3368 x 5033 px | 28,5 x 42,6 cm | 11,2 x 16,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
1 febbraio 2008
Altre informazioni:
The Jardin de Cactus was the last work of Cesar Manrique, a symbol of the island's history where one can see more than 10, 000 cacti in the setting of a converted quarry, which has the form of an amphitheatre. The Jardín de Cactus is found on the outskirts of Guatiza, on the road to Mala. It is in this area where during more than a century the cochineal beetle has been cultivated - an insect which lives in the cactus and whose larva are used to produce the valuable natural colorant, cochineal. In this tourist centre, an abandoned 'rofe' (volcanic ash) quarry in the shape of an amphitheatre has been used, in whose terraces one can admire more than 10, 000 different kinds of cacti from the Canary Islands, America and Madagascar.
