Tenerife Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/tenerife/ Mechanically-minded travel Sun, 06 Apr 2025 09:44:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Review: Military Museum of the Canaries, Tenerife https://mechtraveller.com/2022/09/review-military-museum-of-the-canaries-tenerife/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/09/review-military-museum-of-the-canaries-tenerife/#respond Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:57:39 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8021 The Military Museum of the Canaries in Santa Cruz de Tenerife covers the military history of the Canary Islands (Spain) from the 15th century to present day. It is housed in the Almeyda fortress, which was built to strengthen the capital’s defences after Admiral Nelson’s failed attack in 1797, and it contains some key artefacts […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/09/review-military-museum-of-the-canaries-tenerife/feed/ 0 Where Nelson lost his arm at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife https://mechtraveller.com/2022/05/where-nelson-lost-his-arm-at-the-battle-of-santa-cruz-de-tenerife/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/05/where-nelson-lost-his-arm-at-the-battle-of-santa-cruz-de-tenerife/#comments Sat, 07 May 2022 10:23:36 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7429 “Do many English people know where Nelson lost his arm?” asked my guide, Darío. My kneejerk response was almost ‘Of course! Everyone knows it was here on Tenerife!’ But then it occurred to me… actually, hardly anyone knows it was at the battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797. Background to the Battle of […]

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