Tijarafe

The church of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria located in the municipality of Tijarafe on the island of La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain), was built between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. that according to the government With a defined Mudéjar style of a single sober and simple nave, this church has an original bulrush of pure Canarian style, placed in the back of the temple, with the detail of the balcony and staircase of rise by the exterior of the property. At the base of the bulrush there is a stone engraved with the date 1686. The main entrance of the temple has been recently restored, revealing the stonework of the corners of the entire building. On the part of the nascent one the enclave of the bulrush is distinguished and the chapel of the Santísimo excels one of which they form the cruise and that is considered like oldest. In the part of the west three volumes of the building are distinguished: the main nave with the third entrance door, of which the Church consists, the chapel of the baptistery of construction subsequent to the remaining ones that form the transept, being its stonework of red Tosca and the Cristo Chapel, the last of the three that form the transept. The townhouse of the current parochial house, of recent construction, is also distinguished, rising towards the year 1950 on existing rooms from very old date that were used as spoils of the temple, known as "Casita de la Virgen". In the last restoration a wooden balcony of tea was added. Inside the temple, the main nave, simple and simple, but very cozy. In the background the interesting Altarpiece by Antonio de Orbarán, of great value and artistic interest, this being one of the few examples preserved in the archipelago that show an architectural idiosyncrasy of five streets.The originality of this altarpiece lies in the formula followed by Orbarán to place in the intercolumns or cross sections all the sculptural samples of an extraordinary apostolate, with which it practically acquires the appearance of eleven streets. It is, therefore, a mixed sculptural-pictorial solution. On the inner walls of the temple there are ten holes or niches built in 1950 to place various images. The choir is made of wood and its Canarian style. The coffered ceiling of the main chapel is very rich in details, also highlighting that of the central nave. The Chapel of the Most Holy or the Rosary is the most primitive of all the property and contains the richest of all the existing arches in it. It is worth noting the small image of San Antonio de Padua from the 16th century and the images of Our Lady of the Rosary and of San Fernando.

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.

The Barranco de Los Gomeros is one of the most outstanding natural areas of the town of Tijarafe and without a doubt one of the most interesting on the island of La Palma. The area of the ravine is declared Well of Cultural Interest and has an important archaeological site cataloged by the experts as one of the most outstanding of La Palma. The Archaeological Zone of the Barranco de los Gomeros offers a large number of caves that served so that the first settlers could take refuge. The most important part of the deposit is in the middle section of the Barranco de Los Gomeros where are the 39 natural caves of habitation. In three of them, human remains have been found, which indicates that some of these caves served as burial sites. In the caves we have also found fragments of ceramics, lithic pieces of gray basalt, porous basalt, vitreous basalt among others. Animal remains have also been found, which indicates that these caves were also used for cattle ranching, as well as limpets, burges and fish remains, which indicates that they used the resources offered by the sea. The Archaeological Site of Barranco de Los Gomeros is undoubtedly one of the most important places in Tijarafe.

Among the multitude of viewpoints that can be found on the island of La Palma, we can find the Mirador El Time. This viewpoint is located in the southern part of the municipality of Tijarafe at an approximate altitude of 594 meters above sea level. From this point of interest you can have incredible views of the entire Valley of Aridane, it is also possible to spot the La Caldera de Taburiente National Park, one of the prides of the island of La Palma. On clear days with little fog from the viewpoint it is possible to see also the island of El Hierro. Al Mirador El Time can be reached via the LP-1 road through the southern entrance of Tijarafe after ascending the northern wall of the Barranco de Las Angustias. This place also has a tourist information point, where it is possible to obtain information about the surroundings.