Basílica de San Juan Bautista (monument)
San Juan Bautista is more than a Gothic church in Telde: it anchors the city’s original core. The historic barrio de san Juan formed around this basilica, whose plaza sits near the district’s founding area and faces the town hall. The tradition of benefaction begins with Hernán García del Castillo “El Viejo,” who ordered the first San Juan Bautista church—built as a single nave of stone and mudbrick with a tiled roof beside a defensive tower. That early church soon collapsed, and in 1484 Cristóbal García del Castillo stepped in as the first benefactor of the basilica you associate with this site today. Cristóbal also acted as a works steward, and as part of the effort he paid for the expenses of the Capilla Mayor, as well as a side chapel. The basilica’s form reflects that growth: it originally had three naves, with the central one the highest. …
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