Plaza Veinticinco de Julio de Los Patos

The Plaza de 25 de Julio in Santa Cruz de Tenerife owes its name to July 25, 1797, the date on which the city repelled the attack of Admiral Nelson when he tried to occupy the island. However, it is popularly known as Plaza de los Ducks. It was built between 1913 and 1917, and its central fountain is identical to the Fountain of the Frogs in the María Luisa Park in Seville. The fountain presents the figures of eight frogs that surround the central goose. The most outstanding thing about the square, in addition to the central fountain, are the 20 benches with ceramic painted advertisements from Triana, Seville of those who sponsored its construction. Around the square are the Post Office building, the Martí Dehesa mansion and the current Church of San Jorge, formerly an Anglican church, whose construction was completed in 1897; This church has a Latin cross plan, and presents the nave and the diaphragm arches in wood.