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Las capillas de cruces de La Laguna
The day of the Cross is celebrated on the third of May and it is a special date for many
canarian towns. There are many hypothesis about the origin of the devotion to crosses, but
the real beginnings are still unknown. In the town of La Laguna, in Tenerife, the cross
became very important. Therefore, there are still many crosses in the streets. In the old
town you can also find special constructions called 芦chapel crosses禄. There are small buildings
which contain silver embossed crosses. Nowadays there are only five of them left.El 3 de mayo, D铆a de la Cruz, es una fecha fundamental en el calendario de muchos pueblos
del Archipi茅lago Canario. Aunque existen diversas hip贸tesis acerca del origen de esta devoci贸n,
lo cierto es que en La Laguna el culto a la cruz adquiri贸 una especial relevancia. Sus
caminos se encuentran salpicados de cruces y en su centro hist贸rico nos encontramos con
unas construcciones singulares: las capillas de cruces, peque帽os recintos que albergan en su
interior cruces de plata repujada, de las que en la actualidad subsisten cinco