islands. Betancuria is named after Jean de Béthencourt, who founded the town in 1404 with Gadifer de La Salle. It was the original capital of the Kingdom of the Canary Islands, and later capital of Fuerteventura.
In 1424 Pope Martin V erected in Betancuria brief Bishopric of Fuerteventura, which encompassed all the Canary Islands except the island of Lanzarote. The origin of this bishopric is directly related to the events that occurred after the Great Schism (1378-1417). This was because the bishop of San Marcial del Rubicón in Lanzarote (only diocese at the time of the Canary Islands) did not recognize the papacy of Martin V, as this bishop was a supporter of anti-Pope Benedict XIII. The Bishopric of Fuerteventura was based in Parish of Santa María de Betancuria, for it to rank high cathedral. After the reintegration of the Diocese of San Marcial del Rubicón in the papacy of Martin V, the Bishopric of Fuerteventura was abolished only seven years after it was created in 1431. It was razed by pirates in 1593, but remained capital of Fuerteventura until 1834, when Antigua became capital. In Vega de Rio Palmas is the hermitage of the Virgen de la Peña, the patron saint of the island of Fuerteventura.
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La ermita y santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Peña es un pequeño templo situado en el valle de la Vega de Río Palmas en el municipio de Betancuria (isla de Fuerteventura, Canarias, España).
IglesiaBien de interés cultural
La parroquia matriz de Santa María de Betancuria, también llamada parroquia Matriz de la Concepción de Betancuria, es la parroquia matriz tanto de la villa de Betancuria, como de toda la isla de Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias, España).
Iglesia de culto católico
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La ermita de Santa Inés se encuentra ubicada en el Valle de Santa Inés, término municipal de Betancuria, isla de Fuerteventura, provincia de Las Palmas (Canarias, España).
IglesiaBien de interés cultural
RomeríaBien de interés cultural
El Museo Arqueológico de Fuerteventura es la institución museística dedicada a la arqueología más importante de la isla de Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias, España). Se encuentra en el municipio de Betancuria y pertenece al Cabildo Insular de Fuerteventura.
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Naturaleza
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Places and plans from OpenStreetMap (ODbL): what is mapped within the municipal boundary, by name. If something is missing, it can be added there and will appear here in the next update.
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.
