Plaza de España (Spain Square), is the largest square

Town square

A town square is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town used for community gatherings. Other names for town square are civic center, city square, urban square, market square, public square, and town green.Most town squares are hardscapes suitable for open markets,...

 in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital , second-most populous city of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands and the 21st largest city in Spain, with a population of 222,417 in 2009...

 and the Canary Islands

Canary Islands

The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...

 (Spain

Spain

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). The square is located in the centre of town, just meters north of the Auditorio de Tenerife

Auditorio de Tenerife

The Auditorio de Tenerife "Adán Martín" , was designed by architect Santiago Calatrava Valls. It is located on the Avenue of the Constitution in the Canarian capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife , and next to the Atlantic Ocean in the southern part of Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife...

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It is the heart of the city, stands the great artificial lake source or work of Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron

Herzog & de Meuron

Herzog & de Meuron Architekten, BSA/SIA/ETH is a Swiss architecture firm, founded and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland in 1978. The careers of founders and senior partners Jacques Herzog , and Pierre de Meuron , closely paralleled one another, with both attending the Swiss Federal Institute of...

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The Plaza of Spain is surrounded by the Palacio del Cabildo de Tenerife

Cabildo de Tenerife

Cabildo de Tenerife is the governing body of the island of Tenerife , Spain. It was established on 16 March 1913 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in a session held by the City Council, it was at that time, the first corporation...

, the Palacio de la Carta and the Plaza de la Candelaria

Plaza de la Candelaria

The Plaza de la Candelaria, is a square in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife , which is located next to the Plaza de España....

. In the centre of the square stands the Monumento a los Caídos (a tribute to the fallen in the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...

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The square was built in 1929 on the historic Castillo de San Cristóbal

Castillo de San Cristóbal (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

The Castillo de San Cristóbal in Santa Cruz de Tenerife was the first fortification of significance on the island of Tenerife and the main defensive building on Santa Cruz Bay....

, a bastion for defending the island of piracy, currently there are only a few walls of the original building on display in an underground tunnel under the square.