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El Mencey Bentor

The mencey Bentor

son and successor of Bencomo, mencey of Taora; led the guanches resistance against the Castilian invaders.

Carmen León Rodríguez
Fundición Esculturas Bronzo (La Laguna - Tenerife)
1996

Description

Statue of Bentor, who after the defeat of the Gunaches, committed suicide in 1496 by jumping off the hill.

Inscription(s)

"Los Menceyes de Tenerife no habían conocido jamás la vileza de
sujetarse ni obedecer á otros hombres como ellos"

Viera y Clavijo

homenaje de la villa de los realejos a bentor,
el último mencey guanche, el cual, según la tradición,
por no entregarse, se arrojóo al vacío desde
este lugar.

"The Menceyes of Tenerife had never known the vileness of
submit to and obey other men than themselves"

Viera y Clavijo

Homage of the town of Los Realejos to Bentor,
the last Guanche mencey, who, according to tradition,
for not giving himself up, threw himself into the void from
this place.

The quote is from José de Viera y Clavijo, Noticias de la Historia General de las Islas Canarias (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1859), vol. 2, p. 187.

Signature

escultora - carmen leon rguez
fundicion artistica bronzo

Artist

Carmen León Rodríguez, Canarian sculptor of Arafo.

Sources & Information

The Real Tenerife, Discovering the Guanches in Tenerife.
Los Realejos, What to see, Sculptures.
Gestor Patrimonio Cultural: Los Realejos: Escultura.

Location (N 28°23'5" - W 16°36'12") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca629; Photograph: 2 February 2020
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