[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Salazar Palace Frontal View Within the panorama of the civil architecture of the islands, it constitutes an exceptional building. The first references to its construction date back to 1629, with the intervention of stonemasons and carpenters. But it was not until the middle of the 17th century, when the … Read more
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Carta´s House Located in Valle de Guerra, the Casa de Carta is considered a significant example of 18th century Canarian housing. Although it initially belonged to the Guerra family estate, in 1726 it was acquired by Captain Matías Rodríguez Carta, from whom it takes its name. In 1976 it … Read more
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Father Anchieta’s House In the 16th century the first owner of the original house was Lieutenant and Bachelor Nuño Núñez, first husband of Mencia Díaz de Clavijo. She married Juan de Anchieta, a notary public and juror from Tenerife, in her second marriage. These will be the parents of … Read more
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Borges-Estévanez House As a Historical Site, the house is interesting from a historical and architectural point of view. It was built between 1733 and 1735 by a member of the Meade family, a lineage of Irish descent, one of whose members was Joseph Murphy and Meade (a politician who … Read more
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Hospital and Church of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores General View The hospital was founded by bull of Pope Leo X, at the request of Martin Jerez and his wife in 1515, with the condition that two existing hospitals in La Laguna be added, that of Antigua and that … 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