Casas Canarias

Canarian Homes around the World

Spain:

Barcelona

Sevilla

Valladolid

North America:

- Canary Islands Heritage in the United States

- Canary Islands Descendants Association, Chalmette, Louisiana

- Canary Island Descendent Association, San Antonio, Texas and Canary Island Descendants

- Tejano Association for Historical Preservation

If you would like more information on how Canarians became Texans in the early 18th century, check these sites out:
- http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/spanishfrontier/escobedo.html

- http://www.catholicsinpublicsquare.org/papers/spring2001joint/garciareply/garciapaper.htm

- http://www.texasalmanac.com/history/highlights/settlement/

- http://www.ci.sat.tx.us/sapd/history1.htm

Florida

Miami

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South America:

Argentina

Cuba

Uruguay

Venezuela

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Architecture:

Courtyard houses - What are they?  Where do they come from?  Is there a relation between these in the Canary Islands and these in New Orleans and other parts of the world?

There is a long history of the courtyard house.  These were first built for extreme hot weather conditions.  But as the architecture shows, courtyards are a staple of the Canarian Home.  There are often plants, a fountain, and other beatiful decorations in this central place in the home.

- Houses in History for Kids

- Maya Civilization - Courtyards were built into the palaces

- New Orleans French Quarter History

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