Iglesia San Pedro Apóstol (monument)
San Pedro Apóstol—*Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol*—is the Catholic heart of Vilaflor de Chasna: it is the town’s “parroquia matriz” and also the historical parish centre for the comarca of Abona. The story begins with a small *ermita* founded by the Catalan settlers Pedro Soler and his wife, Juana de Padilla, around 1530. In 1568, the archdeacon Juan Salvago raised that hermitage to parish status, making it the seat of the ecclesiastical “beneficio” that grouped Vilaflor with Arona, Granadilla, San Miguel, and Arico. The church was then expanded by the Soler family between 1615 and 1675, adding the main chapel and shaping the modern church body. One name ties the building to the wider history of the Canaries: in 1626, the future Santo Hermano Pedro was baptized here—later canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II. …
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