San Ginés, Baroque church in Arrecife, Spain.

San Ginés is a church in Arrecife with three naves, built of black volcanic stone and whitewashed walls, and covered by dark wooden Mudejar ceilings. Its square tower, erected in 1842, was inspired by the bell tower of La Concepción in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and is topped by a white dome. The building was reconstructed in 1667 after flooding and expanded in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The site began as a hermitage built in 1574, holding images of Saint Peter and a painting of Saint Ginés that legend says floated into the Charca de San Ginés. It was flooded and completely rebuilt in 1667, then enlarged during the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1798 it became a parish church and received late-Baroque images of Saint Ginés and the Virgin of the Rosary from Havana.

San Ginés is the patron saint of Arrecife, and his feast is held in August, with the main day on 25 August and a procession of the saint through the streets. The images of Saint Ginés of Clermont and the Virgin of the Rosary inside both date from 1798 and came from Havana, Cuba.

Mass is held every evening, including Saturdays, Sundays and holy days, at 7:30 p.m., with additional Masses at weekends and on feast days. The church stands beside the Charca de San Ginés in the old town, and the tower and white dome are visible from the surrounding streets. Visitors should time their entry around these services.

The symbolist painting behind the baptismal font is by Alberto Manrique, an artist from Lanzarote; it depicts the fountain of life. Look for it after the font, against the wall. It is one of the few modern works in a church whose late-Baroque images of San Ginés de Clermont and the Virgen del Rosario arrived from Havana in 1798.