San Ginés is a church in

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, Canary Islands, Spain. Originally the location of a hermitage built in 1574 that contained images of

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and Saint Ginés, it was flooded and completely rebuilt in 1667. It was expanded in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Saint Ginés ( Saint Genesius of Clermont) is Arrecife's

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. Mass is celebrated every evening, including Saturdays, Sundays and holydays, at 7.30 p.m. There are additional Masses at weekends and on feast days.Mass times in Lanzarote and La Graciosa
/ref> The tower of the Church of San Ginés was inspired by the bell tower of the

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