Pyramids of Güímar

Pyramids of Güímar are the six structures located in the Chacona District of Güímar in Canary Islands. These structures are rectangular and terraced in shape, and are made up of lava stone, without making use of mortar. There were nine pyramids in Güímar, among which only six survived. The archaeologists believe that the construction of terraces in these structures is the result of practices of the native rural population of the primeval period. These people created these edifices while clearing the stones of cultivable land and piled the stones in the shape of terraces.