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Mount Teide ( Spanish: Pico del Teide, IPA: [ˈpiko ðel ˈteiðe], "Teide Peak") is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Its 3,718-metre (12,198 ft) summit is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic.
The Tenerife Space of Arts ( Tenerife Espacio de las Artes - TEA); is a building of approximately 20,622 square metres that houses the contemporary museum Óscar Domínguez Institute (Instituto Óscar Domínguez); the Alejandro Cioranescu Island Library (Biblioteca Insular Alejandro Cioranescu) and the Center for Photography Island of Tenerife (Centro de Fotografía Isla de Tenerife).
It is one of the most popular beaches of the Canary Islands, and is one of the few on Tenerife that do not have the black, volcanic sand that most of the rest of the Canary Islands have. Others such as Las Vistas, in Los Cristianos, are artificial, but the beach at El Médano (the Dune) is entirely natural.
Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre (MNH), ( Museum of Nature and Man in English), is a museum based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, ( Canary Islands, Spain). It contains many significant archaeological finds and is considered the best repository of objects from the Prehispanic Canary Islands.
The Basilica of the Royal Marian Shrine of the Our Lady of Candelaria ( Spanish: Basílica y Real Santuario Mariano de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria or simply Spanish: Basílica de la Candelaria) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica, the first Marian shrine of the Canary Islands, located in the municipality and city of Candelaria on the island of Tenerife ( Canary Islands, Spain).
The Auditorio de Tenerife "Adán Martín" (formerly named, but still commonly referred to as, Auditorio de Tenerife), was designed by architect Santiago Calatrava Valls. It is located on the Avenue of the Constitution in the Canarian capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife ( Canary Islands, Spain), and next to the Atlantic Ocean in the southern part of Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Heliodoro Rodríguez López Estadio de Tenerife
The Iglesia de San Francisco de Asís ( Church of St. Francis of Assisi) is a Catholic church located in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife ( Canary Islands, Spain).
The Iglesia de la Concepción is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. In this church is the image of St. James (patron saint of Santa Cruz de Tenerife). Inside the church is kept the cross that gave rise to the founding of the city.
Plaza de España ( Spain Square), is the largest square in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Canary Islands ( Spain). The square is located in the centre of town, just metres north of the Auditorio de Tenerife.
Teatro Guimerá is a theatre located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the capital city of the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands ( Spain). Built in 1849, it is the oldest theater in the Canary Islands. In 1923 it was named after the writer, poet and playwright Ángel Guimerá, born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife ( Spanish pronunciation: [santaˈkɾuð ðe teneˈɾife or santaˈkɾus ðe teneˈɾife]), in full Santa Cruz de Santiago de Tenerife, and commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz [ˈsanta kɾuθ], is the capital (jointly with Las Palmas) of the Canary Islands, and the capital of Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
