JAMEOS DEL AGUA Lanzarote | Haría, Lanzarote | Canary Islands, Spain | Walking Tour [4K 60fps]

Recorded December 30, 2020

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Jameos del Agua is a series of lava caves, located in the municipality of Haría in northern Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. It is also an art, culture and tourism center, created by local artist and architect, César Manrique, and managed by the government of Lanzarote. Jameos del Agua consists of a subterranean salt lake, restaurant, gardens, emerald-green pool, museum and auditorium.

It was the first Centre of Art, Culture and Tourism created by César Manrique on Lanzarote. The artist’s creative genius and his passion for his native island led him to design a series of remarkable architectural creations from the elements so generously granted to him by nature.

For this attraction, Manrique focused on the volcanic tunnel formed after the eruption of the Corona Volcano and chose the sections of the tunnel nearer the coast for the creation of the Jameos del Agua. This tunnel, over 6 kilometres in length, extends from the crater of the volcano itself to the sea, and continues for a further kilometre and a half under the sea (this last section is known as the Túnel de la Atlántida). These types of tunnel are not usually as long as this: in fact, this is one of the longest in the world.

The first thing we notice when we hear about the Jameos del Agua is its strange name. The word ‘jameo’ (a word from the original inhabitants) actually means the hollow produced by the collapse of the ceiling of a tunnel formed by volcanic lava, while ‘del agua’ refers to an interior lake, created by water filtering through because the hollow is below sea level. In this installation, which bears the hallmark of Manrique, can be found at least three ‘jameos’: the Jameo Chico (Small Jameo), just after the entrance, the Grande (Large) and the Redondo (Round).

Jameos del Agua is ecologically important as it is home to a unique and endemic species of squat lobster: The blind lobster Munidopsis polymorpha, a yellow-white and blind crustacean that is hardly one centimeter in length. These squat lobsters are very sensitive to changes in the lagoon (derived from sea water), including effects regarding noise and light. They are also very sensitive to oxide, which can even kill them, and therefore, it is forbidden to throw coins in the water.

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