Real Santuario del Cristo de La Laguna

Real Santuario del Santísimo Cristo de La Laguna
Real Santuario del Santísimo Cristo de La Laguna
District	Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Province	Archdiocese of Seville
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Royal shrine and conventual church
Location
Location	San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.
Architecture
Type	church
Style	Colonial of the Canary Islands
Completed	1580
Direction of façade	South
Website
	www.cristodelalaguna.com

Real Santuario del Santísimo Cristo de La Laguna (Royal Sanctuary of the Christ of La Laguna) is a

Roman Catholic church located in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). The sanctuary is famous for housing the image of the Cristo de La Laguna

, a devotional image of the Canary Islands.

This temple throughout its history was enriched by the

Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome.^[1] Next to the Royal Shrine is the Plaza del Cristo de La Laguna

, the largest square of the city.

History

Built in 1580 and founded by

Franciscan

monastery established on the island of Tenerife.

The entrance is through a door beneath the choir loft. The back wall is occupied by a large silver altarpiece with a central niche on the bottom of carved wood and gold cross rests with the image of

Christ

.

Real Shrine of the Cristo de La Laguna, was one of the earliest Christian shrines in the Canary Islands to receive the title and title of "Royalty". It was December 19, 1906, by

María Teresa de Borbón y Fernando of Bavaria.^[2]^[3]

On November 22, 2006 was visited by the then

Sofia of Greece

, who are honorary members of the brotherhood as is the Pope of Rome.

In 2008, the temple wore a huge flag of Vatican City to commemorate the centenary of the "Title Pontifical" granted by the Pope in Rome in 1908 to the Pontificia, Real y Venerable Esclavitud del Santísimo Cristo de La Laguna, the Brotherhood of Cristo de La Laguna.

From 2014 the sanctuary has had an exact replica of the

Jubilee Year.^[7]

Next to the Royal Shrine is the Military Barracks, headquarters of the Chief of Military Area Command and the Canary Islands.