Iglesia de El Salvador

The Church of El Salvador is located in Santa Cruz de La Palma, was founded in 1800, the parish is the result of a series of reforms and extensions that gave place to the basilica that is known today. The Church of El Salvador consists of three naves that are separated by half-point arches, smooth shaft and arches, while the cover is Mudejar style that gives a certain Arab air .

The Church of El Salvador of Santa Cruz de La Palma, of the three facades, the main one is facing south, is made of stonework, is ordered from two pedestals lateral, on which two pairs of columns of Corinthian capital support, which in turn hold a triangular pediment, whose corners depart Doric pilasters crowned on the sides by vases and in the center an image made in marble of.

The interior has undergone numerous renovations, highlighting the decorations of the vaults of the headboard painted by Ubaldo Bordanova Moreno between 1895 and 1897 and the main altarpiece inspired by the model of Renaissance cover triumph arch. The church of El Salvador is a jewel in the town of Santa Cruz de La Palma.