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Since then the geography of the Canary Islands is the geography of its volcanoes, found spread over all its territory. They are hundreds, sometimes various craters make up a single volcano. In particular, in Tenerife, Teide (3,718 metres), in Lanzarote, the spectacular Timanfaya National Park (5,198 hectares) and in El Hierro, Los Lajiales. Life has spawned itself on the lava in the form of vines which produce excellent clear wines, specially in La Geria (Lanzarote). Artists like Cesar Manrique have created constructions within the volcanoes, an example being Jameos del Agua, also in Lanzarote. Like the furrows of the earth, the footstep of life leaves its mark. </font></p> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> In 1402, the Normans, Jean de Bethencourt and Gadifer de la Salle, started the conquest of the islands, with Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and El Hierro. The conquest was completed seventy years later by the Catholic Kings who disembarked on the remaining islands and under the pressure of the Portuguese, decided to exercise their rights and as the heirs of the Visigoth monarchy. Conquering the aborigines of the different islands took the Castilians thirteen years of fighting. 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