The Castillo de San Gabriel is a fortress in Arrecife, the capital of Lanzarote.

In 1576 the first fortress was erected on the islet now called "del Quemado", which apparently takes its name from the fire that destroyed the wooden structure during a Turkish-Algerian pirate attack in 1586.

In 1587 Leonardo Torriani proposed the construction of the current castle in the same place, planning to wall the entire small islet, in the middle of which, the fortress is located; raise the parapets, build the interior rooms with stonework, in order to avoid future fires.

The connection of this islet with the city occurred in the 18th century through the construction of the Las Bolas Bridge, a stacked stone structure topped with the two balls.

Since 1972, it houses an Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum where it is possible to admire archaeological remains from different periods, especially the aboriginal, with its stelae, idols ...