Casa Fuerte

This old fortress building was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest on 7 February 1986 and was classed as a Historic-Artistic Monument. Construction began in 1555 commissioned by Pedro de Ponte with the aim of fending of English and French pirates. In 1655, it became the base of the jurisdictional estate that was entrusted to Juan Bautista de Ponte Fonte y Pagés, the first lord and Marquise of Adeje.