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Church of Santa María de Betancuria

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Church of Santa María de Betancuria

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Church of Santa María de Betancuria

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    Moderate

    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

    Moderate

    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    December 12, 2020

    17th century fortified church with beautiful wood-carved interiors, such as the ceiling and altar. There is also a small museum with objects of ecclesiastical worship from different periods.

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      May 24, 2025

      The church was built in 1410. The Iglesia de Santa María de Betancuria is often mistakenly considered the cathedral and thus the first bishopric in the Canary Islands. Antipope Benedict XIII was so impressed by a small chapel near Playa de los Papagayos on Lanzarote that he promptly declared it a cathedral, or bishopric, in 1404. Santa Maria de Bethancuria was burned down in 1593. It was not rebuilt until 1691, and it has survived in this form to this day.

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        July 31, 2020

        Small church worth seeing.
        More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betancuria#Sehensw%C3%BCrdigkeiten

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          Location: Betancuria, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain

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