Church of Santa Catalina

White façade and bell tower of the Church of Santa Catalina in Tacoronte, with flowering hydrangeas

Church of Santa Catalina: the parish church of the municipality of Tacoronte (Tenerife, Spain), dedicated to St Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr.

The church has three aisles and a fine bell tower.

It was built by Tacoronte’s first inhabitants between 1545 and 1550.

On the high altar stands the statue of Santa Catalina, the town’s patron saint.

In the church you can admire a depiction of the Virgin of Guadalupe on copper by José de Páez, considered one of the finest existing portrayals of this famous image of the Virgin.

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