SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco is a historical district of Telde, located in direct neighbourhood of the second important for the town district - San Juan. It was founded in 1483 and was originally known as Altozano de Santa María La Antigua.


This place, situated on the small hill, formerly was full of life and inhabited mainly by workers and craftsmen. Today in this place reigns calm and quiet. The narrow, squiggly streets diverge in every direction. Along them are placed low, flat houses, beautifully painted in white and green, decorated with wooden balconies. All this makes an incredibly character of this place.


Bailadero - formerly known as Baladero. Here we find remains of old Aboriginal home, unfortunately preserved in very bad condition. However, without any doubt, the most interesting in this area is an aqueduct - constructed in XIXth century, located along the beautifully paved alley C/ Inés Chemida. This alley is, at the same time, a connection between two districts: San Juan and San Francisco. A walk through the narrow, squiggly streets toward the hill of Santa María la Antigua leads us to the modest church of San Francisco.

Iglesia de San Francisco - a small church in the central part of San Francisco district, from which it took its name. It was erected in the same place as a former chapel of Ermita de Santa María La Antigua. The main fasade facing the c/Portería street and Plaza de los Romeros. Its simple construction distinguishes by the characteristic tower, which is also a belfry.

Mirador - from the located in front of the church Iglesia de San Francisco square of Plaza de los Romeros extends gorgeous view of the final part of Barranco Real de Telde and the beautiful bridge Puente de Siete Ojos, which was built in 1868 by Juan de León y Castillo. Directly in the opposite we'll see the Tara and Cendro, where the most archeological discoveries in this region took their places.

Bailadero	Bailadero - Aqueduct - c/Inez Chemida	San Francisco	San Francisco
Plaza de San Francisco	Plaza de San Francisco	Plaza de San Francisco	Plaza de los Romeros
Puente de Siete Ojos	Panoramic view of Telde

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