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Telde
Gran Canaria

Calle Pedro Agustin del Castillo
(Plaza de San Pedro Mártir de Verona)

Faycán of Telde

The Faycan (great priest) of Telde

Luis Arencibia Betancort
2001

Description

Sculpture of a Canarian with a stick. On 29 April 1483 Chief Bentejuí and his shaman-advisor the Faycán of Telde committed suicide by jumping off a cliff while shouting Atis Tirma ('for my land'). With their dead the armed and organized resistance against the Spanish conquest ended

Inscription(s)

a
LOS FAICANES
de
TELDE

m.i. ayuntamiento de telde

Annotation

Placed as one of the activities of the celebration of the 650th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Town of Telde, 2001-2002.

Telde - Faycán of Telde

Sculptor

Luis Arencibia Betancort (Telde 1946), Spanish-Canarian sculptor, son of José Arencibia Gil. (Blogspot – Biography).

Sources & Information

Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Telde.
La Estrella que nos guia, Telde.
TeldeActualidad, 24 June 2008, El núcleo histórico de San Juan atesora gran parte de las esculturas figurativas y monumentales de Telde.

Locatie (N 28°0'15" - W 15°24'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca256; Photograph: 10 January 2015
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