38 Sights in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (with Map and Images)

José Francisco Morazán Quesada was a liberal Central American politician and general who served as president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1830 to 1839. Before he was president of Central America he was the head of state of Honduras. He rose to prominence at the Battle of La Trinidad on November 11, 1827. Morazán then dominated the political and military scene of Central America until his execution in 1842.

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The Auditorio de Tenerife "Adán Martín" is an auditorium in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, it is located on the Avenue of the Constitution in the Canarian capital, and next to the Atlantic Ocean in the southern part of Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Construction began in 1997 and was completed in 2003. The auditorium was inaugurated on 26 September of that year in the presence of Felipe, Prince of Asturias, and was later visited by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. The building is framed within the tenets of late-modern architecture of the late 20th century.

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Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología (MUNA), is a museum-based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife,. It contains many significant archaeological finds and is considered the best repository of objects from the Pre-Castilian Canary Islands. The museum also houses significant paleontological, botanical, entomological, and marine and terrestrial vertebrate collections, and is considered the best Natural Library of the Canary Islands.

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The Triumph of Candelaria is one of the main sculptural monuments in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Also known as the Obelisk of Candelaria, it was donated in its day by Bartolomé Montañez, as a complement to the marble cross that he himself had given a few years earlier in order to complete the ornamentation of the Plaza de la Pila, so called because it was home to a fountain that since the beginning of the eighteenth century supplied drinking water to the population of Santa Cruz and to the ships that anchored in it. its port, and currently called Plaza de la Candelaria.

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The Institute of Maritime Fishing Vocational Training of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is currently the only centre in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife where professional nautical fishing studies can be taken, also providing the necessary course to obtain the basic training certificate, essential to be able to process the maritime registration book and to be able to carry out any type of professional work on board a vessel.

Wikipedia: Instituto Marítimo Pesquero de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES)

The Historic Masonic Temple of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a Masonic Temple located in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on Calle San Lucas. The building was constructed for use by the Añaza Lodge between 1899 and 1902. It is considered one of the main Masonic temples in Spain, and the first in the Canary Islands.

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The Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a botanical garden of 120,000 m2 specialized in palms (Arecaceae). It is an artificial hill, with views of the ocean, located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The gardens include a large system of waterfalls, streams and ponds, a museum dedicated to palms, and a display shade house. The project was started in 1995 on a former landfill and only opened to the public in 2014. The valuable palm collection gathers about 600 species of palms and it is focused on the ones native to world islands. Trees and shrubs of other plant families are also displayed, organised in "biogeographical sections". All gardens are maintained with no pesticides and no fertilizers, different species of wild birds are frequently seen in the palmetum.

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The church of San Pedro Apóstol is a Catholic temple of worship that is located in the neighborhood of Igueste de San Andrés, located in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, Spain.

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On April 27, 2021, sisters Anna and Olivia Zimmermann, aged one and six years old respectively, were kidnapped by their father, Tomás Antonio Gimeno Casañas, on the island of Tenerife, Spain. On June 10, the lifeless body of Olivia was found on the seabed of the Canary Islands, 1 km (0.62 mi) deep with the help of sonar. The case had a large impact on Spanish society and media. Anna and Tomás Antonio Gimeno have never been found, but are presumed dead.

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The hermitage of Nuestra Señora de Regla, popularly known as the hermitage of La Regla or hermitage of Regla, is a hermitage located in the neighborhood of Los Llanos in the area of Cabo-LLanos of the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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The parish church of San José is located in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on Calle Méndez Núñez next to the Rambla de Santa Cruz, in the city centre. The church is surrounded by residential buildings on its sides and at the rear. Its neoclassical façade stands out with its two bell towers.

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The parish of Mary Help of Christians is a parish church in the Duggi neighborhood of the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is located on General Serrano Street and was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest, with the category of monument.

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The Tenerife International Centre for Trade Fairs and Congresses, also known as "The Fair Recint" was opened in May 1996. The building, covers an area exceeding 40,000 square meters in the sea front of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Is in close proximity to other venues such as the Parque Marítimo César Manrique, the Auditorio de Tenerife and the Palmetum. The Great Hall, located on the top floor, took a total of 12,000 square meters, making it the largest covered space in the Canary Islands. This building is also the headquarters of the World Trade Center Tenerife.

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The parish church of the Virgen del Pilar is located at the confluence of Calle del Pilar and Calle de San Lucas, in the neighbourhood of El Toscal, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is one of the most important churches in the city center.

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Parque García Sanabria is a public urban park in the heart of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in Tenerife. It was inaugurated in 1926. It is a large garden area, combined with fountains and architectural groups. The park is listed as a site of cultural interest in the Government of the Canary Islands.

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The Castle of San Cristóbal in Santa Cruz de Tenerife was the first fortification of significance on the island of Tenerife and the main defensive building on Santa Cruz Bay. The central Castle Street is named after this fort.

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The Palacio de Carta is a palace located in the central Plaza de la Candelaria, just in front of the Chamber of Commerce and the monument to the Triumph of La Candelaria, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is one of the most outstanding civil buildings of the Canarian Baroque, although in its façade made of stonework we can also appreciate elements of neoclassical style.

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Teatro Guimerá is a theatre located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the capital city of the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands (Spain). Built in 1849, it is the oldest theater in the Canary Islands. In 1923 it was named after the writer, poet and playwright Àngel Guimerà, born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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The City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is one of the four public administrations with political responsibility in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, together with the General Administration of the State of Spain, the Government of the Canary Islands and the Cabildo de Tenerife.

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The hermitage of San Telmo is a sixteenth-century hermitage located in the neighborhood of El Cabo in the Cabo-LLanos area of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is one of the oldest temples in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and on the island of Tenerife

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The Punta de Anaga Lighthouse is an active lighthouse on the Canary island of Tenerife, in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Punta de Anaga is the most northerly point on the island, and is where the Anaga mountain range meets the sea.

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The lighthouse lamp, located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, was one of the two lighthouses on the South Pier of the Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It began work in December 1863 and remained active until 1954, when the development of the port made its operation in the initial location useless.

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Piedra Chinobre is a volcanic rock or python located in the Anaga massif, on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) that reaches an altitude of 910 m above sea level. The Piedra Chinobre together with the Anambro rock establish the southern border of the Pijaral integral nature reserve, and constitute two unique elements of the landscape, of scientific, geological and geomorphological interest.

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The Pico del Inglés is one of the highest mountains in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the island of Tenerife, at 990 m above sea level. It is located in the Anaga Massif and there is a viewpoint in it.

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The Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a museum of fine arts located in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Its headquarters are located in the rear of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi.

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The Alameda del Duque de Santa Elena was a promenade in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Nowadays it is practically an integral part of the Plaza de España. The environment has been recently restored following the project of the Swiss architects Herzog & De Meuron. The work has included the reconstruction of a replica of the portico of the Alameda, in the image of the original.

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The Chapel of the Servants of Mary is a chapel located on Calle Viera y Clavijo, next to the central building of the City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the city of the same name on the island of Tenerife. This chapel houses the Military Church of Our Lady of Health.

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Las Mesas Park is a public park located in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the outskirts of the urban center. It occupies a part of the mountain of Las Mesas, in the southwest of the Anaga massif. It is, by area, the largest public park in the city.

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The Parliament of the Canary Islands is a building in the Spanish city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, headquarters as its name suggests of the Canary Islands Parliament. It has the status of Asset of Cultural Interest.

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The Cuchillitos Park in Tristán de Santa Cruz de Tenerife was inaugurated in February 2007. The park located between the neighborhoods of Tristán, Miramar, the Camino del Hierro and the Polígono de Ofra has an area of 32,500 m². It takes its name from the farm that was on the land where it sits.

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El Casco is one of the population entities that make up the municipality of Los Silos, on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), and is also its administrative capital. It has an estimated population, in 2020, of 1,387 inhabitants.

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Ángel de la Victoria or the Monument to Victory, popularly known as el monumento a Franco, is an instance of public art located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. A work by Juan de Ávalos, the monument was conceived to pay homage to Francisco Franco.

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The Monument to the Fallen is a monument in Plaza de España, near the sea front of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. It is one of the several erected monuments across the Spanish geography that serve as memorial to the Nationalist victors in the Spanish Civil War.

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The Chicharro Sculpture or Allegorical sculpture the Chicharro it is a bronze sculpture of a horse mackerel, located in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which has become one of its most beloved symbols.

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The One Hundred Faces of the Auditorio de Tenerife is a work of art that is made up of images of musical artists located on the rocks of the spur that are next to the Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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Buenavista del Norte is a municipal capital in Spain. It is located in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Canary Islands region, in the southwest of the country, 1,800 km southwest of the capital Madrid. Buenavista del Norte is located 38 meters above sea level and the number of inhabitants is 5,231. It is located on the island of Tenerife.

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The Barranco Grande Windmill or Grand Canyon Mill is located in Barranco Grande, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the island of Tenerife, Spain. It is similar to the Cuevas Blancas Windmill, and is one of three remaining windmills in the region, the other being in El Rosario, Tenerife.

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The Cuevas Blancas Windmill or White Caves Mill is located in Santa María del Mar, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the island of Tenerife, Spain. It was used to manufacture Gofio, a type of flour from the Canary islands.

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