Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Afligidos (monument)
The Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Afligidos—also known locally as the Ermita del Calvario—rises on a raised plaza in Icod de los Vinos, approached by a flight of steps over a gently sloping site. The sanctuary’s best-known focus is the Santísimo Cristo del Calvario, a carved image that arrived in Icod in 1729, after being sculpted in La Habana. As a cultural property, it has held the status of bien de interés cultural in the category of monument since 2006, and its overall setting reinforces the devotional character suggested by the “Calvary” elements inside: a calvario on the right with three wooden crosses. Architecturally, the chapel is a single nave covered by a timber gable roof, with a simple façade that includes a cement belfry. …
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