21 Jardines del Marquesado de la Quinta Roja

These gardens, which have the status of Property of Cultural Interest, provide a singular example of a symbolic garden that is unique in the Canary Islands and in Spain. They are located at the rear of the former residence of the Marquises of La Quinta Roja and consist of several terraces distributed in a stepped manner, decorated with promenades, fountains and lush vegetation, crowned by a marble building that overlooks the entire garden. These gardens were built at the end of the nineteenth century to house the remains of the late Marquis Diego Ponte del Castillo, who was denied burial in the local cemetery on the ground of his status as a Freemason. His mother, Sebastiana del Castillo, decided to transform the vegetable gardens behind her house into a garden and build a family mausoleum on the top to perpetuate the memory of his son as well as the insult suffered. The funerary monument was designed by the French architect Adolphe Coquet and the Master Builder Nicolás Álvarez, who were both Freemasons.