Casa Salazar

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.