• Cueva de Achbinico, also called cave of San Blas (Spanish: cueva de Achbinico) is a Roman Catholic church and cave located in Candelaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain).
  • Close to the chapel is the cave of Los Camellos, which was traditionally used as a stable for the camels that transported goods to Candelaria.
  • The Cave Achbinico or San Blas Cave is a venerated Catholic holy place situated in Candelaria in the Tenerife Island.
  • "Achbinico" means place of shearing and milking, and its relationship to pastoral activities to be perpetuated this cave chapel under the invocation of San Blas...
  • It’s about 5 metres high and 14 metres long with a small chapel outside. Inside the cave there is a replica of Virgin of Candelaria made from bronze.
  • Therefore, Achbinico’s Cave has been devoted to Saint Blas since 1526, and his festivity is celebrated on 3 February.
  • Cueva de Achbinico, or the Cave of San Blas, is an ancient cave that was adapted as a sanctuary by the Guanches - the aboriginal inhabitants of Canary islands.
  • This cave dedicated to the Virgin of Candelaria (Patron of the Canary Islands) and to San Blas, is located in Candelaria (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) just behind...
  • Christian Sanctuary in an ancient sacral cave.
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