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The traditional ways
Up to the construction of the first highways at the end of last century, commercial, social, cultural, political and religious activities of the population needed a dense(intricate) system of ways, paths, ace serventi-and paths to be unrolled(developed). The traditional net to begin to form to root of the Conquest, though beech you index to aboriginal paths, in which are observed the constructive technologies(skills) that they were using to facilitate the access to the places of worship or of food storage and belongings(properties).
The set of paths consolidated at the end of the century XIX was centring on the city of Las Palmas of Great Canary, from that parti-an two process mas important: that of Galdar and the one that was coming to Telde. The way of La Plata, route trashumante of " Cattle-owners' guild girl ", was closing the circuit that uni - to Galdar and Tirajana. That of the North discurri - for for Tamaraceite, where one was bifurcating in two branches, one that was ending in Teror, happening(passing) for San Jose of the Poplar, and other one that for the coast was crossing Tenoya, Arucas, San Philip and Galdar up to Agaete. There - dividi - to in two, the interior (Agaete, Artenara and Tejeda) and the wood nearest to the bark (Agaete, Tirma and Furel) that(that) conclui-an in The Village. The way of the South transcurri - for for the Jump of the Castilian, Jinamar, Telde, Carrizal of Ingenuity, Tirajana, Maspalomas's top, Puerto Rico and Mogan, to finish equally in The Village.
Habi - to, besides(prop), secondary paths. Documents of the century XVI allude to that of the summit, from Las Palmas of Great Canary, bordering on the Mount Lentiscal for Tafira, Holy Bri-gida, to connecting in the Summit with that of La Plata. That of Teror parti - to of the Plaza of Saint Nicholas (Las Palmas of Great Canary) towards the top of the hill of San Francisco and recorri - to Irrigation canal, The St Lawrence, The Roman, The Cross of the White Loin, San Jose of the Poplar, Miraflor, Bridge of the mill, Teror, Small cauldrons and Destroyed(beheaded) of Constantino (Tejeda's cross), where coincidi - to also with that of La Plata.
In Tejeda's cross there were articulated the ways of the center of the Island and were communicating to him(you,them) all the regions. The way of La Plata is converted, for this reason, into a fundamental axis(axle) into the communications of the Island, since in there were crossed all the ways proceeding from the coast.
In spite of the rough(eventful) orography, the distances are relatively fellings. In the past it(he,she) was frequent to go afoot(by foot) of The Village to Las Palmas of Great Canary in the same day, to return to house the following one. For it, quizaz there were no an important net of big infrastructures of support, as centers of accomodations and rest for wayfarers and animals. The crossings, the sources(fountains) or us be too east(nascent) servi-an places of reference or rest.
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