Como estas!
Day started just like any other, we ate breakfast and went to school. The plan for today was to visit old town called : La Laguna. The city La Laguna is 30 minutes away from Santa Cruz. We walked around the town and saw many of the sights and characteristics of the city. While we were walking we saw a lot of old houses which once belonged to the wealthiest people of La Laguna. Professors told us that a lot of these old houses still remain in a good condition. Most of them now belong to the city property, some of them were even turned into a museum. We went to see one of them and it really made a mark in my memory. The name of the house is Palacio de Nava.
Located opposite Plaza del Adelantado, this palace is a blend of Baroque style, Neo-classical features and Mannerist touches. This wonderful piece of Canarian architecture was commissioned to be built in 1585 by Tomás Grimón, who was the governor of Tenerife at the time. Palacio de Nava was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in the Monument category in 1976, though the state of disrepair of some of its inner elements has led it to be considered a safety hazard.
The locals there told us that there once lived a very big family and that one of the kids, a girl, watched down the well in the middle of the house, where the platform is and accidentally fell inside of it. As all other similar stories, they started to talk around that the girl is now haunting the house. Stories like this really interest me, I like to know them and after all, it imprints in your memory easier.
