This is the first archaeological intervention to be carried out in the convent area of ​​San Pedro Apóstol. The particularity of the Dominican convent of Hermigua, if we compare it with the majority of the convents in the Canary Islands, is that a good part of the spaces that formed it are still preserved today thanks to the reuse of the area from the 19th century to the present day. Far from suffering a dismantling process like the rest of the Canarian convents, the property fell into private hands and was immediately used as a home, making it possible to preserve its layout and a good part of its construction elements. 

On the other hand, the convent church is also kept in a perfect state of conservation, thanks to the fact that it continued to be a reference point for the Upper Hermigua Valley and to the restoration process that was carried out last century.