Ermita de San Juan Bautista
The Ermita de San Juan Bautista is a small Catholic hermitage tucked into the mountains of Las Terras above the barranco de Guayadeque in Gran Canaria. Built around the turn of the 20th century—its founding is recorded as 1900—it reflects the modest religious architecture that served communities far from the main parish churches. Though construction began in the late 1800s, the hermitage’s condition deteriorates enough that a major restoration became necessary. That restoration took place in 2010, restoring a place that had been weakened over time by exposure and age. What matters about this hermitage isn’t its scale, but its endurance in a rugged landscape: it shows how Catholic worship persisted in Guayadeque’s valleys long after the islands’ population centers had grown and shifted. …
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