IGLESIA PARROQUIAL DE SAN FRANCISCO (SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE)

The church of San Francisco belonged to the old convent of San Pedro de Alta Ntara, founded around 1680. Its salt floor is divided into three naves. By 1722 the main chapel was completed and sacristy a.

Between 1750-1782 we proceed to the extension of the ships and the lifting of the tower. At the end of the 18th century, the factory was practically finished, maintaining its trace until today. Inside we highlight the mud jares decks and especially the coffered ceiling of the presbytery decorated with the theme of the Marian exaltation and the Eucharist. The paintings of the toral arch with the theme of the defense of Carlos III of the dogma of the Immaculate, made in 1777 commissioned by Father Delgado Sol. The altarpieces are from the late Baroque, and among them we highlight that of the chapel. Higher. The convent was subject to confiscation and after the suppression order of 1821, its belongings and belongings passed to the public credit; the objects of worship, the parish and non-cultural objects, the Government.

The houses of the convent were requested by the City Council to install the town hall, the Provincial Council, the Provincial Board of Health and the schools of first letters, Drawing and Nutica. On the orchards of the convent Ora traced the Alameda del Pr ncipe. The church underwent a rebuilding in 1833, rising to the parish in 1869. The church, the tower, built between 1700 and 1775 was saved from confiscation. As for the chapel of Order 3, it had to be returned to no be owned by the ...