Brena Baja

Brena Baja is a municipality belonging to the Spanish province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, situated in the east of the island of La Palma. Its maximum altitude is 1800 meters above sea level and has a length of coastline measuring 7.28 km.

Limina is in the north of the municipality of Alta Brena, south is Villa de Mazo, El Paso is on the west and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean.

In response to the volcanic terrain, its vegetation was named The Brenas by the colonizers. During the conquest the oldest settlements were located in lowland areas (Los Guincho, Barranco del Humo, and Los Cancajos). Since the mid-fourteenth century and throughout the fifteenth century was a period of contacts, progressively more frequent among aboriginal people of the archipelago and the European navigators immersed in the first expansion overseas.

The canton of Tedote did not resist the Castilian troops of Adelantado Alonso Fernandez de Lugo in 1492. After the conquest, Alonso Fernandez de Lugo distributed land and waters between conquerors and settlers. The European colonato was mostly of Portuguese origin.

The export of wines to the American colonies represented the principal wealth of the island which became the largest in India and all these islands. Wealth wine altered the ownership structure, as generated by the formation of large landowners. At first, the church of San Jose was attached to a simple parish church of San Pedro de Brena High, head of the church site. Its foundation dates back to 1548. The division was achieved on 28th November 1634.

Carlos III, in their orders of protection and consideration of attractiveness in the area, urged the building to be strengthened, which was destroyed by a flood in 1694. Under the implementation of the decree of the Cortes of Cadiz on May 26th 1812, Brena Baja became an independent municipality. The purpose of the old building was refurbished to house the Houses Consistoriales. In July 1949 the town was awarded the title of Most Honorable and Noble Villa.

Attractions

High in the mountains of Brena, near the border with Mazo, is the viewpoint of the same name, where you can see the entire valley and part of the Brenas Mazo.

Religious buildings
The ancient church of San Jose, now closed to worship, had valuable images like Santa Ana, the co-location size of the sixteenth century Flemish. This and other images are now in the new church of San Jose as well as the sobredorada silver cross with emeralds and silver work of the Indians of the seventeenth century.

Playa de los Cancajos

On the coast of the town is the beach Los Cancajos, one of the main tourist areas of the island with black sand beaches that are going through contortions from the original volcanic lavas.

Other attractions include: Chapel Relief Furnace Cal Casa Garcia Aguiar Casa de Manuel Fernandez de las Casas Casa Amarilla (The Ledas) Velez de Salina Ontanilla Antigua Los Cancajos, Carballo House Massieu Van Dalle, La Hoya’s Rehielo, Casa Fierro Torres and Santa Cruz (San Jose).