The Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel ( es, Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Carmen) is a
Roman Catholic
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church
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located in
Los Realejos
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, in the north of the island of
Tenerife
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(
Canary Islands
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,
Spain
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). It is located in the district of ''San Agustín''.
It is considered the most important
Marian shrine
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in the north of the island of Tenerife. The
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or Virgin of Carmel, is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order, particularly within the Catholic Church. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Ca ...
is the patron of the
La Orotava Valley.
History
In the place where the present church the ''Convent of San Andrés and Santa Mónica'' (which belonged to the
Augustinians
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) was. The February 21, 1952 a fire destroyed the convent. The July 24, 1955 was held the ceremony of blessing of the first stone of the new Shrine, the building was designed by Tomás Machado in 1953 and remained open for worship July 25, 1965.
The July 18, 1982, the image of the Virgin of Mount Carmel was one of the first images of the island
Canonical Coronation
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.
Since 1999, the Shrine and its surroundings are considered of cultural interest of the Canary Islands (BIC).
The July 25, 2015, under the 50th anniversary of the consecration, the temple was declared a ''Shrine'' with the title of Bishop of the
Diocese of Tenerife
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History
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,
Bernardo Álvarez Afonso
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.
La Patrona del Valle de Taoro ya tiene Santuario
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References
See also
* Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna ( la, Sancti Christophori de Laguna), also called Diocese of Tenerife or Diocese Nivariense, is a diocese located in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in the Canary Islands in the E ...
* Los Realejos
Los Realejos is a town and a municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife, which is the biggest of the Canary Islands. It is part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. The town is located from the north coast, southw ...
* Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or Virgin of Carmel, is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order, particularly within the Catholic Church. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Ca ...
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Catholic Church in the Canary Islands
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1965
Churches in Tenerife
Shrines to the Virgin Mary
Roman Catholic shrines in Spain
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain