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Approximately 2000 years ago, the Guanches occupied the area that now houses the city and municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, as evidenced by archaeological sites found there. As the island’s first inhabitants, the Guanches called the area Añazo or Añaza. The famous Mummy of San Andrés is one of the most important archaeological remains from the region’s aboriginal past. There are also caves with some remains of mummified animals and stones with engravings of royals. Menceyato de Anaga (aboriginal Guanche kingdom of Anaga) ruled this area, one of nine kingdoms that divided the island.

Castilian troops under the command of Alonso Fernández de Lugo arrived on the beaches of the present city on 3 May 1494 and founded a military camp that grew into the city. It was from here that Tenerife was conquered. As part of the foundation, Alonso Fernández de Lugo placed a large wooden cross on the day of disembarkation (3 May) during the Catholic festival of the Invention of the Cross. It was founded in 1496, the same year that the island was conquered and conquered by the Guanche aborigines, that San Cristóbal de la Laguna became the island’s capital.

Santa Cruz inaugurated the 21st century with a tremendous expansionary and commercial boom that is primarily manifested in architecture with the construction of emblematic buildings such as the Auditorio de Tenerife, the work of Santiago Calatrava or the remodeling of the Plaza de España according to the design of Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron.

A torrential flood marked 31 March 2002. The phenomenon of cold drop, characterized by torrential rain accompanied by lightning, affected the metropolitan area of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It resulted in the deaths of eight people, the disappearance of 12 people, and the injury of dozens.