Parque del Drago

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Drago Park
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LocationIcod de los Vinos, Tenerife, Spain
Coordinates28°21′58″N 16°43′20″W / 28.36611°N 16.72222°W / 28.36611; -16.72222Coordinates: 28°21′58″N 16°43′20″W / 28.36611°N 16.72222°W / 28.36611; -16.72222
Created1997–2000

Drago Park (Spanish: Parque del Drago) is a park and one of the main visitor attractions in Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife. Created at the turn of the millennium, it contains El Drago Milenario, a dragon tree thought to be around 1,000 years old, as well as a variety of other native plants.

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El Drago Milenario

The park has an area of around 3 hectares (7.4 acres).[1] It houses the El Drago Milenario, the oldest and largest specimen of Dracaena draco (dragon tree) in existence,[2] and one of the symbols of Tenerife, estimated to be between 800 and 1,000 years old.[3]

It also has a variety of other plants that are endemic to Tenerife and the Canary Islands,[3] including younger specimens of Dracaena draco, cardoons, and .[4] It also houses a winery and coal bunker, as well as a cave with a representation of a Guanche burial.[1]

History[]

The park was created around the El Drago Milenario,[3] and is the main attraction in Icod de los Vinos.[5] It was designed between 1997 and 2000 by two professors of the University of La Laguna, and , and is in the Caforiño ravine,[6] next to the .[5]

The erection of a stone wall between the road and the tree when the park was created was controversial, as it prevents the tree from being seen from the nearby Plaza de San Marcos; the compromise was that the stone wall was constructed but with a section of reduced height so that the tree could still be seen from the plaza.[7]

The Drago Milenario in the park has been considered for submission to UNESCO as a world heritage candidate since 2002.[3]

Operation[]

The park is mostly visited by Spanish citizens, followed by German, English and French nationals.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Parque del Drago". entrees.es. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  2. ^ Krawczyszyn, Józef; Krawczyszyn, Teresa (1 June 2014). "Massive aerial roots affect growth and form of Dracaena draco". Trees. 28 (3): 757–768. doi:10.1007/s00468-014-0987-0. ISSN 1432-2285.
  3. ^ a b c d "Drago Milenario De Tenerife: En Peligro De Extinción". Especies Extintas (in Spanish). 8 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Parque del Drago – Jardines y parques – Tenerife". www.webtenerife.com. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Parque del Drago | Turismo Icod de los Vinos" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Parque del Drago en Tenerife | Actividades en familia". Sapos y Princesas (in European Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Drago de Icod de los Vinos (Tenerife) (parte 2 de 2)". La Cantimplora verde. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  8. ^ "La mitad de los visitantes del Parque del Drago son españoles". eldia.es (in Spanish). 20 June 2018.
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