May 30, Day of the Canary Islands

Posted on May 30, 2021 Updated on June 9, 2020

by Angie Cope

The Day of the Canary Islands (Spanish: Día de Canarias) is celebrated annually on 30 May. It is a public holiday in the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands chosen as the anniversary of the first session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, held on 30 May 1983.

At present, the Canary Islands is the only autonomous community in Spain that has two capitals: Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, since the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands was created in 1983.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Islas Canarias) / by Alberto Martín, 1916
https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/15485/rec/10

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Las Palmas (Islas Canarias) / By Alberto Martin, 1922
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Mapas turisticos provinciales Canarias / aprobados por el Consejo Superior Geografico ; dib. Ramón Vicente Mesoner / Canarias (Islas) Mapas turísticos 1960
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