History
Previously to the conquest, the municipality was integrated to the Menceyato de Daute. The abundance of pastures in Teno, and also on the coast, favored that people could live in the zone (the different opposing deposits demonstrate it).
The name of the municipality comes into view of after the conquest, since Buenavista, is Buenava + vista (Good + Sight), reflecting the astonished that the conquerors remained with the zone.
The first core populations of the zone were Masca, Los Carrizalez, Teno Alto and El Palamar, grove on 1513, the year in which the official establishment of the old town was begun too.
The population was composed of 80% of Portuguese, but also there were aborigines tinerfeños (ancient inhabitans of Tenerife), Masca was granted to the Mencey de Adeje, for the help offered during the conquest, gomeros (from La Gomera), gran canaios (from Gran Canaria ), etc. There was a great interest to populate the zone due to the great extension of area, which it was used in the cultivation of the sugar cane, which since it was spending in the rest of municipalities of the island, this one was replaced by the grapevine.
The majority of the population was jornalera o medianera (people who worked jornalera (agricultural workers who have no land ownership), only those who could pay higher taxes, to be able to have his own lands, for what the majority of the lands were in the hands of propertied absentees.
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| Old Hause near form the Church |
Before the decadence of the grapevine, other cultures were interfered as the sugar (possessing the Ingenio (a place to burn) of Los Silos) and the wood-louse, cultures that did not last very much at the time. With the introduction of these cultures the population suffered a growth, which was paralyzed (in several epochs of the history) for epidemics, migrations, plagues in the cultures, etc.
Not all the lands destined for the grapevine were replaced by the arrival of these new cultures, there were zones in which it was continued its culture, especially with the culture of the malvasía, but also products as the cereals, for the supply of the population. It is at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the XXth when the culture of the banana interferes, but it is not until the 40s of the 20th century when it is introduced in this municipality (due to the fact that the great quantity of water that needs this culture and this zone it was possessing shortage).
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| Square |
Since already it was happening with other cultures, that of the banana was not going to be less, and only those persons who had monetary power it had the control of the production. The landowners were the only ones that could cultivate the banana in his lands (since he supposed a high cost on having had to transport the water for his culture, across systems of irrigation), but with the return of many inhabitants who had emigrated and who did money, they introduced in his lands this culture.
Buenavista is a rural municipality, but with the arrival of the tourism, this rural activity that still is kept remains shared with the sector services.
Representative Buildings
Casco antiguo de la Villa (Old town of the Villa): it was declared historical set in 1983. it can be appreciated some of the houses of the 16th century and the XVIIth, with later reforms. These are characterized by roofs of Arabic tile to two or four waters, windows of guillotine and salient eaves. The Historical Set is articulated about the Church Nuestra Señora de los Remdios (Our Lady of the Remedies) and tis square, showing an urban development regular plot and with the extent of the routes.
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| Street and the square |
Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios (The Parochial Church of Our Lady of the Remedies) : It was constituting one of the big exchequers of the island art, up to the fire happened in 1995. Only are supporting the remains of the exterior architecture seriously damaged by the action of the fire.
In 1513 already there was constructed the temple of an alien nave, and in 1558 it was possessing two lateral chapels and the choir, the year in which also several oratories and the baptistry were added. In 1605 there began the construction of a simple belfry, and in 1951 the current tower was added. It possesses three naves separated by a series of arches of half a point on column and pilasters of capitals toscanos (architecture from Italy). The front page is of hewn stone, between columns of the Corinthian order that they rest on plinths with central rosette each one, and the set is finished off by a triangular fountain of flowers in the lateral vertexes and Superior. The roof that covers three ships has only an armor of couples and knuckles only in the head office
In the interior were of great artistic value the altarpieces, the paintings, and the pieces of gold work that had the temple. The fire finished with all this heritage, from what it was not saved at all. Though it is necessary to remember some elements as the major altarpiece of baroque style, the image of the Virgin of The Remedies a sculpture of the 17th century, between others.
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| Church |
Convento Franciscano (The Franciscan convent of Our Lady of the Mercy): It was founded immediately after the request of one of the neighbors. The church of the convent was on Latin cross. In 1868 it was demolished turning into the cemetery. The remains that can be seen nowadays are the front page of hewn stone, flanked by columns that it rests on a plinth with carved rosette.
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| The door for the ancient convent |
Caserío de Masca: it was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 2004. The historical site is placed inside Teno's Clump (most ancient geological unit on the island of Tenerife, close to Anaga's Clump). The site is formed by four groups neighborhoods, which are distributed from south to north occupying the rocky stings of an insect and the least propitious sectors for the agricultural utilization. Lomo de Masca, Lomo del Medio, El Turrón y la Vica turn out to be aligned along the current road. The housings answer to two essential models: a plant in L and a plant of square trend. This constructive, very ancient technology, scarcely it evolved with the passage of time, due to its strict dependence of the physical conditions of the environment and the availability of raw materials.
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| Masca |
Teno Alto, Los Carrizales y el Palmar: since already these sites have been named previously, together Masca, they are the most ancient sites. Close to the new constructions still there can be seen some houses of traditional Canary typology.
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| Teno Alto |
Note:
There are municipalities in which we have put ols town (in Spanish caso), since its heritage better preserved building is quite inside the same historical hull. Nevertheless there are municipalities in which its heritage building, for diverse reasons, is remote a few real estate of others, and to enjoy it it is necessary to cross long distances
For this motive, when we speak about heritage building of the municipalities, some of them are concentrated in its town, and other real estate are distributed along the whole municipality. With it we do not want to say, that of having named the old town of the municipality, we do not find along all its geography real estate worth visiting, everything opposite, the publications are totally opened, and we are continuing adding more information to the same one or improving the already exposed one.
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