Just two steps from Piazza Santa Ana, with its noisy steps and voices coming and going, there are places of silence. Even in a city like Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, it is possible to stop and listen to the gurgling of fountains, the singing of birds and the fluttering of pigeons. As in Plaza de Santo Domingo. That is why we begin this different walk here, in the shade of Indian laurel and among centuries-old houses where the skill of the builders, blacksmiths and carpenters of the past can be seen.
There, before us, is the Baroque facade of Santo Domingo de Guzmán. A worthy representative of the “rich Vegueta” that can be seen in many parts of the neighborhood: with its stone decorations, its noble woods, its Baroque altars, its Mudejar coffered ceilings and its American silver. And just 290 meters down the street, hidden by the walls of San Martin Hospital, is the humble hermitage of San Juan Bautista. From Vegeta’s heart of the great Castilian titles to the first slopes and alleys of Risco de San Juan, the neighborhood of the humble among the humble.