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The orientation of historic churches in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and its surroundings: preliminary results
Alejandro Gangui, Jose Ricra, Joaquin Pallares +1
We present preliminary results of the analysis of the precise spatial orientation of colonial Christian churches located in the city of Las Palmas, capital of the island of Gran Ca…
Comparing land- and skyscapes in the three main manorial-conquered lands of the Canary Islands
Maria Florencia Muratore, Alejandro Gangui, Juan Antonio Belmonte +1
This work is a study of the relationship between astronomy and landscape focused on the orientation of Christian churches of the three main Manorial (Señorío) Islands of the Canary…
Intercultural perspective in teacher training: Astronomy as an entry point
Mayra Manente, Geraldine Chadwick, Alejandro Gangui
With the aim of incorporating an intercultural perspective into Physics teacher training programs, we ask ourselves which current disciplinary contents could begin to be addressed…
On the orientation of historic Christian churches of Fuerteventura: conciliating tradition, winds and topography
Maria Florencia Muratore, Alejandro Gangui, Maitane Urrutia-Aparicio +2
We present the results of an analysis of the precise spatial orientation of colonial Christian churches located in the Canary Island of Fuerteventura (Spain). Our sample consists o…
Archaeoastronomy and the orientation of churches in the Jesuit missions of north-western New Spain
Maria Florencia Muratore, Adrian Di Paolo, Alejandro Gangui
We present an extensive archaeoastronomical study of the orientations of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Jesuit churches in the lands of the historic viceroyalty of New Spain.…
Archaeoastronomical study on the north-central coast of Peru
Jose Ricra, Alejandro Gangui
The Caral civilization developed on the north-central coast of Peru and had an occupation period between 2870 and 1970 years BC. The first studies carried out in the field of archa…