«The Marchioness» of the House of Colonels / «De markiezin» van het Huis van Kolonels
August: for the Canaries a month of drought during summer. For the island Fuerteventura especially, drought is a recurring problem throughout its history. (For Dutch scroll down!) To help the people of Fuerteventura survive these times of drought, a certain women played a special role: Maria Nieves Manrique de Lara y del Castillo (1844-1921),…