La Palma is one of the Canary Islands off the coast of Spain. It has 14 towns including El Paso, which is the largest due to its national park. The climate is warm and the island has many green spaces, mountains, and beaches. It is a popular tourist destination for those seeking relaxation. Legends from La Palma include the story of El alma de Tacande, the ghost of a woman named Ana González who died in childbirth and was heard singing to her baby in an old house until a priest helped release her spirit.
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2. La Palma, also called “La isla bonita”, is one of the
Canary Islands, Spain. It has 14 towns and El Paso is
the biggest one because it’s got La Caldera de
Taburiente, a national park. It has a lot of green
places, a lot of mountains and great beaches. The
clima La Palma is always warm. Here , there are a lot of
tourists looking for relax, comfort and peace. If you
come to La Palma, you have to bring some summer
clothes, sunscreen and walking boots if you want to
climb the mountains!
4. We can tell you a lot of stories and legends from la
Palma, but we don’t have so much time so we can
explain the most famous. It’s called “El alma de
Tacande”. In a neighborhood, in the 1628 there was a
house, an enchanted house. In this house lived the
ghost of a woman who died when she had a baby.
People tell that they heard a woman singing to
hisbaby, but when they come to the house, they didn’t
saw anything.They called a priest because they were so
scared, they thought the house was cursed, and
yes, they were right.
5. When the priest came, he tried to talk with the
ghost, and he did, the ghost received him and she
started to talk with him. She was taken by a bad spirit
and when the saint man released her, she was able to
tell him who she was. Her name was Ana González and
she tells what we know now, she died when she was
having her baby. She ask him to talk with all her family
and when she was in peace with all her family and with
herself, she was ready to pass to the other life. From
that day to today, we all in la Palma are visiting that old
house that is still on, trying to listen Ana González
singing to her little baby.
8. And that’s all, we’re Adrián, Tania, Patricia and Ana.
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