[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
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Church of San Lazaro Front View Lateral View This primitive temple has historical references that go back to the early years of the sixteenth century. Its religious and cultural importance is linked to the spatial context, as a reference centre of an essentially agricultural area in the area of … Read more
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Church of San Juan Bautista The construction of the chapel began in 1584 by the Cabildo of Tenerife, in gratitude to the Patron Saint, for putting an end to the victims of the bubonic plague of 1582. The enclosure built included the entire site where the victims of the … Read more
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Church of San Bartolomé de Tejina The temple began as a simple chapel, probably in the late sixteenth century, given the remoteness of the town from the Church of La Concepcion de La Laguna. The current building is derived from that, but with numerous transformations. The church has three … Read more
[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