Santa Cruz de Tenerife
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2003 population 220,022) is a Spanish town on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands.
It's the main city in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife along with a co-capital on the independent local community of the Canary Islands.
The city is actually a seaport and a tropical resort, offering its amazing scenery as well as mild sub-tropical weather to visitors.
The port also exports products from the Canaries such as vegetables, tobacco, and bananas. The oil refinery, inaugurated in November 28th 1930, along with other sectors were built to try and also diversify the overall economy.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is uncommon in possessing an important oil refinery positioned around the city center. Ecologists groups - particularly ATAN - have driven focus on the opportunity with regard to an important catastrophe should there be a fire in the 70-year old plant. The actual fact that the municipality's two main evacuation paths (the North and South highways) both run past the refinery is further cause for concern. This specific case demonstrates the developing conflict between industrial property utilizes as well as tourism in Tenerife.
Naval History
Due the ideal location of Tenerife on the route between the Mediterranean and also the Americas, it had been attacked numerous instances from the English as well as the Dutch. Particularly, Santa Cruz Bay was the scene of two notable naval engagements concerning 2 of the most famous British admirals.
In 1656, Admiral Robert Blake totally destroyed a Spanish silver fleet of 16 ships for the loss of one of his very own, despite being under fire from shore batteries and assaulting as well as pulling out on the tide. 50 years later, The British under John Genings were conquered when they assaulted the island on November 6, 1706 throughout the War on the Spanish Succession.
Lord Nelson lost his right arm in the later failed attack inside the same bay on July 25 1797.
Sites of interest
Attractions
Calle de la Noria
Macizo de Anaga
Igueste de San Andrés
Taganana
Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre
Parque Marítimo César Manrique
Playa de Las Teresitas
Auditorio de Tenerife
Parks and Squares
Parque García Sanabria
Plaza de 25 de julio (de los Patos)
Plaza de España
Plaza de la Candelaria
Plaza del Príncipe
Plaza de Weyler