The Church of Santiago de los Caballeros (Spanish: Iglesia Matriz de Santiago de Los Caballeros) is a
Catholic
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church and parish in
Gáldar
Gáldar is a town and a Spanish municipality in the north of the island of Gran Canaria in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Its population is (2013),[Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, a Spain, Spanish archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa. the island had a population of that constitut ...]
, Canary Islands, Spain.
Background
The present building in
neoclassical style
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was built from 1778 to 1826. The full name is . It is dedicated to
James the Apostle.
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Roman Catholic churches in the Canary Islands
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1826
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Africa
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