Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Candelaria
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Candelaria is the parish church of Ingenio, dedicated to Our Lady of Candelaria and part of the Roman Catholic life of the municipality. Long before the present temple, worship was already organized here: since 1560 there was a small hermitage of about 250 square meters where the faithful met. That early sanctuary was built in the 1560s on land donated by the brothers Juan and Baltasar Fullana, and it depended on the Parroquia Matriz de San Sebastián de Agüimes. In 1815, the church was raised as Hijuela or Ayuda de Parroquia with territorial jurisdiction matching today’s Ingenio. Later, a Real Cédula issued in 1834 elevated it to parish status under Queen María Cristina. By the late 19th century the older building had fallen into ruins, so construction of the new church began in 1901 on the same site. …
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