{"id":1853,"date":"2025-05-07T13:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tacoronte.travel\/imprecindibles\/parish-of-st-catherine-martyr-of-alexandria\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:54:28","slug":"parish-of-st-catherine-martyr-of-alexandria","status":"publish","type":"imprecindibles","link":"https:\/\/tacoronte.travel\/en\/imprecindibles\/parish-of-st-catherine-martyr-of-alexandria\/","title":{"rendered":"Parish of St. Catherine Martyr of Alexandria"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"249\" data-end=\"296\"><strong data-start=\"249\" data-end=\"296\">The historical and spiritual soul of Tacoronte<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"585\">With its imposing bell tower as a visual guide in the historic center, the <strong>Parish<\/strong> <strong data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"405\">of Santa Catalina M\u00e1rtir de Alejandr\u00eda<\/strong> is one of the great heritage treasures of Tacoronte. The present temple, with <strong data-start=\"485\" data-end=\"499\">three naves<\/strong>, is built over the old hermitage built by the first settlers of the place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"587\" data-end=\"791\">Its foundation dates back to no less than <strong data-start=\"628\" data-end=\"636\">1545<\/strong>, and only five years later, in 1550, the decision was made to replace that first hermitage with a more solid church in keeping with the growing community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"793\" data-end=\"1143\">Today, this venerable building is not only a center of religious life, but also a symbol of local identity. Its historical and artistic value has been officially recognized with the declaration of <strong data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1026\">Cultural Interest<\/strong>, which makes it an essential visit for those who wish to connect with the past and the Canarian tradition. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1576,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categoria":[48,59],"class_list":["post-1853","imprecindibles","type-imprecindibles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria-heritage","categoria-religious-heritage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Parish of St. Catherine Martyr of Alexandria - Tacoronte Travel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the heritage treasures of Tacoronte, its value has been officially recognized with the declaration of Cultural Interest.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tacoronte.travel\/en\/imprecindibles\/parish-of-st-catherine-martyr-of-alexandria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parish of St. Catherine Martyr of Alexandria - 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