Iglesia de San Juan Bautista (monument)
At the Iglesia de San Juan Bautista in Villa de Arico, the most enduring story is spiritual and local: here the small Gothic image of Nuestra Señora de Abona is venerated, and the Virgin is both patroness of the south of Tenerife and patron and perpetual mayor of Arico. The church’s origins reach back to the late 16th century, when Captain Juan González Gómez helped found the first hermitage of San Juan. That early site became a parish in 1639, separating from San Pedro de Vilaflor as Arico’s leading neighbors pushed for a new parish church in the early 17th century—including support for the cofradía del Santísimo Sacramento. The building you see today largely belongs to the 18th century. Work began in 1747 under master Juan de Armas, who later completed the main chapel, with key finishing from Juan Perera by 1755. …
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