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Refinería de Santa Cruz de Tenerife

1930 establishments in SpainBuildings and structures in Santa Cruz de TenerifeOil refineries in Spain
Instalaciones de la refineria desde la autovia de penetracion
Instalaciones de la refineria desde la autovia de penetracion

The Refinería de Santa Cruz de Tenerife is an oil refinery in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The refinery, located just outside Santa Cruz de Tenerife, was the first refinery built in Spain. When it opened in November 1930 it had a refining capacity of 250,000 tons. It was built in Tenerife due to the Oil Monopoly Law of 1927 (Spanish: Ley del Monopolio de Petróleos de 1927), which created the state-owned Campsa company and prohibited privately-owned oil industries in mainland Spain.It supplied the Canary Islands with fuel (and hence electrical energy), as well as refueling ships at the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and providing petroleum products to Africa and the Americas. It also provided petroleum products to mainland Spain until the Gibraltar-San Roque Refinery came online in the 1960s.It was renovated in the 1980s, including the installation of a digital control room. By 2008 it was refining 4,500,000 tonnes per year, occupying 573,000 square metres (6,170,000 sq ft). In 2001 it was the first Canarian industry to follow the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme.The refinery was shut down in 2015. In 2018 it was announced that the refinery would be dismantled, with 2/3 of the land used for public purposes and 1/3 used commercially.

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Refinería de Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Calle Nicaragua, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Somosierra (Ofra-Costa Sur)

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N 28.4528 ° E -16.2647 °
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Calle Nicaragua
38071 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Somosierra (Ofra-Costa Sur)
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Instalaciones de la refineria desde la autovia de penetracion
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Castle of St John the Baptist
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The Castle of St John the Baptist (Spanish: Castillo de San Juan Bautista), also called the Black Castle (Castillo Negro), is a fort on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain. It was the second-most important fort in the defence of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the island's capital.It is located in the heart of the capital near the Parque Marítimo César Manrique and behind the Auditorio de Tenerife. Its construction was started in 1641 and completed in 1644. It was later rebuilt in 1765 with the addition of a cylindrical tower facing the sea. It served as a military fort until 1924. It was converted to a military museum in 1948.In 1684, Charles II of Spain gave the power to appoint the castilian, or warden of the castle, to the Cabildo de Tenerife, the island's governing body. This appointment, along with that of the Castle of San Cristóbal, were coveted by the island's nobility as an honour, but also for two important reasons: it was the most important way to prove their noble status, with a view to entering orders, joining the military or the maestranza de caballería (noble militia), and due to the privileges attached to the position: they were in charge of everything related to health, the port police, granting permits for the entry and exit of the ships, they charged the right to fish, they mediated between the conflicts between fishermen and townsfolk, besides taking care of correspondence and collecting tariffs on salt and flour. A re-enactment of the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife takes place annually at the fort, in commemoration of the unsuccessful attempt by the British admiral Horatio Nelson to invade the city and the archipelago on 25 July 1797.