Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen
You can feel the sea here even when you’re standing in a quiet plaza: this parish is devoted to Nuestra Señora del Carmen, a Marian title that’s tied to fishermen and mariners—exactly what life in Los Cristianos revolved around. For years, people in the growing town wanted their own church, and at the start of the 20th century the idea finally took shape. In 1924, a primitive ermita was built, aided in part by well-off families from Arona and Vilaflor, and it received that Carmen dedication. Then, on 14 May 1963, the bishop of the Diocese of Tenerife, Luis Franco Cascón, elevated the ermita to parish status. As Los Cristianos expanded, a larger temple became necessary—and the old ermita was demolished in 1987. The new church began with the first stone in 1988, and it was inaugurated on 23 December 1990 by bishop Damián Iguacen Borau. …
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