Second Battle of Acentejo

The Second Battle of Acentejo took place on 25 December 1494 between the invading Spanish forces and the natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches.

Adelantado ("military governor") Alonso Fernández de Lugo divided his forces into two, with the Castilians bearing firearms taking the advantage.

the Spanish forces celebrated their triumph, and Alonso Fernández de Lugo erected a hermitage in honor of Our Lady of Victory on the site of the battle.

An old Canary Island pine, a witness to the battle, still stands in La Victoria de Acentejo.

It was in the Orotava Valley the conquest of Tenerife ended on 25 July 1496, with the Treaty of Los Realejos [es] between the Taoro mencey and Alonso Fernández de Lugo.