
Punta de Abona, Tenerife, Spain
Posted by:
GeoRams
N 28° 08.704 W 016° 26.391
28R E 358612 N 3114110
Abandoned town near to Punta de Abona. Possible to drive into the town right up to the "church".
Waymark Code: WM3CQX
Location: Islas Canarias, Spain
Date Posted: 03/16/2008
Views: 129
In the beginning of the last century, there was a leprosy station at the place (probably without leprous people). Later on at the time of the General Franco there was a real small village (actually only a couple of houses) there. Then the inhabitants were moved to other places and the army was using it many years to exercise street fighting. The army even built a lot of additional houses around the area to make it a more real village. They even built a CHURCH!!! For many years it has been uninhabited.
Looks like it is now used for paintballing!