Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'San Cristóbal de La Laguna' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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| Municipality and city in Canary Islands, Spain | WIKI |
| San Cristxc3xb3bal de La LagunaMunicipality and cityClockwise from top: University of La Laguna, Shrine of Cristo de La Laguna, Forests, Cathedral of La Laguna, Panoramic city, Iglesia de la Concepcixc3xb3n, Consejo Consultivo de Canarias, Plaza del Adelantado and city council. | WIKI |
| San Cristxc3xb3bal de La Laguna (commonly known as La Laguna, Spanish pronunciation:xc2xa0[saxc5x8b kxc9xbeisxcbx88toxcexb2al de la laxcbx88xc9xa3una]) is a city and municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the Canary Islands (Spain). | WIKI |
| The city is the third-most populous city of the archipelago and the second-most populous city of the island. | WIKI |
| The city was the ancient capital of the Canary Islands. | WIKI |
| The city is home to the University of La Laguna which is home to 30,000 students; these are not included in the population figures for the city. | WIKI |
| Its economy is business-oriented while agriculture dominates the northeastern portion of the city. | WIKI |
| In this city one finds the legendary house of the spectre of Catalina Lercaro, as well as the incorrupt body of Sor Marxc3xada de Jesxc3xbas, and the Christ of La Laguna (Cristo de La Laguna). | WIKI |
| Another emblematic building of the city is the Cathedral of La Laguna, which is the Catholic cathedral of Tenerife and its diocese (Diocese of Tenerife). | WIKI |
| Other important historical figures of the city were Amaro Pargo, one of the famous corsairs of the Golden Age of Piracy, and Josxc3xa9 de Anchieta, Catholic saint and missionary and founder of the cities of Sxc3xa3o Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. | WIKI |
| Later he founded the city as "Villa de San Cristxc3xb3bal de La Gran Laguna" (in memory of a pond or lake that was in place). | WIKI |
| The place where the city is built belonged to the Menceyato de Anaga, which was one of nine aboriginal Guanche kingdoms on the island until the Kingdom of Castile's conquest. | WIKI |
| It is also known that the whole valley of Aguere (where the city lies) and especially the large lake that was in this place, was a place of pilgrimage for the aborigines of the island. | WIKI |
| The city was founded between 1496 and 1497 by Alonso Fernxc3xa1ndez de Lugo and was the capital of the island after the conclusion of the conquest of the islands. | WIKI |
| Later the city also became the capital of all of the Canary Islands. | WIKI |
| In 1582, the city suffered a virulent black plague epidemic that produced between 5,000 and 9,000 deaths. | WIKI |
| The layout of the city, its streets and its environment are elements shared with colonial cities in the Americas and Old Havana in Cuba, Lima in Peru, Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, or San Juan de Puerto Rico, among others. | WIKI |
| [11] Also due to the fact that the city was the cradle or seat of different artistic and cultural movements then exported to the rest of the Canary archipelago, especially in the religious sphere as in Holy Week, or having been the cradle in the Canaries of the movement of the Enlightenment, also called the xc2xabCentury of Lightsxc2xbb. | WIKI |
| [12] This favored the emergence especially in the Baroque period (XVII-XVIII centuries) of notable sculptors, painters and architects who exercised their trade in the city and sometimes exported their works to the rest of the archipelago. | WIKI |
| Several tunnels, passages and underground vaults dating from the immediate aftermath of the founding of the city era have recently been found. | WIKI |
| Cathedral of La Laguna Iglesia de la Concepcixc3xb3n Old City Real Santuario del Santxc3xadsimo Cristo de La Laguna University of La Laguna | WIKI |
| Along the way throughout the city there are also Canarian folk music. | WIKI |
| [17] Holy Week has steps of great historical and artistic value, such as the aforementioned Cristo de La Laguna, accompanied by their guilds, some of them centuries old and which adopted the use of the hood in the nineteenth century, ride on the wheeled carts streets of the city. | WIKI |