Belén de Candelaria (Nativity Scene)
The Belén de Candelaria is a large nativity scene set up every Christmas in the town, in eastern Tenerife. With hundreds of figures, miniature houses, mills and scenes of traditional Canarian life set in a landscape of volcanic rock, it is one of the most visited nativity scenes on the island during the festive season.
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