Teguise (), also known in Spanish as ''La Villa de Teguise'', is a village in the municipality of Teguise in the north-central part of the island of

Lanzarote Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the i ...

in Las Palmas province in the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

. The town's population is 1,776 as of 1 January 2018. The town is the capital of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Teguise. A market is held in the town on Sunday mornings, and has become a popular tourist attraction.www.teguise.com - Sunday Market
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History

The town was founded in 1414. Teguise served as the capital of the

Kingdom of the Canary Islands The Kingdom of the Canary Islands was a vassal state of the Crown of Castile located in North Africa, lasting from 1404 to 1448. First contact by Europeans Apart from earlier contact by Romans, one of the first known Europeans to have encounter ...

from 1425 to 1448 and as capital of the island until the capital moved to

Arrecife Arrecife (; ; ) is the capital city and a municipality of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It was made the island's capital in 1852. The city owes its name to the rock reef ("arrecife" being Spanish for "reef") which covers its local beach. It als ...

in 1852. File:Castell de Santa Barbara.jpg, Santa Bárbara Castle File:Teguise Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.jpg, Church Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

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Teguise: white heritage and mahogany crosses in the old capital of Lanzarote
{{Authority control 1414 establishments Populated places established in the 1410s Populated places in Lanzarote Capitals of former nations 15th-century establishments in Castile 15th-century establishments in Africa