Ermita del Buen Jesús

The hermitage of El Buen Jesús, located in the municipality of Tijarafe, island of La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) is located in the Barrio de El Jesús, on a promontory next to the Barranco del Jurado. Built from the second half of the sixteenth century, it has been dedicated since its construction, to the name of Jesus, and the images of the Child Jesus and Our Lady of Consolation were already placed inside it. The building is constituted by a rectangular nave, with an entrance door to the west, to which a small rectangle that serves as a sacristy is attached to the right. The nave lacks windows and lighting, has no choir, no balcony over the entrance door as usual in this type of buildings, and has a four-section roof with simple ornaments of dogs, lacería, etc. On the entrance door carries a bell with a bell. This simple but sober building reveals the humble and poor character of the inhabitants who once inhabited this jurisdiction.