Templo de San Blas

La Palma


Down a steep hill from the centre of town is this lovely whitewashed church dating from 1512, dedicated to St Blaise and overlooking the ocean. Inside the cool interior, the church boasts a baroque altarpiece (wrapped in a shroud when we last visited) beneath a magnificent ceiling; the church is also home to several intriguing pieces of baroque art.


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