José Carlos Guerra presents «Cristóbal de Ponte» at the 6th Historical Novel Festival in Tacoronte
The 6th Historical Novel Festival in Tacoronte opens its second week with José Carlos Guerra, who presents «Cristóbal de Ponte. La castellanización de Tenerife desde sus comienzos» (Editorial Adarve) in conversation with geographer Fernando Martín Galán. At 20:30 the II Baldomera García Prize for Historical Research is awarded. Thursday 12 November, 18:30, Casa de la Cultura. Free entry.
The 6th Historical Novel Festival in Tacoronte (VI Festival de Novela Histórica Ciudad de Tacoronte) begins its second week with the latest book by José Carlos Guerra Cabrera, «Cristóbal de Ponte. La castellanización de Tenerife desde sus comienzos» (Editorial Adarve, 2026). Geographer Fernando Martín Galán leads the conversation with the author. The book is documented history told as a narrative: it follows the Genoese merchant and banker who financed the conquest of Tenerife through the 35 years that followed, with the first sugar mills, indigenous resistance, the origins of the devotion to the Virgin of Candelaria and the inquiries into the rule of the Adelantado Alonso Fernández de Lugo.
The presentation starts at 18:30 in the Sala Óscar Domínguez of the Casa de la Cultura in Tacoronte. At 20:30, in the same place, the II Baldomera García Prize for Historical Research is awarded. The town council's culture department runs the prize in honour of Baldomera García Fuentes, born in Tacoronte and the first woman mayor in the Canary Islands. All events are free. The festival continues until Sunday 15 November with book presentations, theatre and workshops.
