Cave-Shrine of Chinguaro is a cave and associated Roman Catholic church located in Güímar on Tenerife. It was the traditional palace of Acaimo, the Guanche king of the Menceyato de Güímar. After the Spanish conquest, they venerated the cave as a site of the Virgin Mary, and later built a church shrine there.
In this cave, the ancient Guanche venerated the goddess Chaxiraxi of their traditional faith, related to the Berbers of North Africa.
After the Castillian conquest, Spanish clergy identified the icon with the Virgin Mary and had it moved to the Cave of Achbinico in Candelaria. This cave became the first shrine devoted to the Virgin of Candelaria.
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Address 1 Camino del Taro, El Volcán 38500, Spain
Coordinates 28°19'24.46" N -16°23'44.911" E
