Arte Sacro Diocesan Museum

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · Category: Cultural spaces · Subcategory: Museums

The Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, also known as the Museo Diocesano de la Diócesis de Canarias, is located on the southern side of the Cathedral of the Canaries, in the so called Patio de Los Naranjos, built in the 17th century. The rooms surrounding it are old cathedral rooms, providing the home for the museum itself, which opened on 20th December 1984. The museum is connected to the Cathedral through the Rennaissance style Puerta del Aire.

The Museum is also home to one of the most original yet unknown works of art. It is a painting of Our Lady of Belén (oil on wood, 31,5 x 39 cm), dating from 1530-40. It is flamencan in style, and it is one the few works to be kept at the ancient Church of El Sagrario (a primitive cathedral temple) and which survived the attack by Dutchman Van Der Doers in 1599.

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