Ajui

landed in order to conquer the island for the Spanish crown.

"Puerto de la Peña" is a small settlement of Ajuy and used to serve as a port of the old island capital of Betancuria. The port was later raided by pirates. Ajuy features a black-sanded beach that is circled and are surrounded between the mountains and the small hills to the east. Caleta Negra (Spanish for "Black Bay") lies 2 km from Ajuy. About 600 m lies a dark caves within the rocks. Over the caves lies the panorama of limestones, which were not just a hiding place for pirates but was used as a lime deposit.

The lime from the Ajuy limestones were considerably and particularly pure and up to the second half of the 19th century, was shipped from this cave.

External links

*http://www.fuerteventura-infos.de/fuerteventura-orte/ajuy_fuerteventura.htm
*http://www.isla-fuerteventura.de/ajuy.htm
*http://www.sunnyfuerteventura.com/ajuy/index.html