Ermita de San Antonio Abad

One of the oldest religious temples on the island of Tenerife is La Matanza de Acentejo is the Hermitage of San Antonio Abad . Some experts believe that the image of San Antonio in the Hermitage was the first to arrive on the island after the conquest.

The Hermitage of San Antonio Abad was built at the order of one of the first scribes of the archipelago, the La Laguna and the Cabildo, Antón Vallejo . The Escribano promised to build a hermitage in the municipality if they left victorious or survived the battle of La Matanza that finally gave the town its name.

The aspect that presents / displays today is fruit of diverse reforms and extensions that were realized in 1881 and 1882. Between the great celebrations that are celebrated in the island is the one that becomes in honor to San Antonio Abad, where you start from this hermitage.