La Laguna Cathedral La Laguna Cathedral The Cathedral of San Cristóbal de La Laguna or Catedral de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios ("Santa Iglesia Catedral de San Cristóbal de La Laguna" in Spanish) is a Roman Catholic church in Tenerife, Spain. Begun in 1904 and completed in 1915, it is dedicated to the Virgin of Los Remedios (patron of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna and the island of Tenerife). The cathedral is the mother church of the diocese, which includes the islands of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro in the province of Santa Cruz de
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