Plaza del Cristo
Plaza del Cristo de La Laguna is one of Tenerife’s principal squares, ranking with the Plaza de España in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Plaza de la Patrona de Canarias in Candelaria. Until recently, this open space marked the boundary between the city of La Laguna and surrounding agricultural land, and it was also used, into the last century, as a field for military exercises. Its importance goes further than civic space. Nearby stood the historic Hospital of San Sebastián, which became central to the reception of patients during the bubonic plague epidemic that broke out in the city in 1582. Today, the square’s banks are defined by the Real Santuario del Cristo de La Laguna, the church that houses the revered Cristo de La Laguna—an image held in high esteem across the Canary Islands. …
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