 At the base there are four marble statues representing the Guanches, who venerate the image of the Virgin of Candelaria, located at the top of the obelisk.There are several inscriptions that refer to the devotion that Canarians have always had by this invocation of the Virgin.Many travel books written in the 19th and 20th centuries have described this monument, because until the 20th century was the first religious monument and the first symbol that passengers saw after arriving to Tenerife.