Beneharo

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Bronze statue of Beneharo (Candelaria, Tenerife)

Beneharo was a leader-king Guanche of Menceyato de Anaga on the island of Tenerife. Beneharo was the first to oppose Alonso Fernandez de Lugo, and joined the war camp, in conjunction with other menceyes, faced Lugo in the First Battle of Acentejo in the Battle of Aguere and the Second Battle of Acentejo. He survived the conquest and took the name of Fernando de Anaga or Pedro de los Santos.

Currently the main image that represents a bronze statue is located in Candelaria with the other menceyes Guanches of Tenerife.

References

• José Juan Acosta; Félix Rodríguez Lorenzo; Carmelo L. Quintero Padrón, Conquista y Colonización (Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Centro de la Cultura Popular Canaria, 1988), p. 51-2.
• (Spanish) Batalla de Acentejo
• (Spanish) 510 Aniversario de la Batalla de Acentejo: La Derrota de un Imperio