The Montaña de Tindaya is a mountain in Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It was considered a sacred place by the pre-colonial local population, and is also known as the Sacred Mountain (Spanish: Montaña Sagrada) today.
| Tindaya | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 401 m (1,316 ft) |
| Coordinates | 28°35′47″N 13°58′35″W / 28.5964°N 13.9764°W |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Fuerteventura |
The mountain is the proposed site of Monument to Tolerance, an artwork conceived by the sculptor Eduardo Chillida (1924–2002), that would involve the excavation a large artificial cave. Local environmentalists objected to the project.[1] As of 2019[update], construction work on the site had not started.[2]
References
edit- ^ Tremlett, Giles (20 January 2011). "Spanish island allows massive cave to be bored into 'magic' mountain". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Hernández, B. (5 September 2019). "Fuerteventura renuncia a Tindaya". Canarias 7 (in Spanish). Las Palmas.