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La Laguna is Tenerife's second most important city. It is
the old Capital of the Island (until 1723) and situated just
inland from Santa Cruz in the Aguere Valley amid a beautiful
countryside. It is also the cultural and religious Capital,
due to the fact that it lodges the San Fernando University
and the Bishop's Palace. The whole city is full of
outstanding architectural monuments, palaces and traditional
houses of the XVII and XVIII centuries.
Among its religious buildings the most outstanding are the
Cathedral, the Santo Domingo Church and the Church of
Nuestra Señora de la Concepción - this latter one has a fine
Mudejár carved wooden ceiling and an exceptional Baroque
wooden pulpit from the 18th century.One can also find the
Church of the Holy Christ and the San Miguel Chapel.
History and art in La Laguna are to be found in the Casa
Ossuna Museum, the Friends of the Country Economic Society
Museum, the Concepción Church's Museum and the Cathedral's
Museum. La Laguna's Municipal boundaries extend to the towns
of Tejina and Valle Guerra - very rich agricultural areas -
as well as Bajamar and Punta del Hidalgo, which have become
tourist resorts with first class hotels, natural swimming
pools and extraordinary landscapes. Areas such as La Cuesta
and Taco, where part of the industries of the Island have
been situated in the last few years, are also part of La
Laguna.
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