[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”] 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Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Church of San Lazaro Front View Lateral View This primitive temple has historical references that go back to the early years of the sixteenth century.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”] Chapel of Our Lady of Grace It is a building of remarkable architectural value and historical importance, located on a natural promontory where, according to the sources of the Conquest, the camp of Alonso Fernandez de Lugo was established during the second entry to the island, in the dates … Read more