The Iglesia de la Concepción is the oldest church in Tenerife, founded in 1497 in the first years of Spanish colonisation. The building that stands today is largely 16th and 17th century, with the characteristic wooden mudéjar ceiling — a Moorish-influenced style of artesanado carpentry — that is one of the most beautiful examples of its kind in the Canaries. The coffered ceiling panels are painted and gilded, a remarkable survival from the early colonial period.
The church also contains important carved and painted altarpieces, processional statues of great quality, and the baptismal font that tradition says was used to baptise indigenous Guanche converts in the early colonial period. The building is a designated national monument. It stands at the lower end of the historic centre on the Calle San Agustín, with the tower visible from much of the city.