Iglesia de Santo Domingo (monument)
In this Catholic church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, the story begins before the present building: on the site there was once a primitive hermitage dedicated to the Inmaculada Concepción. In 1522, a convent was built for the Dominican friars, and soon after—by 1527—the church itself took shape as a major religious centre. The church’s importance reaches beyond local devotion. It was the place where the image of Nuestra Señora del Rosario is venerated, alongside Santo Domingo de Guzmán, as patron of the parish. The same Dominican setting also safeguarded the Virgen de Candelaria during its first journey from Candelaria on 30 January 1555. One of the most striking chapters involves the corsair Amaro Rodríguez Felipe, “Amaro Pargo”, who was buried here in 1747. …
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