Welcome to the Montana Corona, Haria Lanzarote. "Acogidas", "alcogidas" or "eras", are spaces prepared to facilitate the collection of water from the rains and guide them to a cistern, underground water containers, created by farmers and inhabitants of the Canary Islands, common in the places where aridity predominates. Traditionally the water collected was used for domestic consumption, animal husbandry and agriculture.
These spaces built with an appearance, often so particular, for example on the slopes of mountains, ravines, or any other appropriate unevenness of the terrain, mark the landscape of the most arid islands of the Canarian Archipelago, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura . With the introduction of the water desalination plant in the Atlantic Ocean and the population's access to water more easily, they have lost their vital importance. For centuries they made life possible on the island and are, as constructions, determinants in the landscape of Lanzarote, as well as of historical and cultural importance. Reception of the Montana Rajada, Vega de Tegoyo, Tias, Lanzarote.
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