Today in Streets & Squares we visit the city of Puerto de la Cruz in the Spanish island of Tenerife off the coast of Africa. Lots of eponymous streets here and a lot of history! As always, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clinking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page.
AV. FAMILIA DE BETANCOURT Y MOLINA - Agustin de Betancourt y Molina (1758-1824) was an engineer, urban planner and construction manager born in Puerto de la Cruz. A descendant of Jean de Béthencourt (1362-1425) was a French explorer and King of the Canary Islands, born in Grainville-la-Teinturière, Normandy, France. - StreetView
AV. JOSÉ MARIA DEL CAMPO LLARENA - José Maria del Campo Llarena (1908) Deputy Secretary of Justice, born in Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
AV. MARQUÉS DE VILLANUEVA DEL PRADO - Alonso de Nava y Grimón (1757-1832) the 6th Marqués de Villanueva del Prado/acted for the Canary Islands - born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife.
CALLE AGUSTÍN ESPINOSA - Agustín Espinosa (1897-1939) was a poet and storyteller, born here in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife - StreetView
CALLE DE ENRIQUE TALG - Enrique Talg Schulz (1894-1962) hotel manager and a pioneer in the touristic development in Tenerife.
CALLE DE IRIARTE - Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa (1750-1791) was a poet born in Puerto de la Cruz, but active mainly in Madrid, mainland Spain.
CALLE DE OBISPO PÉREZ CÁCERES - Domingo Pérez Cáceres (1892-1961) was one of the most prominent bishops in the history of the Canary Islands, born in Güímar, Tenerife.
CALLE DEL DR. INGRAM - James Kyd Duncan Ingram (1869-1933) was a very popular Scottish physician active in Puerto de la Cruz. Born in Urquhart, Scotland PDLC.com
CALLE DR. CELESTINO COBIELLA ZAERA - Celestino Cobiella Zaera (1906-1990) was a physician active in Tenerife, widely known as “The doctor of the poor”.
CALLE LUIS RODRÍGUES FIGUEROA - Luis Rodríguez Figueroa (1875-1936) was a writer and politician active in the Canary Islands. He was born in Puerto de la Cruz. - StreetView
CALLE RICHARD J. YEOWARD - Richard Joseph Yeoward (1864-19xx) - owner of the shipping line company that helped build trade and tourism in the Canary Islands. Tenerife News
CALLE SEBASTIÁN PADRÓN ACOSTA - Sebastián Padrón Acosta (1900-1953) was priest, writer and historian born in Puerto de la Cruz. - StreetView
Last, but not least, the volcano in Tenerife, Mount Teide. Pico del Teide in Spanish. It’s not a street or square, but deserves to be mentioned here just the same.
PICO DEL TEIDE - The volcano in Tenerife is not named after any person, but the Guanches - the aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands - referred with Teide to a powerful figure living in the volcano, which carries light, power and the sun.
A to Z FROM PUERTO DE LA CRUZ
i.e. a list of people born in Puerto de la Cruz. Just another fun way to know something more about the city. We pick a couple of people for each alphabet, if possible. The numbers you see at the end of each line indicate the year of birth. This list is updated from time to time. You see the coat of arms of the city above.
D - Agustin de Betancourt y Molina* engineer/urban planner/ construction manager (1758) & Luis de la Cruz y Ríoz* painter (1776)
F - Luis Rodríguez Figueroa* writer/politician (1875)
R - José Agustín Álvarez Rixo* chronicler/mayor (1796)
Updated 29.8.2022