Iglesia de San Marcos Evangelista (monument)
San Marcos Evangelista is the religious landmark that made Icod de los Vinos and its surrounding area cohere—origins that begin with a small riverside hermitage. Tradition places the appearance of the image of San Marcos Evangelista on the beach bearing its name, before the Castilian conquest, and by around 1500 a hermitage was raised here as a filial of the Parroquia Matriz del Apóstol Santiago de Los Realejos. That older devotion was formally recognized in 1515, when the parish status was elevated for San Marcos Evangelista alongside San Pedro de Daute of nearby Garachico. Today, the building is a rectangular church with three naves and eight chapels—three on each side and two at the entrance—separated by semicircular arches carried on smooth columns. …
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