Teide National Park is a protected area on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, centred on Mount Teide, a volcano and the highest peak in Spain. Mount Teide rises above a vast volcanic caldera, Las Canadas, covered with lava flows, pumice fields and strangely shaped rocks. The park was established in 1954, one of the first national parks of Spain, and it is among the most visited national parks in Europe. Its harsh high-altitude environment supports unusual plants, including the Teide violet and the Teide white broom, as well as many insects found nowhere else. UNESCO recognised it as a World Heritage Site in 2007.
Before and after
- from 1954 to 1968Civil rights movement
- 1954Origins of Wicca
- 1 January 1954Establishment of Niokolo-Koba National Park
- 1954Establishment of W National Park
- 22 January 1954Establishment of Teide National Park
- 29 January 1954Birth of Oprah Winfrey
- 18 February 1954Birth of John Travolta
- 23 February 1954Birth of Viktor Yushchenko
- 26 February 1954Birth of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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