Places of interest
Some places of interest in the municipality, the Santo Domingo de Guzmán Convent (1598), the Hermitage of San Juan, the Church of the Incarnation, the Hermigua Fisherman, the Gofio Los Telares Mill and the Ethnographic Museum of La Gomera. One of the Hermigua hamlets is El Cedro, located on the limits of the Grarajonay National Park and within the forest of the same name characterized by the presence of laurel forest.
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THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE INCARNATION
It has its origin in an old hermitage built in 1611 that gradually expanded until it became a parish. The old factory, of which photographs are preserved, was demolished at the end of the 19th century, a new church in neo-Gothic and Neo-Byzantine language was erected, highlighting its slender interior with ribbed concrete vaults. The most important image that it preserves is the sculpture of the owner, Nuestra Señora de La Encarnación, the work of the imager Fernando Estévez from around 1830.
THE SANTO DOMINGO DE GUZMÁN CONVENT
In the El Convento area are the origins of the municipality of Hermigua, more than 400 years ago. It is the starting point for the urban, demographic and economic development of the Hermigua Valley. The origin of this area dates back to 1598 when the hermitage of San Pedro was built. The Dominican friars from La Laguna and Seville began to inhabit the convent of Saint Peter the Apostle in 1611. Currently the church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán is restored and its access and surroundings in very good condition, especially the Plaza de Armas area.
THE CALETA BEACH
"La Ensenada or Playa del Azúcar" is what Playa de La Caleta was called during the Modern Age and until the end of the 19th century. It is located about two kilometers from the Hermigua valley. It will be the chosen place of departure during the modern stage to export sugar, wines, woods, etc. It had a great importance during the time when the sugar mills worked in the valley, especially during the 16th century; So much so that the name "Playa del Azúcar" was given.
THE FISHERMAN
The definitive solution to get the production out of the valley will take place in the 20th century with the Hermigua Davit raised in this place. It will be built clandestinely in 1907, completed in 1908 and inaugurated in May 1909. It was sponsored by the "Sociedad La Unión" constituted by large owners of the valley and immigrants returned from Cuba, and financed by several foreign firms (such as Fyffes Limited) interested in marketing bananas in full swing at that time.
Museum and Ethnographic Park of La Gomera
The Ethnographic Museum of La Gomera is a public institution dedicated to researching, preserving, and disseminating popular culture. The museum's speech reflects the difficulties of the Gomeran in his adaptation to an extremely abrupt physical environment, other aspects are important here, which in together, they form the culture of the island, it is explained that the dialectical relationship of man with the environment is the most important cause of the construction of the landscape that today identifies us so much. The Ethnographic Park, a space with elements that evoke customs such as the perfectly preserved gofio mill and innumerable pieces that keep stories that speak of how people lived long ago and traditions that are still maintained on the island.
