Parroquia San Augustín, Santuario Santa Rita
Parroquia Matriz de San Agustín de Hipona y Santuario Santa Rita is more than a parish church in Vegueta—it anchors a long chain of civic vows, epidemics, and reused sacred spaces in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Its origin traces to a primitive *ermita de la Vera Cruz* built in 1524 by order of the city council as a public thanksgiving after a 16th-century epidemic. The *Cristo de la Vera Cruz* that the chapel honored was the town’s patron, and the original image is said to have been made with maize paste and brought from Mexico, before deteriorating and being replaced by a wooden carving made by Gran Canarian sculptor José Luján Pérez. By the 18th century, the religious building had become ruinous, and a new church was built in 1664. …
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