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On May 3, 1494, Alonso Fernández de Lugo arrived in Tenerife to begin the conquest of the island, planting a cross where Santa Cruz de Tenerife is today. -
The Black Death caused the population of the city to go from 750 inhabitants to 250. -
The transfer and settlement of the commander general Lorenzo de Villavicencio, head of the Captaincy General.
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The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797 was a battle initiated by the admiral of the British Navy, Horacio Nelson, against the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to subject the Canary archipelago to the mandate of the British Crown. This attempt by the British to conquer the island was thwarted by the city's defense forces, the Canary Militias, under the command of General Antonio Gutiérrez de Otero.
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The municipal flag was granted to the city by Royal Decree on August 28, 1803, as was the coat of arms. -
In 1803, King Charles IV granted the port of Santa Cruz the title of "already in and on itself" of "exempt villa", with the right to establish its own town hall, with the denomination of "Very Loyal, Noble, Undefeated and Very Beneficial City, Port and Plaza de Santa Cruz de Santiago de Tenerife".
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The coat of arms of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was granted by King Charles IV by Royal Decree of August 28, 1803. -
In 1833, Santa Cruz is designated as the capital of the only province that the Canary Islands were going to form, so La Laguna ceases to be the capital.
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In 1859 it received the title of "city" by Royal Order of October 10.
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The Royal Decree gives the city the title of very beneficial, for the behavior of its neighbors during the cholera epidemic.
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During the dictatorship of General Miguel Primo de Rivera, the archipelago was divided into two provinces, thus solving the rivalry between the two largest cities of the islands: Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. -
The First International Street Sculpture Exhibition was a cultural event that took place in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1974. It was one of the best exhibitions of abstract art, made up of large-format works and remarkable visual and aesthetic power.
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Las Torres de Santa Cruz is a residential complex composed of two twin towers located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. They reach 120 meters in height, it is the tallest skyscraper in the Canary Islands, and in addition, they were between 2004 and 2010 the tallest residential building in Spain. The Torres de Santa Cruz are also the tallest twin towers in Spain, just ahead of the Kio Towers in Madrid.
