All covered in greenery...

People who have heard of Lanzarote can laugh at my headline. Soglasen, the greenery on the island is really not enough, to say the least, vanishingly little, but how well suited for this island the following lines from the popular song - ... the island of bad luck in the ocean is! Is it not the island on which a volcano erupted for six years in a row, or the island on which fresh water until the middle of the twentieth century was valued for its weight in gold, the island from which the conquista of the Canary archipelago began, which put an end to the freedom of the aborigines, the island on which a mechanical monster cuts off the life of the great Artist, that deserves to be called “the island of bad luck”?

Now, let’s look at this misfortune from the other side. The six-year eruption gave the island Timanfaya National Park, incredible volcanic cones and olivine placers. The lack of water allowed the islanders to achieve the highest skill in viticulture and, as a result, in winemaking - Malvasia of the island of Lanzarote - this is one of the pieces of the puzzle, which makes up a masterpiece of world winemaking. The conquest of the Canary archipelago was only a matter of time, and Jean-de-Bétancourt was probably right in presenting the island to the Crown of Castile, otherwise it may not have been the same Artist whose life, despite the tragic end, was still enough to transform the island and emphasize its uniqueness.