The BUILDING
The church of Santo Domingo, together with the chapel of the Rosary, the porter's lodge chapel, the chapterhouse chapel and the bell tower are the only five architectural pieces that have remained, more or less intact, of what was once the convent of San Miguel de las Victorias, founded in 1530 by the Order of Preachers, its interior contains one of the greatest artistic treasures of painting, altarpieces and sculpture on La Palma.
Its exterior.
The main facade of the church overlooks the Plaza de Santo Domingo, one of the city’s nerve centres. It was built on the site of a small hermitage founded in 1530, which after being burnt down by French pirates in 1553 was rebuilt.
From the old convent of San Miguel de las Victorias, the tower of the old church, the Cristo de la Portería and several chapels can still be seen.
The reconstruction was carried out with donations from the great families of the capital, such as the Sotomayors and the Vandewalle.
Its interior.
La Iglesida de Santa Domingo fue reconstruida después del incendio provocado por los piratas franceses en 1.553. Su interior es de una sola nave con capillas laterales (planta de cruz latina), cubiertas con armaduras mudéjares policromadas y doradas. En él conviven estéticamente un conjunto de estilos artísticos diferentes como el Renacentista, plasmado en su arquitectura, el Barroco, presente en sus retablos de columnas salomónicas y el Neoclásico representado en sus obras escultóricas.
It houses Flemish paintings by Pierre Pourbous the Elder and Ambrosius Francken, a Baroque altarpiece with Solomonic columns considered the best in the Canary Islands, the images of the Venerable Brotherhood of Jesus the Nazarene and Our Lady the Virgin of the Rosary.
