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A Miraculous Escape
Residents of the town were eyewitnesses to what must have been a terrifying event. They reported that as the lava flowed towards them it split in two — forcing one stream in the direction of Uga and the other towards Playa Blanca — so leaving Yaiza unscathed.

A religious man might attribute this kind of luck to a higher power. After all, Yaiza was home to the first ever Catholic diocese in the Canary Islands, established by Papal Bull in 1404.

Furthermore, the town’s pretty church Nuestro Senora de los Remedios, which dates from the 17th century, also survived the eruptions intact. The church houses a statue of the Madonna; which legend has it is sometimes bathed in a mysterious blue light