Iglesia de San Agustín

Another of the most unique and at the same time important buildings of San Cristóbal de La Laguna is the church and former convent of San Agustín, located in the historic center of the city. city.

At first this temple was a convent, it is now the Church of San Agustín, it has had many modifications although there are many elements that are still preserved today, such as the cloister interior with a marked Renaissance style.

The church of San Agustín has had other uses, it was the first university and the only secondary school in the Canary Islands for a long time, for its facilities passed characters like Benito Pérez Galdós, Óscar Domínguez or Juan Negrín.

The church was rebuilt because in 1964 it suffered a fire that practically destroyed the entire complex. You can see from the outside all the original construction, with a rectangular floor, three naves separated by arches.

In the interior you can see the two plants that form the temple, on the ground floor, on the sides of the patio you can see seven columns of red stonework. In the underground of the old convent are buried monks and illustrious people of La Laguna as the historian Juan Núñez de la Peña. Since July 1983 the building has been declared Asset of Cultural Interest.