Buenavista a villa with a Jewish origin.

The origin of the town of Buenavista is due to the person of the conqueror of Tenerife Juan  Mendez, who was the first to reside in this area of ​​the island. Juan Mendez moved to La Laguna on February 20, 1513 to ask the government of the island about the establishment of the town of Buenavista.

The Jewish origin of the family Mendez is highly tested. The villa of Buenavista was founded by 12 families all this of Jewish origin. The first priest of this town of crypto- Jews was Bartolome Delgado Yanes. He wrote the first book of the Church of Buenavista. This book was written in ancient Portuguese, differs little from Ladino.

The church was very peculiar, the baptismal font was found in the priest's house to feed his animals with this . Part of altar of the church was also in the home of the priest and the sculptures and carvings were most of the time covered with sheets.

The town of Buenavista.

When  Bartolome Delgado Yanes left his post temporarily placed in this church was his substitute Asencio Martin Cardoso another priest of  high clarity Jewish origin . Asencio Martin Cardoso didn't score anything in the books of the church during the time that he was in charge of this.

This Villa was difficult to reach a perfect retreat for a small Jewish community. Finally, this situation changed with the arrival of other families with different origin to Buenavista and the conviction of Bartolome Yanes by the Spanish inquisition. But many of these families had many descendants who still keep some of their Jewish customs.