Santa Cruz de Tenerife, capital city of Spanish island Tenerife, and San Cristóbal de La Laguna, the only city in the island declared as World Heritage Site by UNESCO, are two main destination when traveling to the Canary Islands. This is a short walk into these two cities.
A Dorada beer truck (Tenerife's beer) as it passes in front of the Auditorium of Tenerife, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava.
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Stairs carved into one side of the Auditorium of Tenerife, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava.
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A sculpture by Igor Mitoraj 'Per Arianne', created in 1993, in front of the Guimerá Theatre.
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A visitor leaves the Municipal Library and Fine Arts Museum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, both located in the Plaza del Príncipe (Prince's Square). The library was built in 1888.
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Alba works as a mime at Castillo Street, the most commercial street in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. A waiter stares at her delighted
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Shooting a commercial on the Plaza de la Iglesia (Church Square) for a German juice company.
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Entrance to the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands, in San Francisco square (Santa Cruz de Tenerife).
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Canopy of trees in the Plaza del Príncipe (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and some typical Canary potatoes.
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A sweeper working on the Plaza de la Isla de la Madera (Wood Island Square), in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In Santa Cruz and La Laguna – the main cities of Tenerife Island – the streets are swept with palm tree leaves, plentiful in the island. It is an art to sweep in this way.
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A man walks between the rails of the old railway in the Imeldo Seris street
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From left to right, the Casa del Corregidor (16th Century), the Casa de la Alhóndiga (18th Century) and Casa Alvarado-Bracamonte (17th Century), in Obispo Rey Redondo Street in La Laguna.
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Inner corridor at the Cabrero Pinto Institute of The Canary (Instituto de Canarias Cabrero Pinto), in La Laguna.
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Stairway to the exhibition of paintings by Pedro González at the Cabrero Pinto Institute of The Canary (Instituto de Canarias Cabrero Pinto), in La Laguna.
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Ancient column of a patio in the Cabrero Pinto Institute of The Canary (Instituto de Canarias Cabrero Pinto), in La Laguna.
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On of the patios in the Cabrero Pinto Institute of The Canary (Instituto de Canarias Cabrero Pinto), in La Laguna
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From left to right, clockwise: Inner corridor, entrance to painter Pedro González's exhibiton, antique column and one of the patios in the Cabrero Pinto Institute of The Canary (Instituto de Canarias Cabrero Pinto), in La Laguna
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Bell in the tower of Iglesia de la Concepción, in La Laguna.
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A wooden cross on Marqués de Celada Street, in La Laguna. In Tenerife, in May, all of the crosses found throughout the Islands streets are adorned with flowers.
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Ruins of the old monastery of San Agustín, in La Laguna.
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Renovation of the Casa Salazar (Salazar House), site of Tenerife's Bishopric, a Baroque building from the XVIIth Century destroyed by fire the 23 of January 2006.
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The tower of the Iglesia de la Concepción (Conception Church) as seen from San Antonio street, in La Laguna.
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Entrance to the Library and Centre of Investigation and Documentation Sebastián de la Nuez, at the History Museum of Tenerife, in La Laguna.
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Typical wooden Canary balconies and fountain on the terrace of the Alvarado Bracamonte House (Casa Alvarado Bracamonte) in La Laguna, dating from the 17th century.
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The Alvarado Bracamonte House (Casa Alvarado Bracamonte), in La Laguna, which dates from the 17th century.
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A typical wooden, Canary Island balcony in a street of La Laguna.
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Monument in hommage to the bishop Dr. Pérez Cáceres (1892-1961), in Fray Albino square. Behind the bust, Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Cathedral.
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Inside the parish church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, in La Laguna.
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