Plaza de San Agustín / Torre de la Audiencia / Iglesia de San Agustín (Church of San Agustín)

Plaza de San Agustín is home to several outstanding civil and religious buildings: the Church of San Agustín, the Audiencia de Canarias, and the headquarters of the Colegio de Abogados.

The Church of San Agustín was designed by Diego Nicolás Eduardo in 1786. Featuring a neoclassical façade, its interior houses notable sculptural works, many of them by the renowned sculptor Luján Pérez. The church was built on the site of the former Hermitage of the Vera Cruz and alongside the Augustinian convent founded in 1664.

A balcony tower, known as the Torre de la Audiencia, once connected both buildings and is the only remaining vestige of the convent. It is the first major tower built in the city. In 1851, the Colegio de San Agustín was established there, and in 1864, once the property had passed to the State, it became the seat of the Tribunal de la Real Audiencia and the Colegio de Abogados. In 1959, the convent was demolished to make way for the construction of the Audiencia de Canarias.

The Colegio de Abogados de Las Palmas moved in 1986 to Casa Westerling, an early 17th-century building featuring a courtyard typical of traditional Canarian architecture, also located in the same square.