The Guimerá Theatre has been existence for over one hundred and fifty years, after it was built on the site of the former convent of Santo Domingo. The Casino, built in the first thirty years of the XX century following the eclectic trends of the era, houses in its interior an important collection of works by Canary painters.

Not far from this palace are other important examples of civil architecture. This enclave is overlooked by the eighteenth century façade of the la Carta palace, a splendid example of baroque with Neoclassic touches. Located on the site of the former fortress of San Cristóbal, its centre is presided over by the monument to the Triumph of Candelaria, a Neoclassic style sculpture in Carrara marble and attributed to the Italian Pasquale Bocciardo. At this point several of the busiest streets and squares of the capital meet, such as the Plaza de la Candelaria. Inside, its rooms stand out due to them housing a series of mural paintings by the Canary painter José Aguiar. The building, an example of rationalist architecture, began to be built in the Neoclassic style in the mid 1930s under the direction of the architect Marrero Regalado. over the former site of the San Cristóbal castle ( XVI c.) Facing the square is the Tenerife Island Council building, the seat of the main Tenerife municipal corporation.

In the nerve centre of the city, near the sea is the Plaza de España, built in the middle of the XX c. Around the port area is an urban route structured into boulevards and wide avenues marked out by a prominent legacy of modernist architecture. In fact, in spite of Alonso Fernández de Lugo disembarking on this coast in 1494, the city did not begin to develop until a century later, with its port being the motor for growth which has made this city into the second most populated in the Canary archipelago. The history of Santa Cruz de Tenerife stretches back just over four hundred years.

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