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[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Old Convent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán Front View The Old Convent of Santo Domingo, from the 16th century, is one of the patrimonial landmarks of La Laguna, as a foundation of the Dominican order, as an educational center and, later, after the disentailment processes, as a seminary. This … Read more
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] San Juan Cemetery The cemetery is planned in the city by legal requirement, which forced creation in all populations of the kingdom. Initially it was thought of a plain near the chapel, but the unevenness of the terrain and health considerations made this location inadvisable. A suitable plot of … Read more
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Royal Sanctuary of Christ The old convent complex has as its most outstanding element the Sanctuary of Christ, the residence of the Franciscan friars, the headquarters of the Slavery and the rooms of the Artillery Barracks. It has its origin in the Franciscan convent of San Miguel de Las … Read more
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Cathedral of San Cristóbal de La Laguna In the historic center, declared a World Heritage Site since 1999, emerges the cathedral of La Laguna. It has its origin in the sixteenth century after its construction as the church of Los Remedios and in 1819 when it was erected as … Read more
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Church of Nuestra Señora de La Concepción It was the first temple to be founded in Tenerife, and therefore in La Laguna. Mother church from which all the others on the island have been developed. Oral and written tradition has it that the first mass took place there, on … Read more
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Church of San Benito de Abad In 1532 it was decided to build a chapel under the patronage of St. Benedict Abbot, on the occasion of the loss of the crops. The farmer’s guild was in charge of it, and its slow construction, based on alms, ended in 1554, … Read more