ERMITA DE SAN FRANCISCO

Located in the square of the San Francisco neighborhood, a few meters from where the old convent of Santa Lucia was located, this hermitage stands by popular initiative, being blessed on October 4, 1990. It belongs to the group of buildings dedicated to the diffusion u0301n and devotion u0301n to the Santo madero in Los Realejos, tradition u0301n that is u0301 linked i u0301 intimately to two historical events u0301ricos, the first one we can look for in the conquest of the island of Tenerife in 1496 and placement u0301n of a wooden cross in what would later be the temple of Santiago Apo u0301stol, of which au u0301n remains are preserved within the silver filigree cross of (1677) that houses the aforementioned temple. Meanwhile, the second fact can be associated with the foundation u0301n at the beginning of the 17th century of the convent of Santa Lucia belonging to the Franciscan Order, which led to those friars placing crosses in different places far from the population centers establishing their own Vi u0301a Crucis.