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In the municipal area of El Paso we can find the Hermitage of Our Lady of the Pine. This temple is the destination of many hiking trails that run through this part of the island of La Palma. Even the hermitage is reached by going over the top of the crest that borders La Caldera de Taburiente, passes through the Morro Morisco, petroglyphs of Tagoror in the Pico de la Sabina, Lomo Corralejo, Degollada del Río.
The area passes through the refuge of the Punta de los Roques from where you can see a spectacular view of the entire range of Cumbre Nueva and Cumbre Vieja strong>. You can also see a jet of water at the beginning of the Track of the Row and from here you descend to the Hermitage of La Virgen del Pino, mandatory stop to take strength and continue to know the whole area.
The municipality of Breña Alta has a temple that dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries, the hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, is located on the hill leads to the viewpoint of the Concepción. At first the hermitage was a small Marian shrine erected around 1558, it was formed by a single nave.
The Hermitage of Our Lady of La Concepción has a large set of Canarian-style paintings belonging to the 17th and 18th centuries, the Archangels Uriel and Miguel, Our Lord of the Fall, which is a processional sculpture of the same theme that is venerated in the church of San Francisco de Así, in the capital, Santa Cruz de La Palma.
It is also worth mentioning that the silver hermitage is represented by the Silver Chalice that was made in Havana in the year 1659 and that It was donated by Captain Manuel de Almeida, pilot of the Indies.
The Church of El Salvador is located in Santa Cruz de La Palma, was founded in 1800, the parish is the result of a series of reforms and extensions that gave place to the basilica that is known today. The Church of El Salvador consists of three naves that are separated by half-point arches, smooth shaft and arches, while the cover is Mudejar style that gives a certain Arab air .
The Church of El Salvador of Santa Cruz de La Palma, of the three facades, the main one is facing south, is made of stonework, is ordered from two pedestals lateral, on which two pairs of columns of Corinthian capital support, which in turn hold a triangular pediment, whose corners depart Doric pilasters crowned on the sides by vases and in the center an image made in marble of.
The interior has undergone numerous renovations, highlighting the decorations of the vaults of the headboard painted by Ubaldo Bordanova Moreno between 1895 and 1897 and the main altarpiece inspired by the model of Renaissance cover triumph arch. The church of El Salvador is a jewel in the town of Santa Cruz de La Palma.
The Matrix Parish of Our Lady of Remedies is a Catholic church that is located in full Llanos de Aridane on the island of La Palma. The church began to be built in the sixteenth century, in the southern part of Barranco de las Angustias, the work of the first Castilian settlers who came to La Palma.
The main image found in the Parish of Our Lady of Remedies is that of the Virgin herself, a sixteenth-century Flemish carving. Other elements of great value that can be found in the facilities of the church is the set of Santa Ana and the Virgin Girl, also the altarpiece of the Nazareno, the one of the Lord of the Garden and that of the Virgin of Rule and the image of the Christ of Health.
The church is an outstanding example of Mudejar architecture, the situation invites you to visit it because it is in the historic center of Llanos de Aridane in the area you could also see the Plaza de España, Plaza Elías Santos Abreu, the new Clock, the museum of sacred art or the local town hall.
In the neighborhood of El Pino in the town of Puntagorda you will find one of the points that offers the most spectacular views of the town, it is the Mirador from Miraflores. From here you can see a panorama of both the neighborhood of El Pino and El Pinar and perhaps the most advisable to get to the viewpoint is to go in the months of January and February since the almond trees that there are in all the valley blooms so a white blanket covers all the trees.
To get to the Miraflores Mirador through an asphalted path that departs from the emblematic Pino de la Virgen, which is located next to the town hall in full urban helmet of the municipality.
In the town of Breña Baja on the island of La Palma you will find the Church of San José. This temple dates from 1548, as many of the other temples that are scattered around the Canary archipelago, the construction arises from the need of the neighbors to have a place for prayer. It was the neighbors themselves who started to collect money and started construction with their own means.
The characteristics of the church of San José in Breña Baja is what is usually used in religious buildings on the island. It is worth noting the heritage that it has inside, the first thing that catches your attention is its main altarpiece, which experts consider it one of the most beautiful altarpieces of the Canarian Baroque.
The chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary is located inside the temple, to the left of the main altar. The temple was recently restored and in 2015 it was reopened once the works were finished, highlighting the entrance door with a balcony overlooking the main façade. The value of the Church of San José is so important that in 1996 it was declared Asset of Cultural Interest.
The New Fuencaliente Lighthouse is next to the old one, which was destroyed after the eruption of a volcano. The lighthouse is located in the Natural Park of Cumbre Vieja, in the southern area of the island of La Palma, near this lighthouse is also the Salinas of Fuencaliente and the beach of the same name.
The Old lighthouse that has received several renovations to what is currently known is home to two museums, on the one hand the Interpretation Center of the Marine Reserve of the Island of La Palma and the Museo del Mar.
In this part of the island you can enjoy spectacular sunsets and the landscape that surrounds both the new and the old lighthouse is well worth a visit.