There’s a lovely story to the history of the clock in the tower of Haría’s church Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación situated in the plaza.
The project to add a clock tower to the town church was the idea of Don Antonio Ramírez del Castillo who was born in Teguise and lived in Haría before emigrating to Argentina. He wrote to his brother José informing him that he was going to pay for a clock for the church. This generous offer caused some controversy at the time, the pastor initially refused the gift, mainly as the church did not have a tower to accommodate the clock.
Not deterred, Don Antonio Ramírez del Castillo later confirmed that he would also fund the construction of a tower to be added to read more »