Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción
La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción is why La Orotava earned its nickname of “Basílica o Catedral de La Orotava” long before it became official building history. As a Catholic church in the Villa de La Orotava, it is widely recognized as the best example of Baroque architecture in the Canary Islands, and its most distinctive feature is the dome—its design takes inspiration from the dome of Florence Cathedral in Italy. The site’s religious story begins at the end of the conquest of Tenerife, when an Inmaculada Concepción de la Virgen María chapel was started to the northeast of the valley under the protection of Bishop Diego de Muros. In 1514 the chapel became a filial parish of the Parroquia Matriz del Apóstol Santiago del Realejo Alto, and works expanded it into a church by 1516. …
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