Church of Nuestra Señora de La Concepción

[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

San Miguel de Arcángel Chapel

ermita de san miguel

[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] San Miguel de Arcángel Chapel Together with the surrounding old buildings, it is an exceptional testimony of the fully historical atmosphere that the square once offered thanks to its architectural harmony. It was ordered to be built in 1506 by the Adelantado as a family pantheon; it was also … Read more

House of the Captains General

Casa de los Capitanes

[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] House of the Capitanes Generales Casa de los Capitanes It is an exceptional building from which the social category of its former inhabitants can be inferred, and which contemporary reforms and extensions have not detracted from, making it one of the clearest examples of the domestic architecture of the … Read more

Nava Palace

Palacio de Nava.

[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Nava Palace Nava Palace Built within the Historic Site of San Cristobal de La Laguna, the Palacio de Nava is located in the northwest corner of the Plaza del Adelantado, offering two facades: the main, to the square itself and Nava Street, formerly Water Street, and a side to … Read more

Lercaro Palace

Patio del Palacio de Lercaro (Museo de Historia y Antropología de Tenerife)

[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Lercaro Palace Inside the palace The Lercaro family represents the highest social elite of the Canary Islands in the 16th century. Registered in the Golden Book of the Republic of Genoa, they settled in La Laguna as a result of their commercial activity on the Atlantic. Their economic and … Read more

Salazar Palace

Vista frontal del Palacio Salazar

[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

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