PARQUE DORAMAS LAS PALMAS

This shady park, in the middle of Ciudad Jardin, contains the Hotel Santa Catalina, the Pueblo Canario and the Museo Nestor. Doramas, after whom the park was named, was the last Guanche king of Eastern Gran Canaria. In 1481, on Montana de Arucas, he challenged the Spaniards to single combat and killed his rival with a javelin throw, but was fatally wounded himself. The Spanish and Guanche forces then joined in battle, but it was soon over. This was the final act of armed resistance against the Spaniards Many of Doramas's followers hurled themselves off the cliffs, an event commemorated in the wild bronze sculpture in the hotel garden.