Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro

Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro occupies former cathedral dependencies around the seventeenth-century Patio de los Naranjos. A traditional Canarian balcony frames the orange-scented courtyard. Five historic rooms open onto sacred art, exposed masonry, volcanic stone and Canarian pine.

The Sala de la Seda once stored the cathedral treasure and silk vestments, while its wooden carvings trace changing techniques from the sixteenth to twentieth century. Portraits lead towards the Sala Capitular, whose vivid eighteenth-century mosaic faces a crucified Christ by Luján Pérez. Gold, silver, ivory and mother-of-pearl works display repoussé, gilding and inlay. Sala de Contaduría presents local paintings and sixteenth-century Flemish images brought through the sugar trade. A Virgin called la Paloma, dated 1622, represents Spanish Golden Age Marian baroque. The ground floor gathers alabaster and polychrome wooden sculptures dedicated to Mary and the saints.

Fourteen Via Crucis drawings by Jesús Arencibia stand alongside a varied collection of nativity scenes. The balcony, orange scent and volcanic roof keep the courtyard present as you move between the rooms.