Iglesia de Santo Domingo (monument)

Iglesia de Santo Domingo is a Catholic monument and a bien de interés cultural, with protected status granted in 1986. The Dominican presence here goes back to the early 16th century: the convent was built in 1522, and the church followed in 1527. This was also a place of real regional importance, because the image of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria was kept here on 30 January 1555 during her first removal from Candelaria, when coastal raids made her sanctuary vulnerable. In 1747, the corsair Amaro Rodríguez Felipe, better known as Amaro Pargo, was buried in the church; his marble slab at the entrance bears his family coat of arms and a pirate skull-and-crossbones. The church is also linked to San José de Anchieta, whose baptismal font is preserved here. …

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