Church of St. Michael the Archangel Tuineje Island

The Church of St. Michael the Archangel Tuineje Island of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) is the result of several enlargements produced throughout its history.  Its origins began when the residents agreed to build a chapel under the advocation of St. Michael the Archangel on September 18th 1695.  They celebrated Mass in the same place in March 1702.

The first chapel is surrounded by a crenulated wall, as seen in the painting of the altarpiece, representing the Battle of Tamacite, which occurred in 1740.   On 21^st March 1764 they decided to postpone building the chapel until 1782 when it was built by the master Juan de la Rosa Cabrera.

On December 22^nd 1787, Tuineje was established by decree by the independent profit D. Bishop Antonio Martinez Plaza.  To match the new status as a church benefit, the neighbors decided to extend the nave of the church.

The walls of the nave were built by masons and Joseph Juan Diego Rosas.  New corners of the mason were carried out by Jose Zerpa. The template of the door of the Church was completed by Juan Bautista Bolanos, a painter and carpenter.
As a result of remodelling the existing church has two naves covered with two water and two to four distinct presbyterate waters. The roads are three, one door in each side wall, both finished in half-point arc and third in the main facade.

On the sides of the church are two steps, the height of the junction between the nave and the presbytery, to counteract the thrust of the covering on the walls. The main entrance opens into the nave of the epistle, clearly framed in stone and finished in a half-point arc.

Facing the two spacecraft there is a strong dark ashlar stone, which are the remains of the old tower. Both vessels have an eye on the top of the hastial. The bell tower is next to the Epistle Side. At the top, two sacristies are attached next to the wall of the epistle with a hip roof and tiles and behind the wall at the ends of the nave of the gospel there is a flat roof.

In the interior there are two Tuscany columns separated by semicircular arches separating the arches of the nave in the form of presbytery warhead. The columns and arches are made of clear stone.  At the foot of the nave of the epistle is the chorus, made of wood and with stone staircase access, adjoining the southern wall.