ERMITA DE SAN ROQUE(LA LAGUNA)

San Cristóbal de La Laguna
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He rose above the place where the battle between the Guanches and the conquerors takes place, and where Prince Tinguaro died. Due precisely to this geographical situation, hurricane winds and soil moisture have partially collapsed twice; in 1776 and in 1828, as a result of a hall and a cycle in 1826.

It was founded in the first half of the 16th century to worship the copatrono chosen as a lawyer and protector against the plague. It was restored by the City Council of La Laguna in 1991.

It has a rectangular trend plan, although the perimeter of the header is currently integrated into more recent buildings that prevent its appreciation. Open on the south façade, the access door is framed by a semicircular arch in a very classic canter, with ornaments of baquetones embedded in the jambs, along with other moldings that form the arc thread. The door is made of wood, ragged, with carved frames, presenting a t peak aspect of the late Baroque and is preceded by a grandstand or three steps. In the same wall canvas two morphological windows appear similar to masonry, protected by jealousy to iron bars, which translates into a bay adintelado inward. This lateral façade is longitudinally covered by a mamposter pole, which houses a wooden cross with a base. At the foot of the hermitage there are indications of an old cover of a similar typology, now boarded up.

The roof is made of Arabic tile, gable in the nave and four waters over the chapel.

Surrounding the set there is a crenellated wall.

Its interior is extremely simple. His ship is unique and has no prominent facade. It is accessed through a very modest canter door, located on one side of the hermitage. It lacks a sword a.

MUNICIPALITY San Crist bal de La Laguna

ZONE District1- Historic Center

DIRECTION N Camino San Roque, 65