San Cristóbal de la Laguna

La Laguna is one of the most beautiful cities on the island of Tenerife, a city whose historic center is a World Heritage Site. The Plaza del Adelantado is one of the most interesting points of the city, a place in the heart of the city with imposing trees, surrounded by historic buildings of the sixteenth century and perfect for resting. The Plaza del Adelantado has the name of the first Adelantado, Alonso Fernandez de Lugo, the conqueror of the island of Tenerife . The square was the place to celebrate the most important events that took place in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, parties, street markets, processions, a type of turning that was called cane breakage and even bullfighting bulls, in short the Plaza del Adelantado was one of the nerve centers of the municipality. The dimensions of the Plaza del Adelantado have always been the same, but over the years it has received different renovations, in 1798 the square was paved, after the landscaped areas were distributed, in 1870 the central fountain that dominates the square was added. The fountain is made of marble, was commissioned to the French city of Marseille, made with superimposed cups that hold small columns with masks with ornamental motifs.

In one of the busiest places of San Cristóbal de la Laguna, the Plaza del Adelantado, is the town hall of the city. The building was promoted by Alonso Fernández of Lugo after the island was conquered, the first objective that the construction had was to house the headquarters of the council of Tenerife. The Town Hall of San Cristóbal de la Laguna began to be built in 1540 and has had numerous modifications until it is the building that is known today. Undoubtedly the façade of the town hall is the first thing that will attract attention, a façade made of stone from Tegueste and topped with a shield of the city made of marble that was restored in 1822 . Inside you can still see the banner that Fernández de Lugo carried when you arrived at the island of Tenerife.

The Plaza del Adelantado is one of the nerve centers of the San Cristóbal de La Laguna municipality, besides being a very busy place it has some of the most historic buildings important of the municipality. Among them are the Santa Catalina de Siena Convent, inside it is the body the incorrupt body of María de León Bello and Delgado, known on the island as La Siervita. The convent is formed by the cloister of the Order of Preachers, Dominicans. The convent was founded in 1606 by the councilman of the island of La Palma Juan de Cabreras and his wife María de Salas after they acquired the house where the conquistador lived Alonso Fernández de Lugo. The first nuns came from Sevilla in 1611. The façade is topped with a belfry, it is made up of a single nave and has both high and low choirs, a certain influence Mudejar In its interior it is possible to emphasize the altarpieces and the rejería that serves as separation of the part of closure that dates from century XVII. It is important to highlight the Main Chapel with the great altarpiece that is chaired by the Virgen del Rosario. The Santa Catalina de Siena Convent has been Asset of Cultural Interest since 1986.

The Palacio de Nava is located in one of the busiest areas of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Plaza del Adelantado. It is a superb building that can be seen in its facade both baroque and neoclassical and mannerist elements. The Palacio de Nava began to be built in 1585 after the mandate of the councilor of Tenerife, Tomás Grimón, the importance and the richness of this building have meant that it is currently declared Well of Cultural Interest with monument category from 1976. The facade of the Palacio de Nava is covered with stonework, with cushioning at both corners. The façade is topped by a balustrade with a central crown that hides the traditional Arabic tile roof. At the entrance of the palace you can see the shield of the Grimón in stone on the frieze, surrounded by paired communes, Corinthians on plinth with decoration in the shape of a rhombus. It should be noted that on the second floor you can see the balconies of rejería with the stone base on S-shaped dogs and more elements that enhance the beauty of this building. The interior of the palace also has two patios, marble stairs among other elements.

The La Laguna Casino is one of the most emblematic places in the city. A place with a lot of history, it was founded in April 1899, in principle it was a meeting place in which there was discussion about political or social issues that affected the future of San Cristóbal de La Laguna. After he changed his location and moved to Plaza de Fray Albino, it was when the roulette was installed to raise funds. Years later a lot was acquired and the casino was moved again to a newly built building in Calle de la Carrera, the casino began to offer more services so it was changed again and acquired a small palace on the street Nava y Grimón where the Casino is currently located. The casino has lounges, library, sports annex, swimming pool, restaurant, etc. The importance of the Casino de La Laguna for the development of the city earned him the city council to grant him the Medal of Another of Tenerife,

In the historic center of the Laguna is this Casa Montañés sample of the Canarian architecture of the eighteenth century. It stands out for its Andalusian interior patio, wooden balcony, and large English windows.

San Cristóbal de La Laguna is one of the most beautiful cities in the Canary archipelago, in the municipality, a world heritage site, the Casa Salazar. Currently, the Casa Salazar, is a baroque palace that houses the episcopal see of the Diocese Nivariense, being one of the most interesting examples of the typical architecture of the Canary Islands with elements of Mannerist and Neoclassical style. On the facade you can also see interesting gargoyles with zoomorphic figures. In January of 2006 the palace was consumed by a devastating fire and that destroyed the heritage that it housed, has already been restored and again opened. The Casa Salazar was built in 1664, the facade, which is undoubtedly one of the most valuable of La Laguna and is the work of Juan González de Castro Illada. The interior is distributed around a courtyard of columns that support the galleries, keeps important samples of art, works of artists of the size of Francisco Bonnin, José Aguiar, Mariano de Cossio, Manuel López Ruiz or Martín González. There is also room for sculptures among which stand out the busts of Rey Redondo and Fray Albino both bishops made by Mariano Benlliure.

The Museum of History and Anthropology known by its acronym MHA, is located in the Casa Lercaro in the city of San Cristóbal de la Laguna, municipality declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1999. The building dates back to the end of the 16th century, when a family of merchants who came to the island from Genoa after the conquest began construction, this family were the Lercaro. The Museum of History and Anthropology was inaugurated in 1993, the objective of the opening of this museum is to spread the historical evolution of the island of Tenerife. The museum offers a vision of the development that the island has had in the institutional, social, economic and cultural between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries. In the museum numerous activities are carried out, research, conservation, dissemination of funds and collections of the history of the island are carried out. The programming of activities that takes place in the MHA is very broad, they are both cultural and didactic activities. The Museum has a vocation to be a point for historical memory and reflection on contemporary culture, to study the past and lay the foundations for both the present and the future of the Island.

Casa Ossuna was built in the second half of the 17th century by Captain Juan Manuel Delgado. It was in the 19th century when it was inherited by Mr. Manuel de Ossuna, historian and collector of documentary, furniture and art goods. The building will become future House Museum to exhibit all that collection.

Another of the most unique and at the same time important buildings of San Cristóbal de La Laguna is the church and former convent of San Agustín, located in the historic center of the city. city. At first this temple was a convent, it is now the Church of San Agustín, it has had many modifications although there are many elements that are still preserved today, such as the cloister interior with a marked Renaissance style. The church of San Agustín has had other uses, it was the first university and the only secondary school in the Canary Islands for a long time, for its facilities passed characters like Benito Pérez Galdós, Óscar Domínguez or Juan Negrín. The church was rebuilt because in 1964 it suffered a fire that practically destroyed the entire complex. You can see from the outside all the original construction, with a rectangular floor, three naves separated by arches. In the interior you can see the two plants that form the temple, on the ground floor, on the sides of the patio you can see seven columns of red stonework. In the underground of the old convent are buried monks and illustrious people of La Laguna as the historian Juan Núñez de la Peña. Since July 1983 the building has been declared Asset of Cultural Interest.

The Mother Church of Our Lady of the Conception is in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, located concretely between the places of La Concepción and Doctor Olivera. The situation of the temple was determined by the Adelantado Fernández de Lugo in 1496 after the celebration of the Corpus and it was in 1511 when the temple was founded and construction began. The works lasted for more than 30 years until finally it was inaugurated in 1558 although successively the church was enlarged. The tower had several reforms throughout the centuries in 1577 and 1630 until it was finally finished between 1694 and 1697. Poor quality in both materials and construction means that it was rebuilt in 1738 and later in 1778. After all the performances that the Church of Our Lady of the Conception received, it was finished with three naves separated by arches of half a point on columns of cylindrical shaft in red tuff and capitals. with varied decoration: gothic baquetones, masks etc. In 1972 part of the roof collapsed and the restoration was not very successful, and finally it was in the year 2000 when a well-directed intervention allowed a better conservation and a remarkable improvement. The importance of the temple led to the fact that in 1948 it was declared Artistic Historical Monument, and in 2012 Cultural Asset.

The Teatro Leal is housed in a beautiful eclectic style building from the beginning of the 19th century. Located in the historic center of San Cristóbal de la Laguna, it has a hall with stalls and an amphitheater that offers a complete program of performing arts.

The Cathedral of San Cristóbal de La Laguna is an imposing religious building that is located in the historical center of the city of La Laguna, one of the most religious constructions important of the Canarian archipelago. The Cathedral has a marked neogothic style in its main body, with respect to the facade is neoclassical. Currently the temple is also the seat of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna which also receives the name of Diocese of Tenerife. The cathedral is also the seat of the Our Lady of Los Remedios parish, which also makes it Mariano Sanctuary of Los Remedios. In the facilities is the remains of the conqueror Alonso Fernández de Lugo, founder of La Laguna. Of the Cathedral of La Laguna it is necessary to emphasize the already mentioned facade of neoclassical style, that is clearly inspired by the cathedral of Pamplona. The dome is also a very interesting element that stands out on the landscape of the city. The chapels of Santa Teresa de Ávila, the one of the Purísima Concepción, the one of Christ tied to the Column, Our Lady of Candelaria, San José, Santa Bárbara, Our Lady del Carmen, Batisterio and the Chapel of Our Lady of the Remedies.

The Calle Rey Rey Redondo Street is one of the main arteries of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, a pedestrian street that runs from the well-known Plaza del Adelantado

One of the most emblematic buildings of San Cristóbal de la Laguna is the Casa de Alvarado-Bracamonte, located in one of the busiest streets of the city. This construction is known as the house of Alvarado-Bracamonte, which was Governor, Corregidor and Captain of War of the Islands of La Palma and Tenerife. Alvarado-Bracamonte was residing in San Cristóbal de la Laguna between 1624 and 1635, his political power and his economic solvency facilitated the obtaining of titles such as the Marques de la Breña and the Improved of the Field. The house is also known as House of the General Captains because between 1705 and 1723 they lived six Captains General of the Canary Islands. Currently the building houses the maximum local representation of the Municipality of La Laguna. The exterior appearance of the Casa de Alvarado-Bracamonte has the characteristic of being masonry on stonework. The stone is likely to come from the Cantera del Obispo de La Laguna and is of red volcanic tuff and is placed in certain parts of the building. The interior is distributed in a large patio, is accessed by a hall, around this are distributed the dependencies of the ground floor and high. The Casa de Albarado-Bracamonte was declared Asset of Cultural Interest in 1981

The La Carrera street is one of the most important areas of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, in the historical center, declared a World Heritage Site, in it There is the Casa de la Alhóndiga. The building was built at the beginning of the 18th century and later reformed in the 19th century, whose reform tried to transform the dwelling into a theater. La Casa de la Alhóndiga throughout its history has served as a jail, school, courthouse, storehouse of the Cabildo and is currently part of the dependencies of the municipality of La Laguna. The facade of the Casa de Alhóndiga is renovated in the neoclassical style and is topped with a stone cornice and a triangular pediment on the parapet that hides the roof. The renovation was carried out by the architect Manuel de Oraá, with the intention of converting the building into a theater. At present, its interior conserves a large part of the original building, the entrance has a sober stone door, on it a shield is placed. The large, symmetrically distributed guillotine windows also stand out.

Another of the historic buildings that are located in the historic center of La Laguna is Casa del Corregidor. It should be remembered that thanks to this type of buildings that today are preserved the historic center of San Cristobal de La Laguna is World Heritage. The House of the Corregidor was built in 1540, so it is one of the oldest buildings in the town, although the original construction today only retains the cover of a spectacular red volcanic stone. The House of the Corrected r was used as a prison in the eighteenth century, from that time a vaulted room is preserved, currently houses municipal offices. The conservation of the stone gate is a good example of the ancient plateresque art of the Canarian archipelago. It can be seen that it has a triple heraldry: the Shield of the aforementioned corregidor, the shield of Tenerife that was delivered by Juan I of Castile in 1510 and the imperial shield of Charles V. La Casa del Corregidor is another of the emblematic buildings that can be visited in San Cristóbal de La Laguna.

The most curious of the Museum of Science and the Cosmos that are in San Cristóbal de La Laguna is that it is not a traditional museum. It is one of those museums whose objective is not simply to see scientific experiments or what techniques are used, what this type of museums want is to disseminate science in a fun, entertaining and interactive way. Using the means available in the Museum of Science and the Cosmos and with the collaboration of visitors, the visit will be an unforgettable experience for young and old. The Museum of Science and the Cosmos was created in 1993, belongs to the Autonomous Organization of Museums and Centers of the Cabildo of Tenerife, was promoted by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias with the acronym IAC. This museum is considered the most important museum of science and astronomy in the Canary archipelago and one of the most important in Spain. Among the elements to be highlighted within the facilities, we should mention the Planetarium or the Interstellar Trip that can be seen through holograms. Those who visit the museum will be able to experience all the available experiences first hand, it is possible to know the principles of nature, the functioning of the human body or the stars.

Located in San Cristóbal de La Laguna the Royal Sanctuary of the Santísimo Cristo de la Laguna is a reference for the culture and history of the city. It is located in the historic center of La Laguna in the Plaza del Cristo, one of the busiest places in the municipality. The construction of the sanctuary began in the year 1506 and ended in 1580, it was the first Franciscan convent founded on the island of Tenerife, during the following decades a series of extensions and reforms were carried out. In 1810 the temple suffered a fire and only the bulrush, the house of Slavery and the image of Christ were saved. It did not take long to rebuild the temple and the Father Fray Antonio Tejera was put in charge, with the new construction the orientation of the sanctuary was changed. It is accessed through a door that is located below the choir. At present the church has the category of Royal Sanctuary, the Christ that is in the temple is made of noble wood Flanders by the Belgian sculptor Louis Van Der Vule in the sixteenth century and highlights the gold crown very typical of the Canarian Christ.

The street San Agustín is another of those pedestrian streets that run through the historic center San Cristóbal de La Laguna which was declared World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1999. In the Calle San Agustín you will find some of the most emblematic buildings of the city, for example the Casa Salazar, which dates from 1664 and which is currently the seat of the Diocese of the Nivarian Diocese. Other buildings that can be found along the street are the Convent of San Agustín or the Church and Hospital Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, both constructions declared Assets of Cultural Interest. The Museum of History and Insular Archive which is located in the Lecaro Palace there are also other buildings such as the Casa de Montañés, Consejo Consultivo de Canarias or House of the Jesuits, whose construction dates back to 1733.

El Restaurante Plaza se encuentra en el mismo centro de San Cristóbal de la Laguna, a apenas 50 metros de la Plaza del Adelantado. Cuentan con menú del día y una terraza exterior. Pertenece al Hotel Laguna Nivaria, desde el que se puede acceder directamente.

Bar cafetería del hotel Nivaria en La Laguna. Bocadillos, ensaladas y picoteo.

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