The Santa Iglesia Catedral-Basílica de Canarias or Catedral Basílica de Santa Ana is a cathedral, seat of the Diocese of the Canary Islands of the Catholic Church, which is located in the historic center of the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the neighborhood of Vegueta, next to the Plaza Mayor de Santa Ana.
Every November 26 the celebration of the dedication of this cathedral is celebrated. It is considered the most important monument of Canarian religious architecture.
On April 20, 1487, the Catholic Monarchs expressed their desire to build a cathedral church in Gran Canaria to fulfill the mandate of the Pope, a mandate that comes from the request of Fernando Calvetos to Eugenio IV in 1435 for the Bishop from Rubicón to the island of Gran Canaria.
It began to be built around 1497 by order of the Kings themselves; however, due to lack of funds, the works had to be stopped in 1570.
The long history of the temple means that it combines styles as different as the late Gothic inside and the Neoclassical outside. Its facade is the most characteristic element.
The seventeenth century and the first half of the following one suppose a long parenthesis, until the Tenerife racionero Diego Nicolás Eduardo arrived in Gran Canaria, who had learned the rudiments of architecture on his way through Granada and Segovia. This religious then decides to continue the building. Instead of going to the neoclassical guidelines, prevailing until then, he made the extension to the current head following the Gothic structures, thus maintaining the uniformity of the work.
Inside it houses several works of art, among which the Christ of Luján Pérez should be highlighted, which presides over the chapter house, as well as the carving of the Dolorosa by Luján Pérez.
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