The Cathedral of Santa Ana - (Holy Cathedral-Basilica of Canary or Cathedral of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) is a Roman Catholic cathedral. It is the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Canarias and is situated within the Vegueta neighbourhood, next to the Plaza Mayor of Santa Ana.
The feast of the cathedral's dedication is celebrated every November 26. The structure of Gothic style is considered the most important monument of Canarian religious architecture.
The structure was finished, and the first offices celebrated, on the eve of Corpus Christi, 1570, in the time of the fourteenth Bishop, Fr. Juan de Alzolares. The eighteenth century saw the reconstruction and refurbishment of the cathedral after the Bishop, controlling a large tithe surplus, decided to commence work, overseen by Dean D. Geronimo Roos. The architect of the existing cathedral was Don Diego Nicolas Eduardo. Eduardo's plans were submitted to the St Ferdinand Academy of Madrid, who retained the original drawings, and returned copies for the commencement of the work itself.
Building works began around 1500, but were not completed until almost four centuries later. For this purpose, the intervention of different architects and skilled artists were necessary. The result of this is that there are three architectural styles in the cathedral: Gothic, Renaissance and neoclassical.
Photo taken on 17/11/2023. © Peter Steel 2023.
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