Iglesia de la Concepción

The Matrix Parish of Our Lady of the Conception is one of the best ecclesiastical representations representative of the baroque of the island of Tenerife. It is located in the municipality of La Orotava, in its historic center, just five minutes walk from the Casa de los Balcones and the Town Hall.

Built under the safeguard of Bishop Fray Diego de Muros in 1498, it soon had to be expanded, just 15 years later, in 1514, a renovation that was completed in 1516. After successive extensions and remodeling, the earthquakes that it produced the Güimar volcano at the beginning of the year 1705, made it advisable that the old temple should be demolished due to the bad condition in which it remained after the tremors, and that a new one should be erected.

The construction of the current building began on December 11, 1768 with contributions from the common people, the nobility and the Crown. On December 7, 1788, the current mother church of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción was inaugurated.

The Baptistery stands out inside, located on the lower floor of the Clock Tower, where there is a beautiful baptismal font from the 18th century. In the Chapel of Calvary is the carving of the Holy Christ of Mercy, of the late sixteenth century, and next to Him, the image of the Virgin of Sorrows and St. John the Evangelist, early nineteenth century.

In the Chapel of La Candelaria, on the other hand, there is a 19th century carving of the Virgin of La Candelaria, an invocation that was prayed especially during the earthquakes of the Güimar volcano that affected the previous building.

The High Altar is very rooted, in style, which was throughout Europe in the nineteenth century, neoclassical. In it you can see the Tabernacle of marble, made in Genoa by Gaggini.Also of the same artist is the Genoese pulpit, while the iron gate that separates the pre-ministry, also inaugurated in 1832 along with the Tabernacle and the Pulpit, was held in London.