Ermita de Nuestra Señora de las Angustias

In Icod de los Vinos the Ermita de las Angustias is located, in honor of the virgin of the same name, a carving that is preserved inside was made in Mexico in the first half of the 17th century.

It's funny that the most interesting thing about the Ermita de las Angustias is not the temple itself or the images that can be found inside, the most remarkable thing is the stuffed alligator that is inside a glass urn in the dependencies of the hermitage.

On this saurian there is a legend that tells that a goatherd fed a small lizard and grew so much that the animal wanted to eat its cattle. The goatherd was to kill him because it was untenable for the lizard to eat a piece of cattle every day, during the fight to kill him the goatherd was about to be devoured and entrusted to the Virgen de las Angustias, finally he was able to finish with the lizard and thanks to the Virgin he took it to the altar as an offering. Although this is the legend, there is another version, and that is that the Captain Torres ended with an alligator in Mexico in the year 1771 that was dissected and brought from America.