Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Carmen

In the neighborhood of San Agustín in the town of Los Realejos is the Catholic temple known as the Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, patron of the Orotava Valley and Perpetual Mayor of the municipality of Los Realejos. The importance of this sanctuary is reflected in that it is considered the most outstanding Marian temple in the north of the island of Tenerife.

The place where the sanctuary is now was Convent of San Andrés and Santa Mónica, in 1952 a fire destroyed the convent and three years later the first stone was laid of the new sanctuary under the project of Tomás Machado, in 1965 it was opened to the cult.

The image of the Virgen del Carmen was crowned canonically in 1982, it was one of the first images to which this distinction was given.

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Carmen was declared Good of Cultural Interest in 1999. It has three naves, it has a floor plan with an apse in the head , the fontispicio is attached to the body of the church.

Inside you can see images such as the size of the Virgen del Carmen made by Antón María Maragliano in the 17th century. Other images are St. Augustine of Hippo of 1777, St. Andrew the Apostle and the Lord of the Garden an anonymous work of the seventeenth century.