Friday September 3rd 2010

Lanzarote Marks 700th Anniversary in 2012

Lanzarote will be celebrating the 700th anniversary of the islands discovery by the Genovese navigator Lancelotto Mallocelo in 2012. As island authorities plan a programme of events to mark this historic date.

Malocello is credited with first discovering the island – which was subsequently named after him – before it was eventually conquered for the Spanish crown in the early 1400’s. Current proposals to mark the anniversay include twinning Lanzarote´s capital city Arrecife with his birthlace – the small Italian town of Varazze and the creation of an international congress to prmote the explorers exploits.

Source :: Lanzarote Guidebook

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